all the sites should score high in each of the following categories.

1. A. Endonova
EALI9-8-52
Criteria of website excellence

2. Primary Criteria
• Overall Excellence
• Content Richness
• Breadth
• User-friendliness
• Reliability
• Wholesomeness
• Freshness
• Security

3. 1. Overall Excellence

4. The site should be simply the
best available in its
category or be the one of the
best informational resource
in selected subject area.

5. 2. Content Richness

6. abundant, rich, high-quality
content
The most important three words in
website evaluation are “content,
content, content”!

7. 3. Breadth

8. The site should cover a subject
area and provide extra links
concerning the content.

9. 4. User-friendliness

10. The site should be intuitive
and easy to us.
If the navigation is not so
easy, it is preferred to offer a
user a little training.

11. 5. Reliability

12. The site reliability and availability
are important. It should not crash a
user’s browser.

13. 6. Wholesomeness

14. No harm, no uncomfortable
feeling
The site should not include
pornographic websites, websites
devoted to the lurid details of
infamous crimes, or websites that
might reasonably be considered
“the dark side of the Net”.

15. 7. Freshness

16. The site needs frequently
updating, renewing.

17. No harm, no uncomfortable feeling
8. Security

18. The site should have no significant
security risks to the user.
If it is a commercial site, it has to provide
security of all the restrict transactions.
If it is a site from which the user can
download things, ensure that these things
are safe for the user’s system.

19. Secondary Criteria
• Modestly priced
• Easy Access
• Free Content
• No annoying advertising
• Easy-to-remember URL

20. How do you understand these criteria?

22. Now try to fill in the crossword!
Click on the picture!

24. Now you know the basic criteria of a good site
Describe your favourite site
using these criteria and
present to the group!

25. Resources:
• The list of criteria is based on the rigorous reviews and
opinions of professional web-
designers http://www.100bestwebsites.org/criteria.htm
• LearningApps.org is a Web 2.0 application, to support
learning and teaching processes with small interactive
modules - http://learningapps.org/display?v=pkaz0h93t16