- Original content.
- Content must be well-organized. Your site must allow us
to recognize the basic theme.
- One of the most important things that makes a good home
page is originality.
- Your site must not consist mainly of other people's material
or work.
- We want to see something that we have not seen before.
- We are looking for sites that have an original writing
style and interesting subject matter.
- Your writing style and subject matter should be worthy
of a bookmark.
- Webmaster
- Webmaster should show passion for a specific topic - graphics,
art, cultural events, excellent photography, etc.
- Let us see the webmaster behind the web site.
- Updates.
- Site must show that updates have been and are done on
a continuous basis.
- Make your visitors want to come back by updating regularly
and always adding fresh content.
- Reason To Return.
- Make sure your visitors have something of interest so
they will keep coming back to your site. Otherwise, visitors
will skim through your site and not return.
- At Least Twenty Pages Of Quality Content.
- The following is not considered content: guest books,
awards-received pages, award program pages (unless site
is a stand-alone award program), link pages, FAQs, web ring
pages, chat rooms, message boards.
- Grammar and spelling.
- More than 5 spelling or grammatical errors on a page will
result in a deduction from your score.
- Excellent Addition To The Web.
- Let your site be an excellent addition to the web by offering
things to your visitors such as free graphics, images, web
design tools, awards, tutorials, tips, etc.
- Animation
- Avoid excessive use of animation! If you must use animation,
limit it to no more than 5 per page.
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The criteria was updated on Jan.
14, 2004.
Please note: I reserve the
right to change my criteria at any time.
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