| This is my way of having a go at meaningless
web "awards" and trying to bring to your attention the practice of adorning
a website with glitzy graphics to appear highly credible. I've seen
site after site claim to be "award winners" or to follow a particular
code of practice or conduct. The truth is anyone can award themselves
whatever they want or they can copy a graphic and place it prominently,
thereby giving the website an air of legitimacy. Not everything is what
it seems.
Legitimate sites do indeed strive to follow codes of conduct and
to meet particular standards.
These aren't the ones to watch out for.
I have seen websites knocked up in a few hours, literally, and become
emblazoned with numerous "awards". Most of the so called awards are
completely meaningless anyway, never mind the hijacked real ones!
Just remember to take any "Web Awards" you see with a big pinch of
salt!
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