I. ALL ABOUT AWARDS - THE BASICS

Follow the information as listed below and you'll learn the right way how to prepare your site for a winning award:

• Top 10 reasons why websites don't get awards ("..it might be more instructive to explain how people fail to win awards...")
• All about winning Awards (earning, submitting, links)
• Build your site into a winner: Think about these things before and while designing your site.
• What the web site award reviewers look for is revealed by: The Reviewers Themselves (There are three reviewers, so you get a good picture on what is required to get an award. Reading these reviews and follow their advise will greatly enhance your chance for an award)
• Quality Criteria for World Best Website Awards (A real world example on how sites being rated - you may think twice before applying for any awards)
• Surfers Choice Quick Tutorial - How to apply for an award
• Award Criteria (four main critical criteria)
• A rating site to award rating and award sites (You might check this site first to gain some knowledge which award rating site is recommend! ("..Be assured that all awards listed here are authentic and meaningful. Award Ratings..")
• Submitting for web awards - tips & tricks (including a larger award resource guide. A large award rating site, which helps you to determine which award is worth a try!)
• Award Guide: Tutorial "How to win Web awards." ("..The purpose of this tutorial is to explain the "Burden of Responsibility" placed on all applicant's who apply for Web site awards.
• ..There are many types of website awards that are available but they basically fall into two categories. Some awards are completely gratuitous, you simply ask for, and are given the award. Then there's the other type of awards... the ones that push you to make your site the best it can be because these awards have to be earned...)
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II. WHERE TO APPLY FOR AN AWARD:

There are many sites where you can either apply for an award or offer one. Some of the nets more important sites are mentioned in this paragraph together with award ratings and reviews information:

• All About Earning Hot/Cool Site Awards. (A small introduction to awards and a very useful list with description to top 26 awards sites where you can apply)
• Award Sites - A free promotional service that offers rating levels, graphical and text links, and description. Currently 1632 Awards rated and listed
• Web excellence awards. Also starting point where you can apply to over 700 award sites via the 'Ring of Awards' (Not sure site is updated, but links may be still useful
• Website Awards Worksheet ("..You can apply to over 600 Award Sites around the world!")
• Awards Index (Links to over 50 award sites)
• An Award site you may try to apply ("..World Best Website Awards are granted to exemplary websites that are pursuing "best practices" in website design & Internet communications")
• ..submit your website to well over 400 different and unique websites that offer website awards.." - A Commercial award submission service [$]
• WebsAwards (You can here obtain a noble title and rating for your award program...)
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