All applicants must carefully read the Korea Award criteria & all rule.
This criteria applies to all applicants as of Aug. 01, 2005.

All applications should be submitted by the site's webmaster or owner. Applicants must be more than 14 years old. <<Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)>> Applications are received only from the 1st to the 15th of the month. Sites must be family-friendly and child-safe. Our award program can evaluate sites written in English, Korean, Chinese, German, Dutch, French, Flemish and Russian. Your site should appear normal in MSIE 5.0+ and/or Netscape 6.0+. Please read our privacy statement before you apply. I will use your name, site title and site URL. If you are a winner, I will use a screenshot of your site. All applicants are required to read all of our criteria and all Rule (Criteria ~ Self-test) before they apply for an award. You will be permitted to see the application page after you have read all of the Criteria and all Rule.

First page impression - The first page we visit should be interesting enough to make visitors want to look further into your site. - The first page should make clear what you have to offer and that your site is of interest to the general public. - Once we pass the entrance page, clear navigation to all other pages on your site must be present. Design and origin - Originality and creativity of design is a plus if the applicant is the designer. - The design should reflect part of what you and your site are all about. Let your graphics reflect the theme of your site. - If you use graphics or design templates from others, then you must give credit for the graphics and/or design. - Design should have consistency in background, graphics, menus, navigation symbols and layout. - It's okay for the design to be simple, as long as it is effective in the presentation. Load Time of Your Pages - The loading time of a site should be under one minute when using a 128k connection. - We prefer streaming to waiting. - Site should not be full of useless graphics that slow down the loading time. Make sure your graphics are necessary. Pop-Up Windows. - Pop-up or pop-under windows take the joy out of viewing your site. - We want to enjoy our visit, so do not have unnecessary pop-up or pop-under windows. Background Music Must Have a Turn-Off Option. - The ON-OFF button must be added when using background music. - It is preferable that the ON/OFF button be at the top of the page.

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The criteria was updated on Feb. 19, 2006.

Please note: I reserve the right to change my criteria at any time.