| Global Aircraft Awards Criteria |
| 1) Each link on your site must function well. Each dead link will result in point loss. |
| 2) Excessive consoles, banners, advertisements, etc. will result in point loss. |
| 3) “Under construction” pages will be immediately disqualified. |
| 4) Your site should be updated at least once every week. |
| 5) HTML code must be correct. |
| 6) If your site promotes adult (pornography) material, hatred, violence, racism, etc. (even through links), it will be immediately disqualified. |
| 7) If your site offers Flash, or other up-to-date tools, an option must be available for non-supporting browsers ("skip intro", etc.) |
| 8) Text must be grammatically correct and understandable. |
| 9) Your site must be easy to navigate through for first time visitors. If not, help pages must be available. |
| 10) Your site must load quickly (under 30 seconds on a 56k modem). |
| 11) All sites must have 3 or more pages of content. |
| 12) In order to win the award, you must be the website's owner/web master and be at least 14 years old. |
| 13) If your site has too much JAVA and causes our browser to freeze or quit from an overload of information the site will be immediately disqualified. |
| 14) Website topic is preferably aviation, although almost all topics are accepted. |
| 15) Websites submitted correctly will get a response within a week. After your site has been reviewed and voted on,
Global Aircraft will send you an e-mail stating whether you won a medal or not along with your scoring sheet. If you didn't win, you may edit your site and re-enter it after 90 days. |
Your webiste will be graded in the following way:
Content - 20 Points
Navigation - 20 Points
Graphic design - 20 Points
Originality - 20 Points
Judge's personal opinion - 10 Points
Grammar, link, photo, and scripting correctness - 10 Points
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Award Issuing:
95-100 Points - Gold Award
85-94 Points - Silver Award
75-84 Points - Bronze Award
In order to win the Platinum Award, you must have at least 1 GAC Award prior to entry and score a perfect 100.
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If your site qualifies, click here to go to the application.
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