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                             CRITERIA WHAT'S THAT?

      In this section we will talk about how to set up the criteria you are going to use to judge the sites who send in an application

   A simple critera can be a few small things or a complicated one can be made by using a point system to judge sites by.

  But what a criteria is,is the way you judge sites written down so those who apply can see how their website will be judged, what standard their website must meet to win your award

   Here you will find ideas for making your criteria page.So you can decide how you wish to judge sites.But remember you are the final judge and jury on what site you want to have your award.

 

   I hope these tutorial pages can help you make an awards program that is easy to manage,and one that works for you ,the award giver

 

        The articles in our tutorial are provided by me and members of Awards Club

A SIMPLE CRITERIA

A simple criteria is basically a list of what you look for in a website you are judging.

It can be anything that you feel a website should meet to get your award.A sample Criteria might look like this.

  • No adult websites
  • No sites that promote racism or hate
  • No sites that promote violence
  • yes to family friendly sites
  • must have good spelling
  • links must work
  • no underconstruction
  • no just links
  • graphics are a plus
  • must load in good time

The above is only a general guide line to what your criteria might look like.

If you want you may copy it and modify it to use on your website

Article created by Randy Laduron

Webmaster Awards club

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A POINT SYSTEM

Some webmaster use a point system to evaluate a site for their award.The do this by assigning points to different factors they judge a web site by.They award points by deciding how close a website comes to meeting those ideal factors.

Sample of factors

Links must work

That means if all your links work you will get all the points,but  for every link that doesn't points will be deducted

 

loadtime

That means the webmaster has a best load time the closest your site comes to the best load time the more points you will get.

 

Spelling

That means good spelling,good grammar,for words spelled incorrect you lose points

 

Those are just a few of the factors used in most point systems

If you use a point system you will have to fiqure the factors you want to use

the number of points given for each factor,the number subtracted for each mistake

Most points system awards have a scale to judge by if the web site entered has enough points to win their award

Say to win a site must receive at least 90 points if the site doesn't they don't get the award

Some sites offer awards in different classes like gold,silver,bronze

They set scales for each, gold being the top scale, bronze being the least

If you use a point system judge each site by the same standard and you shouldn,t have any trouble

Article created by Randy Laduron

Webmaster Awards club

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DON,T MAKE AN IMPOSSIBLE CRITERIA FOR WINNING

If you make it almost impossible to win your award it will not be fun running the awards program.No one will have the award you worked hard in creating displayed on their web site.If you make a website follow a criteria your site couldn't even make,that's not fair or right.No website is perfect if a website has to be perfect your award will be rarely be given out.Plus perfection is in the eye of the beholder.One persons perfect website might be someone else rotten looking one.You must set some standard to judge sites by,but set a standard that is possible to win,set a standard your own site could meet.

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YOU MAKE ALL FINAL DESCISIONS  

 Your the judge and jury,it's your award going to be displayed on other websites.Your honor on the line,You must decide who wins and who loses.If you give your award to sites deserving of the work you put into creating the graphic,setting up the form,the criteria,the winners list,and all other things that go into running an awards program.It will be more fun running the awards program.If it becomes a lot of work and there's no joy in running the awards program.It will fail like a lot of awards programs do.

Article created by Randy Laduron

Webmaster Awards club

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