Companies and organizations that give out their own awards, such as USA Today with their prestigious “Hot Site” award carefully select quality Web sites and add them to their archives. These sites are an excellent resource for you to collect ideas about designing your own site. Also worth checking out is the Lycos Top 5% site (http://point.lycos.com) with a directory of some of the best Web sites currently available to you. They are all rated by the “Web’s most experienced reviewers.”
After creating and publishing your site, you might want to apply for some of these awards yourself. Once you have a great Web site up-and-running and get a nice award, your site will begin to earn a profit of its own. Advertisers will want their ads on your site, which give you potential for collecting great revenue. The following is a listing of popular awards available on the World Wide Web and where to apply for them.
| Award | Apply at |
| Blue Web’n | http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn |
| Cool Central | http://www.coolcentral.com |
| USA Today Hot Site | http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/ch.htm |
| Too Cool! | http://toocool.com |
| The Web 100 | http://www.web100.com |
| Webby Awards | http://www.webbyawards.com |