Award Tips:
Tips on Winning Web Awards...
There are lots of award programs out there,
for the webmaster who wishes recognition for their hard and
often time consuming work. Whether you wish to win our awards
or not the tips below will hopefully help you on your way to
achieving your goal.
First of all why do you what
to win awards?
If you just want a cool looking award to show
off with, there are several awards available that are yours
for the asking, they don't even visit your site all they ask
is you link it back to them.
If you’re serious about your site and want
to improve it, then you'll want to apply for serious awards.
They are difficult to win but with hard work on your part you
can; and winning these awards will really mean something that
you can be proud of.
Is your site ready to be evaluated?
We provide fantastic premium quality dreamweaver templates at Vooweb.com dreamweaver templates Dreamweaver templates are designed to manage websites that share a common structure and appearance throughout their pages. Double check your spelling and grammar and
punctuation on every page; most of the award programs are very
strict about this. Have you checked your site in more than one
browser and resolution, do all links work, do you have any missing
graphics. Make certain you check
all these, be assured they will be, by the award sites and you
will lose points or even some will disqualify your site, if
it’s that bad. Background music, have you a way of turning it
off, do you really need it, did you know it slows your download
time on pages. Do not use profanity, not only does it show your
mentality, it's offensive to most people. I have seen many sites
full of it that I have evaluated and promptly disqualified them
as will most serious award programs. Do you have copyrighted
text or graphics, which do not belong to you, do you have permission
to use them, and have you give them credit for their work. Most
serious award programs will check for this and will take a very
dim view if they find anything that is not yours and you don't
give proper credit for it.
Read the criteria of the award
before you apply.
This is a must, not only so you know exactly
what the program owner is looking for, you might not even qualify
for their award i.e. they may only evaluate sites that have
personal, commercial, specific language or a particular theme.
Also some programs have hidden passwords you need to add to
your application to insure you have read
the criteria, so you or the AP owner do not waste each
others time. I strongly recommend that you do so, it's not a
lot to ask for in return for the time and dedication we put
into our Award Programs. Many owners will disqualify you site
if you are found not to have read the rules of entry.
Thank the evaluator for your
award.
Besides being a courteous thing to do, it's
mark of respect for the time it takes to evaluate your site;
remember we don't charge you for this service, we give up our
spare time to help you improve your site. Also we have no way
of knowing that you have received your award if you don't reply
to our e-mail.
Don't be disappointed.
Please don't feel that you've failed if you
don't receive an award, it doesn't mean that you have a bad
site just means you need to do some more work on it, consider
the experience as a step forward to achieving the site of your
dreams. Each application you make will give you the knowledge
and experience you need to achieve your goals.
I hope this helps you in some way, good luck
in achieving your goals.
These tips are our opinion and of course we
cannot speak for other Awards Program owners.
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