Procedure

Creating the shortlist

  • As soon as a website is submitted, a jury member checks if the site complies with the conditions mentioned under Who can participate? and decides if the website can enter the competition.
  • After this first selection the jury will create a shortlist of the 10 best corporate or commercial websites and the 10 best government or non-profit websites.
  • Each jury member analyzes and rates these 20 websites individually and gives them a score out of 50 based on 9 criteria.

Selecting the winners

  • Belgium’s most user-friendly website
    • The 10 sites with the highest jury scores will be presented to the public
    • The public can vote for the best website from October 1st until November 5th 2010
    • The site with the most votes is the winner
  • Most user-friendly government or non-profit website
    • The government or non-profit website with the highest jury score
  • Most user-friendly corporate or commercial website
    • The corporate or commercial website with the highest jury score

Announcing the winners

  • The winners will be announced on November 10th 2010.
  • Only the winner of each category will be announced. No further ranking will be made public.
  • Participating websites will not receive their ranking or a report from the jury. Please don’t ask.

Gifts accepted

  • The jury is not opposed to gifts such as wine, cigars (Dominican with a dark wrapper), diamonds or other valuables.
  • But please be aware that this won’t influence the jury’s judgement.