Thursday, June 03, 2004

How to win website awards

These following tips take into consideration many of the criteria that award-givers use to judge your site.

Before submitting, optimize your site design. See our reports on website design:
Site Design Part I

Site Design Part II

Make sure your website has a definite purpose that is communicated clearly to your visitors.
Use graphics effectively. Avoid stock clip-art and focus on original graphics that enhance the presentation of your site.
Make sure your site is easy to navigate for your visitors.
Check for broken links. The following websites will be helpful:
http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
http://linkalarm.com/
http://www.netmechanic.com/

Validate your HTML code using one or more of these tools:
http://www2.imagiware.com/RxHTML/
http://www.htmlhelp.org/tools/validator/
http://validator.w3.org/

Check for browser compatibility using one of these tools:
http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp
http://www.anybrowser.com/
http://www.delorie.com/web/wpbcv.html
See our report on this subject, Site Compatibility

Include a page on your site to display awards that you have

Google
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