VERIFIED RECOGNITIONOPEN JURY / 2027

Awards are outcomes, not products.

Awards are earned through evaluation results—not purchased.

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LEVELS

Recognition with evidence

Merit Award

Strong websites with sound fundamentals across the complete evaluation.

Excellence Award

Outstanding work across most categories, showing deliberate craft rather than defaults.

Site of Distinction

Exceptional websites that set a higher benchmark for the categories they enter.

BADGES AND PUBLIC PROFILES

Recognition people can verify

Qualifying websites receive an award certificate and an embeddable badge. The badge links to an owner-approved public profile showing the evaluation score, date, category results and live award status.

Completed sites that do not qualify can publish a separate cyan “Evaluated” badge. It proves an evaluation record exists but never claims the website earned an award.

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POLICY

Qualification remains independent

Payment covers the work of evaluating a website. Award rules are versioned, qualification is calculated from stored evidence, and ambiguous results can be routed to manual review. Publishing is optional and private report details are never placed on a public profile.