i think the awards that u've mentioned earlier..i went to the site..and to me its just pure way of marketing and advertising... no quality involved..ppl can just get a tool that flood the traffic of the site. then its already top sites....then wats the point? The best way is to get a panel of professionals and web designers to sit in front of the pc and judge by the criteria...not just any criteria but strict criteria. the gif file that just keep flahing away to ask ppl to vote for u is just distracting and make any website quality go down. Being or sposering a high prestige award program is not easy... You just have to know how. Judging a good website needs panel of judges of PROFESIONALS..not kiddies who just know how to use Microsoft Frontpage u get wat i mean?

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