Selection of Websites

The shortlisting of submitted websites shall be made by the Armenian webmasters' community, i.e. members of webmasters@freenet.am mailing list as of the date of the Web Prize commencement.

Shortlisting

All websites submitted to "SARD '99" Web Prize shall be put on the Web Prize website. All members of webmasters@freenet.am will be requested to give their "YES" to their preferred unlimited number of websites. The 24 websites that receive majority of "YES" votes shall be shortlisted for the final.

Final

The winning websites shall be determined by a Jury composed of representatives of all ISPs in Armenia, the Networking Community, academia and universities, Government and Armenian Freenet, in Categories based on the following Evaluation Criteria.

Categories by Evaluation Criteria

In accordance with the Website creation guidelines, the Evaluation Criteria for the Websites submitted for "SARD '99" Web Prize would include:

(1) Content & Relevance to the Community

(2) Art and Design

(3) Technology and User-Friendliness

(4) Armenian Freenet's Choice

The top winner website shall receive highest score under (1) through (3) Category. Four winner websites shall be selected under each Category.

SARD 99 is a joint initiative by Armenian Freenet and several other partners. Therefore, it is possible that these partners may come up with their choices that are not listed above and awards. For information on prizes and awards, please go to Prizes.