Scoring

Design and Presentation
(0-30 points)

Clean design in every aspect: graphics, animations, buttons, backgrounds, etc. that facilitates as much as possible the content reading.

Main Theme and colors attractive, proper positioning of the text (similar in all the windows in fonts as well as size), banners, buttons and navigation bar.

Balance between images and text. Fast load.

Proper behavior with commonly used browsers latest versions.

Conformance with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), or similar, recommendations and showing the validations.

Deductions (0-15 negative points):

Content disturbing animated graphics or advertisements. Annoying advertisements.

Backgrounds that increase reading difficulty. Background changes without a justification.

Background music without a disable button. Flash, or similar, website introduction without a bypass button.

Pop up windows (the ones from free service ISPs are not considered).

Automatic full screen windows and attention distracting cursor.

Content
(0-40 points)

The reader is satisfied with all the information and enables a reflection process about it (the minimum content is defined in the qualification table of Alcazarén Awards).

Original content. Documented references using links or authors bibliography (include sources).

When summarizing a topic, the synthesis process gives a correct global impression.

Good writing style, using grammar correctly and facilitating as much as possible the comprehension.

Educational and informative contents (introductions, summaries, etc), original and based on investigation.

Contents related with, or about, towns, cities and regions.

Guestbook and interactive forums with moderator.

Deductions (0-20 negative points):

Improper language, offensive, vulgar, discourteus, etc.

Missing data or relevant points in the topic at hand.

Data imprecision, if it is an approximation, say it explicitly, if it is variable, be precise in time or in the way it was measured.

Navigation
(0-20 points)

Easy of navigation.

Proper operation of the navigational tools, link with the home page in all the windows.

Internal links open in the same window. If some open in a new one, its use should be restricted, consistent and justified (e.g. links to another website).

Links related with the content of the website are included, thus amplifying or documenting the information provided.

Deductions (0-10 negative points):

Broken internal links (including images). Broken external links.

Mouse right button disabled or other abnormal features.

Theme and First Impression
(0-10 point)

First impression with relation to the content and design.

Website that one would like to come back.

At evaluator discretion.