7. Not knowing likes and dislikes of your page's reader. (You don't have to conduct a survey to find out -- you will get what you design into it.)

8. Giving your visitors too many options. (Yahoo! adds options to *keep* their multitude of regular visitors coming back. They did not, and could not, *get* that multitude with all those options. Ebay.com does not offer email accounts. Napster.com does not offer electronic greeting cards.)

9. Not knowing age bracket of your page's reader. (You don't have to conduct a survey to find out -- you will get what you design into it.)

10. Not knowing whether more men read your page than women, or vice versa. (You don't have to conduct a survey to find out -- you will get what you design into it. If you try for both, you will probably get neither.)

4] Always proofread and edit your content for common errors: spelling, punctuation, capitalization, sentence structure, etc.

5] Check to be sure all links work.Links sometimes need upgrading or a mistake may be made when they are entered.

6] Background and font design are as important as content itself. Be sure background is compatible with font color. Never use fluorescent or brilliant font color, or background. These shades of color often blind eyes and make reading difficult.

7] Although banners are becoming "IN" thing on Internet, they have their down side.Load time of a page is considerably slower if page has many banners. Visitors will leave site if load time is slow..thus losing potential customers.Sites are often rejected for having a "Banner Farm." Instead, try writing an interesting paragraph or two about link and then link to site.More often, than not,a short description will prompt visitor to click. Overload of graphics, and clip art are also related.

8] A vital part of any web site are meta tags, title description and key words. search engines will never find your site, unless you put in these key words. Take a look at each page and identify these words. You will need many of them, take your time to assemble list of up to 150 words, or related words that are used most often.

9] Be careful of content on site, such a lottery games, adult content only, if you wish to apply for an award. It might come to getting rid of this type of content.

10] Free hosting can often be a downfall as well. You should have your own domain available at minimal cost if you are well established. I am still using free hosting, but will upgrade in near future.

This list of ten qualities is by no means all that some ask for when you apply for an award. Some of tips are not required, but are necessary for a quality web site.