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Announcement and Award Sites or Services If you're proud of your site and think it deserves special recognition, you should definitely submit it to some - or all - of the sites below. If you do succeed in snagging one of these prestigious awards, it will do wonders for your site's traffic. In any case, you'll never know if your site has what it takes unless you try.
Announcement and/or "What's New" Sites A comprehensive announcement site that receives thousands of new listings daily. Unlike other What's New sites that are primarily directories, What's Nu provides access to listings via a search engine, allowing you to search their database by keyword and category. They also archive all listings, so once you register you'll be around for a long time. To get the most out of your listing, use a title and description with keywords that strongly relate to your site's topic, and make sure your topic strongly relates to the category into which you submit your site. Submission Page: http://www.whatsnu.com/cgi-bin/addlink.cgi Daily picks are listed by title with a one-line summary and archived with the What's New page. They offer weekly picks as well at: http://yahoo.com/picks. Winners of the weekly award are showcased in a feature article and archived for easy browsing. You submit by sending an e-mail to: suggest-picks@yahoo-inc.com. This site has been around since the early days of the Web. The directory is archived and searchable, so its definitely worth adding your site to their listing. New announcements are posted within 36 hours of submission, and the list is updated daily. Submission page: http://newtoo.manifest.com/submit.html Offers a site announcement service for those who want to announce their website to the media, but don't have the need (or perhaps the budget) to issue a full press release. Send a one paragraph site description (50 words maximum), a hyperlinked URL and a contact e-mail address. They are combined with no more than five others into an e-mail digest. The cost is $55.00, as compared to $225.00 for the full Internet News Bureau press release service.
"Cool Site of the Day" Awards Getting named the "Cool Site of the Day" is an accomplishment that is bound to get your site noticed in a big way! There are many sites that hand out achievement awards in this category, the best of which are: Infi.Net's Cool Site of the Day awards Very popular and meaningful award site that features interesting, provocative and irreverent web sites from around the world. If you think your site has what it takes be sure to give it a shot, a listing here will definitely do something for your traffic. They also award Cool Site of the Year. You submit by sending an e-mail to: cool@coolsiteoftheday.com Delivers the best new web sites the moment they are discovered. Featuring "Cool Central Site of the Moment and Hour" and "Nick Click, Private...Eye." The Best of the Cool Awards consistently recognizes truly outstanding sites in terms of design, originality and content. Netscape's picks of the coolest web sites. Project Cool features its current Cool Site of the Day in a section called "Sightings." Chooses a cool site each day and does a darn good job of it. You can access a complete archive of cool sites in the "Previous Sightings" section. Their submissions page is located at: http://www.projectcool.com/sightings/submit.html This site, produced by 123Go, prescribes the latest Cool Site on a daily basis. Dr. Webster's been giving away awards every day for a long time and has a steady, loyal following. To submit your site, send an e-mail to: mmcdonald@123go.com or visit Dr. Webster's homepage and follow the "Submit a Site" link.
Multi-Site Web Awards Submission Services This Worksheet may be downloaded by anyone who wants to apply for awards! You can apply to over 600 Award Sites around the world! Virtual Reference Meta-index of Award Sites A listing of different sites that host site of the day, hot sites and so on.
Stand out or "One-of-a-Kind" Site Awards If you don't succeed in getting picked as the Cool Site of the Day, you might turn the tables and go after the wild, hot and offbeat awards that are an offshoot of the Cool Site concept. Some of the best hot and zany award sites are: CMP's publications are tremendously popular, so getting selected by them as a "HotSpot" is a definite feather in you cap. You can suggest your site by sending an e-mail to: hotspots@langa.com USA Today searches the Web for sites that are hot, new and notable. They look for sites that may stretch the design envelope and show where the Web is headed; sites that offer something unusual or unexpected, or something just plain useful. Votes are taken from their What's New section for sites worthy of a Hot Site Award. Directory of Websites based on Web traffic and organized by category. The All Original Web Site Awards Awards for Websites that are completely original in their design, graphics and content. No clip art allowed! Recognizes outstanding sites by designating them as hot sites or links of the week. Offers several awards in multiple categories each week. You can submit your site by sending an e-mail to: mmc@comcurr.com or going to: http://www.currents.net/resources/hotlink.html. Whatever it is that makes Ravi qualified to pick "elite" sites from the norm, he does a good job of it. So go ahead and see if you've got what it takes.
Other Prestigious Award Sites Being recognized by one of these prestigious award givers will give your site an immediate and prolonged traffic boost. Be sure your site is up-to-date and in tip-top shape before you submit! Jayde offers the Gold Diamond award to sites with great style, design and content, and the Webrider Corporate Best, for top commercial sites. BizWeb2000's Gold site Cup Award MMM Jim Daniel's award for websites that provide free help & information for entrepreneurs looking to do business online. PC Magazine's Top 100 Websites A list of tip sites listed in five categories, everything from amazine online stores to essential commputing resources, with a couple of stops along with way for fun and excitement. PC Magazine also does a write up on a site of the day and a site of the week. Previously behind the Webby Awards, WebbieWorld now maintains a hand picked directory of the best sites on the Web. Not an award site, but a great place to get listed if your site is up to snuff. The Web 100 is different. Visitors get to vote on sites in the directory, and what people like moves up the ladder. Great idea, great site. Each week they review well-designed websites and discuss how to make your website become a killer.
The Very Best of the Best To be singled out for one of these awards, you not only have to pass muster to get into these Web Guides, you have to be judged the very best of the very best. The leading creative honors for digital media. The awards recognize the most creative and innovative Websites of the year and the talented editorial, technical and design teams behind them. NetGuide's Platinum Site award One of the top awards on the Net. Read the award nomination criteria a the above URL and then submit your site to one of the category-specific e-mail addresses provided. Britannica Internet Guide awards A guide to the Web's best sites from the publishers of Encyclopedia Britannica. This site offers awards for Site of the Week and Best of the Web. If you're looking for more award sites to apply to or more information on award sites, head on over to Awardsites.com. This free service offers all you need to know about awards and award sites, including ratings, recognition and resources.
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