Wonderful WebSite Award

Wonderful Web Site Award

Offered to the Best of the Web

This award will be given to any site that meets my very subjective criteria on wonderful web sites. If you have what you think is a nicely designed, informative web site (and if it's in Geocities, meets all the content guidelines), please feel free to apply.

What Will Qualify

This is a list of the admittedly prejudiced factors I will be looking for when choosing whether or not to offer the award to your site:

Attractiveness:
The site must be pleasing to the eye, with no clashing or unreadable text, and the background must not give me a headache. Or worse.
Content:
The site has to have some information. In other words, it can't be just a list of links to elsewhere. It also should not be just a page of graphics.I want to learn and/or enjoy while I'm at your site.
Loading speed:
The page cannot take five minutes to load. Of course, net traffic will be taken into account when I look at your page, so don't worry about that. Make sure the graphics are kept small, and watch the use of animated graphics...too many will disqualify you.
ALT Tags:
All images must have the ALT Tag, and the Height and Width of the graphic filled in.
Spelling Counts:
Glaring typographical errors will disqualify your site.
Browser Compatibility:
Your page must be viewable in both of the major browsers (Netscape and Explorer). If your site is specific to one, it's an automatic disqualification. If you use tags specific to one or the other, make sure your page still looks good in the one not reading those tags (i.e., the marquee tag, blink tag, etc.)
Blink:
Even though I hate it, I will not automatically disqualify your page for ONE blink tag, but any more, and I probably will.
HTML Errors:
Glaring HTML errors show carelessness, and I will not offer this award for carelessness. Please make sure all tags are closed, there are no extra tags, and so on and so forth. A good way to find the little mistakes is to visit Dr. HTML to check before you apply.
Java and JavaScript:
Crash my browser because of it, and no award for you. Limit it for your best chances.
Easy Navigation:
I don't want to use my Back button on my browser to get around, so make sure you have links to all your pages, on every page, and preferably in the same spot.
Geocities Sites:
Make sure you have NO Content Violations on your pages. This includes a link back to Geocities or your neighborhood on every page. Please make sure before applying that your site isn't in violation.

Does Your Site Qualify?
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If you've been notified that you've won the Wonderful Web Design Award, go here to choose the graphic. There are several selections available for you to choose from, hopefully one to match your page. If you'd like to see them before you apply, check them out!