• Each category requires a minimum of five participants, otherwise the category will be annulled.
• Oman Web Awards has the right to refuse any website deemed offensive, contravening to traditional and local values or unlawful.
• Original work material and other procedures might be requested to prove the ownership and authenticity of the website.

• Innovative ideas that lead to final design solution
• Original solutions for interactivity

2- Technical / Ease of use / Navigation ( 25% )

• Outstanding use of special software applications
  • Data base: ex. Oracle, S Q L Server, IBM DB2 … etc
  • Language used: ex . net frame work ( ASP, ADO,C# VB ) PERL ( CGI … etc ) JAVA Script + more…etc. (.Net, JSP, EJB, Perl, PHP, ASP, ColdFusion, SQL, C, C++, Visual Basic, HTML/HTTP, XML, DHTML, WAP, CSS, SSL)
• Compatibility and adaptation of the design.

3- Content/Structure: (25%)

• Hierarchy
• Organization:
  • of links
  • of contents
  • of Data
• Functionality:
  • Easy navigation & user friendly
  • Accessibility of the website (KB size)
    • HTML (asp, php, cgi, xml, sql …etc) formats preferably should not exceed 60KB/webpage in each website.
    • Flash animation (swf) preferably should not exceed: 300KB (the smaller the better).
• Consistency:
  • In design of all the inner and outer web pages of the website.

4- Visual design solution/ Aesthetics (20%)

• Proper application of design principles: Harmony, balance, color scheme, contrast.
• Interactivity of type and image.
• Sequential design: visual links between main page and inside pages with the respect of the site brand and identity.

5- Interactivity (10%)

• Building interesting valuable experience:
• Control, creativity, productivity, communication, adaptation.