DVM Newsmagazine's
HotSpot Home Page Contest

December 1998

Judge's Score Sheet

Name of Clinic:

URL of Clinic:

Mission Statement:

Add Points:				Delete Points
	Range		Score		Range		Score
User-friendliness
Home page down loads in less than 10 seconds.	00	50		Home page takes more than 30 seconds to download.	10	50
Easy to remember URL	00	20
Clear navigation everywhere	00	20		Bad navigation; broken links	10	20
Compatible with most browsers	10	25		Optimized for just one browser	--	10
				Reader is forced to turn on backgrounds to read type	--	10
				Site consistently crashes your browser	--	100
Mission Statement
Has a mission statement	-	10		Has no mission statement.	--	20
Publishes mission statement	-	10		Has a lame mission statement.	00	10
Page Form
All pages have descriptive titles	00	50		No titles; or unhelpful titles	--	20
Allows user to use his/her own font preferences	00	50		Type constrained to itty-bitty, teeny-weeny, sans-serif font	--	20
Consistent use of design elements throughout the site	00	25
"Site updated xx/xx/98"	00	25
Graphics
Graphics optimized for easy download	00	25		Big hunking graphics that take forever to download	10	20
Cool animations that make sense and aren't too band-width intense	00	10		Useless, annoying animations	20	50
xxxxx				Blinking text or popup windows	--	25
				Few, or no graphics at all	00	25
Important graphics have alt="text"	--	20
Text downloads first, then graphics download in stages	00	25
Content
Cool content	00	100		Lame content, more like a Yellow Pages ad	--	50
Helpful links page	00	50
Interactive features
Useful site search engine	00	50		No attempt at interaction	--	50
Useful database	00	100
"Ask the DVM" with timely e-mail answers	00	100
Web cams or other way out service	00	100
Pages for clients to put up pictures or text	00	100
Total Plus Points:				Total Negative Points:
Total:

Judge's Name:

Judge's Notes:

 

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