The competition for the monthly. Vote at the visitors award enjoys increasing popularity. So far 604.626 valid votes at the end of November 2009, the visitors award has reached now almost his total profit from the previous year. Thus one can assume already that, now for the ninth time in a row, a new annual record will be served up. And, although visitors award both earlier this year and now in early December 2009 the website due to software updates had to be taken for a few days from the mains. The visitors award is formed in September 2001 as a purely private page, just on a whim.

Back then, it was the visitors Award with just a vote and a section with 11 pages online. Today present every month between 230 and 240 pages in 12 categories (maximum of 20 pages per section). Monthly Web pages are selected from all applications (approximately 600 new registrations in the month), are listed and approved for the voting in 12 categories. These are topics such as sports, entertainment, business, art and Culture, leisure time, boards, TOP 20, animals, General, family, youth and Internet available. The applications are completely free and require only the input of essential data such as name of the page, link and email address. The nominated pages are presented in the voting lists with the page name, the link and a screenshot of visible via mouse-over. Now, the visitors have the opportunity to choose your favorite these pages with the delivery of your voting. It is completely free and easy up to the participants themselves, whether for the voting advertising (E.g.

in the form of Votebuttons or banners, E-mail advertising, forum posts, etc.) make. To avoid distortions of competition will be emphasis, that the voters are promised to increase the vote no pricing or other. The SPAM is not just allowed, it should be mentioned only on the edge. The only important thing is to consider rule, that a vote on for a page from a single/multiple person (s), from a PC standalone, network. (Private, business, Internet-cafes.) only every 3 hours is approved. The background of the idea of visitors award is to meet the users something to offer fun and entertainment, new pages, to promote communication of among the webmaster (including in the our Forum) etc. The webmaster is here basically a free and completely non-binding form to present of his side at the disposal. Here have all the same chance – whether professional or commercial website, intensive proactive created homepage or simply just ‘ with a free Web site created using modular principle. The visitors Award serves first and foremost, entertainment. Webmasters can make free PR for your page and promote communication among webmasters. Therefore, the awarding of prizes at the awards ceremony visitors is rather than incidental to see. For the first 4 places, there is both an award (gold, silver, bronze and for the 4th place). Some reductions (made available by sponsors) among all participants will be selected according to availability. In addition, there is a raffle where more prices are available every 3 months. In the archive ‘ all winners are listed since the beginning of the competition. Also in 2009 the Forum of the visitors award has a surge of Member getting. Currently, over 5,200 members are registered, who have posted so far approximately 72,200. The daily updated Sudoku page loads by the way a for entertainment and relaxation. New registrations are of course always welcome visitor award at. Peter Adlung