Receiving a Web Award for Your Custom Site Design
A Web Hosting Article Contributed by Frances Rhea
How to Receive a Web Award for Custom Site Design
You have gone to the trouble of designing a custom web site and now you want it recognized. A Web Award is nice to receive after you have created your awesome design but how do you go about getting one?
To be honest, it is like anything else - you can not receive an award if you do not apply for one. Finding a good Award program is the key.
What Web Awards are Available for Custom Site Design
There are numerous Award Web sites on the Internet. Most of them are legitimate ones. Others look more like a link-exchange. Some Award Web sites only allow non-commercial sites, yet others only allow corporate or business websites.
It is important to read all of the criteria presented at each Award Web site carefully. Some only accept non-frames Web sites (which are a bad design idea anyway), or will not allow the use of java-applets. Your custom Web site design can miss out on an Award because you do not read the criteria fully.
What Difference an Award Makes
If you have great plans on getting more Web site visitors with your newly acquired awards, you will need to have an excellent Web site. A good Web site may get an Award but not more visitors. The most prestigious Awards only showcase the winner(s), which can lead to more Web site traffic.
Tips to Get a Web Site Award for Your Custom Design
If you submitted your Web site for an Award and have not won, do not be discouraged. Custom Web site design can be fun and profitable. Instead, view it as a challenge to learn more and improve the quality of your Web site design.
Here are some things that will help you get an award for your custom designs:
-- Only submit your Web site once to the Award site. Numerous requests will just irritate them.
-- Do not submit an adult Web site.
-- Make sure your Web site is completed and that there are no broken links.
-- Make your Web site load quickly. Nobody likes to wait for your information.
-- Make sure your content is well written.
-- If you want to apply for multiple Awards, type out your name, Web site URL, Web site title, and Email contact information in Notepad. Then all you need to do is copy and paste the information into the forms.
Sites That Give Awards for Custom Design
Coolsiteoftheday.com is the most prestigious award on the Internet. If you can manage to win this one, you will definitely see an increase in your Web site traffic.
Other Web sites that give valuable Awards are: Awardsites.com, NetGuide, USA Today, Lycos Top 5, GoldenWebAward.com, and AwardSites.com.
These are not the only Web sites that give Awards for your creative efforts. Use a search engine with the keywords 'Web Site Award' to find lots more listings.
Whatever you do, keep trying! Having an Award is something to be proud of!
