Unlike the web site awards reviewed previously, the World Wide Web Awards is free to enter. The details of the award according to the web site include:

As one of Worlds peak internet bodies, the Awards of World Wide Web Award Program are amongst the most prestigious available – and hence, amongst some of the more difficult to win on the web. The World Wide Web Awards has devised a rating system of Gold, Silver, and Bronze – with these different rankings enabling us the widest possible area in which to reward skill, effort and enthusiasm and assist in gaining credibility for your website.

The award has vast criteria for judging, and the judges include industry experts. The winner of the award receives a banner and linking on a the web site, which ranks on the first page of Google for the term “web award”.

So what is the incentive for the World Wide Web Awards to exist? If the footer of the web site is any indication, the organization likely does generate some revenue by selling templates and other web design services that are advertised.

While the advertising is the “catch”, the awards still seem reputable and valuable if you are looking to get some good press for your web site. Even better, you don’t have to pay a large sum of money to enter.

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