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To win The Useful Free Site Award , the site must fulfil the
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All Text is easily readable on all pages. The size and fonts used should make reading easier. |
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Good original, informative and interesting content. The visitor must remember your site because of its content. |
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Correct spelling, grammar and sentence construction. Language errors can lead to one misunderstanding the content and is to be avoided. |
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All graphics to be working, be properly displayed
and not be missing, especially internal graphics. |
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All internal links to be working. No more than 7
external links not working. |
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The navigation system must be user friendly and
functional. There should be no need to use the browsers back button. |
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The visitor must be able to interact with the
Webmaster, in the form of a guest book, contact, or e-mail. |
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There should be a separate section on your web site
for the awards you have won. |
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If you have music, there must be a means of turning
it off. |
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If you use flash intros, there must be a skip
function. |
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The design should be consistent in background,
graphics, menus, navigation symbols and layout. |
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Backgrounds images should not make reading
difficult, and not change without justification. |
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There should be a highly visible link back to the
home page on all pages. |
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The website should have a Privacy Policy and a Copyright
Policy. |
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Criteria updated on 01-07-2006 |
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Scoring Consideration: |
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30 Points Content: The topic, quality and nature of
the content should be interesting, friendly and highly informative. |
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15 Points Design: Links and images to be working.
Text and theme to be consistent on all pages. |
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15 Points Appearance: Compatibility and usage of
colors, text, graphics and background. Grammar and spelling to be
correct. |
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10 Points Navigation: External links should open in
a new window and internal links in the same window. No need for back
button. |
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10 Points Originality: Is the site memorable,
innovative and has a sense of individuality? |
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05 Points Credit: Credit should be given to creators
of items that are not yours including graphics, scripts, text,
forms, etc... |
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05 Points Privacy: The information acquired from
visitors must be subject to a privacy policy on your site. |
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05 Points Copyright: All copyright items should be
mentioned including the copyright policy of the website. |
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05 Points Personal : My own personal impression and
feeling of the site, including the first impression. |
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Scoring System: |
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90 to 100 points: GOLD |
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80 to 89 points: SILVER |
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70 to 79 points: BRONZE |
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60 to 69 points: MERIT |
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00 to 59 points: NONE |
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Any website will be automatically disqualified if the site has
any of the following:
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A language medium other than English. |
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Any content which promotes, displays or encourages
any illegal activity. |
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Any content which implies hate, racist, violence,
profane language, satanism, occultism, discrimination or extremism. |
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Mouse trails or comet cursors which are very
disturbing to the surfer. |
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A 404 error, blank page, under construction message,
or coming-soon sign. |
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An invalid URL, email address or any part of the web
site which cannot be accessed. |
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Crashes or freezes the browser or computer. |
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A password or a download to enter or view the
content. |
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Forces visitors to download programs or plug-ins to
view website. |
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An applicant that is under the age of 18, in
accordance with
C.O.P.P.A. |
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I, Ebrahim Sadak, Owner of the Awards Program held at the
WebSite, The Useful Free Site, do hereby declare: |
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That I will visit all Websites that apply for the
award listed on my website. |
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That in judging the applicants for my award that I
will do so with honesty, integrity, fairness and impartiality. |
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That I will judge all websites by the criteria
listed by my awards program. |
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That I will show no prejudice to anyone, for any
reason, when considering them for my award. |
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That my award program is not a give away award,
reciprocal award. My site has criteria that must be met, and I judge
by this criteria. |
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Applicants from all sites are welcome, except as
stated on my site. |
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That I will not consider any site that contains
illegal content, pornography or explicit sexual content or any site
connected to such content. |
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I will not discriminate against any person that
applies for my award. |
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I agree to maintain a professional, friendly and
positive manner in any correspondence with any applicant. |
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I will respect the privacy of all applicants. All
information received will be deemed private,
except that which is stated on award program. |
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I agree to uphold the pledge of The Ethics Pledge
Program , at all times maintaining high standards of honesty,
integrity, fairness and impartiality. |
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Submitted on 05-05-2006, Date Ethics Statement
Placed on Site. |
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GOLD
Type: JPEG Image
Dimensions: 126 x 126
Size: 12.4 KB (12,765 bytes) |
SILVER
Type: JPEG Image
Dimensions: 126 x 126
Size: 11.2 KB (11,538 bytes) |
BRONZE
Type: JPEG Image
Dimensions: 126 x 126
Size: 12.6 KB (12,921 bytes) |
MERIT
Type: JPEG Image
Dimensions: 126 x 126
Size: 11.5 KB (11,816 bytes) |
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Upgraded: 31-07-2006 |
Initial Rating : 29-05-2006 |
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"Best" viewed with IE. 5.0+. Site optimized for screen 1024 x 768 resolution
with Java enabled. - Site Owner: Ebrahim Sadak,
South Africa.
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bravenet.com
