January 1, 2005: Artsology has been awarded a Golden Web Award for 2003-2004.

Who are the Judges? All Golden Web Awards are provided through the International Association of Webmasters & Designers. The Judges consist of the V.V.C. (Voluntary Voting Committee). This voting committee was designed to be comprised of I.A.W.M.D. members who volunteer their time to visit and score the websites submitted for the award.

Requirements to win: The websites submitted are judged and scored in three primary categories: Design, Content and Originality. Each category receives a score between 1 and 10. Up to three V.V.C. members may score a particular website. The scores from each V.V.C. member are totaled (30 being a perfect score). These scores are then added together and averaged for a final score. Please note: individual scoring results are not given, but winning the award requires a total score of between 24 to 30.

What it means to win: Only the best sites are voted to receive the Golden Web Award. The criterion for winning remains a challenge to even the best webmasters, artists and designers. That being said, the Golden Web Award is the recognition of a commitment to the pursuit of website excellence. Further, it represents that the awarded site is considered an outstanding website, incorporating high standards of design, originality and content. Most importantly, the Golden Web Award lets others know that the site is viewed as a respected professional website, one that is deserving of recognition.

Please note: we are just showing an image of the I.A.W.M.D.'s home page here rather than an actual link to the site because their site serves a lot of pop-up ads. If you would like to see the site despite their pop-up ads, you may do so by clicking here.