:: Most Favourite Sri Lankan Web Site ::

Rules & Guidelines

About the competition
◊ “The Most Favourite Sri Lankan Website Award” will be selected based on the votes received from the general public
◊ “The Most Favourite Sri Lankan Website Award” has three categories: Sinhala, Tamil and English. This categorization will be based on in what language the content is presented in the website. Winners will be selected per each category based on the votes received.
◊ In addition, awards for the following categories will be decided by a Panel of Judges.

● Best Government Website
● Best Corporate Website
● Best SME Website
● Best Non Profit Website
● Best Website Developer - Award will be given to the developing company
● Best e-commerce Website - The website should be facilitate online transactions
● Best Entertainment Website
● Best Personal Website (Website dedicated for an individual/group)
● Best News Website - online newspapers,e-news sites
● Best Social Website
● Best Advertising Website (includes real estate, automobiles, etc websites)

◊ The competition will be in two phases where the first phase is the nomination phase and will be from 18th August to 7th September 2010.
◊ Nominated websites will be subjected to a review by a Panel of Judges and website owners will be notified regarding the nominations. They should agree to the terms and conditions of the competition if their website is to be considered for the voting stage. They should also mention for which special Award categories their website should be considered. The Panel of Judges will compile the final list. Before the commencement of the voting phase, website owners should display the campaign logo prominently in their website with a link to the site www.bestweb.lk .
◊ The voting period will be from 23rd September to 20th october 2010.

Eligibility for the competition
◊ The “Most Favourite Sri Lankan Website Award” Competition is open to all websites registered under the .lk Domain.
◊ Sites will not be eligible if it contains any of the following

● Illegal, Obscene, Abusive or preposterous content
● Sites that are in the opinion of judges deemed to be of poor quality, in bad taste or have defamatory content
● Have been deemed unsuitable for the competition by the judging panel for any other reason.

◊ Sinhala and Tamil websites will be eligible only if its content is available in Unicode standards.
◊ In the event if any of the competitors were found influencing the judges or involved in promoting negative information regarding competitors, they will immediately be disqualified from the competition.

Nominating a website
◊ Anyone can nominate websites by providing Name, Email, Contact Number and Website. Entries must be submitted online using the online entry form in the www.bestweb.lk. Users can also submit any comments when nominating a website which will be reviewed by the judges at the selection process. In the event the site is already nominated by another party, the comment will be accepted.

◊ A web site is considered entered after a completed entry form is received by the LK Domain Registry.

Selection after Nomination
◊ The judges will be evaluating entries throughout the nomination period. In the event that a website is not accessible during the evaluation period, the website will not be selected for the voting phase.
◊ The judges reserve the right to request additional information or reject a nominated website without explanation.
◊ Approval of a website will be solely at the discretion of the Judges and is not negotiable by nominators.
◊ Website owners should be reachable and should agree to the terms and conditions of the competition in order to be selected for the voting stage

Voting for a website

◊ Voting will be for a period of 4 weeks.
◊ End of each week websites which have received least number of votes will be removed from the voting list.
◊ Each person shall only vote once per each category per week.
◊ Anyone can vote for a website using the online entry form in the www.bestweb.lk. Five lucky winners will be selected every week to receive exciting gift packs. A valid email address should be provided for us to contact you.
◊ Every week www.bestweb.lk will display the top 5 contestants per each category.
◊ Any fraudulent or multiple votes will be discarded and any sites for which fraudulent votes are sent may be disqualified.

In the event of any conflicts during the competition, the decision of the judges will be considered as final.

Special Awards
◊ All nominated websites confirmed for participation are eligible for special awards.

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