Score

Each juror scores a site from 1 to 10 on four pillars. Their score for the site weights the pillars like this:

Design · 40%

Visual quality: layout, typography, colour, imagery and art direction. Does the site look considered at every screen size, and does its look fit what it is for?

Usability · 30%

How easy the site is to use: clear navigation, readable text, fast loading, working forms, and access for keyboard and screen reader users. Effects that get in the way lose points here.

Creativity · 20%

Originality of the idea and how it is carried out. Would you remember this site tomorrow, and does it do something you have not seen many times before?

Content · 10%

What the site says and shows: clear, honest writing, real product imagery, and information that answers what a visitor came for.

Sites are collected in weekly batches: everything approved from Monday 00:00 to Sunday 23:59 (Tbilisi time) forms one batch. The jury scores the batch during the following week, and its voting closes at the end of that Sunday. Sites in voting are listed under Nominees.

Jurors never score a site they built or one that belongs to their company. Sites built by the Shemoqmedi team are shown as such and never win awards.

The final score is every juror's weighted score, averaged and rounded to two decimals. Only the jury decides awards. A site needs at least 3 jury votes to be eligible for any award; the number rises as the jury grows.

Example: a juror scores Design 9, Usability 8, Creativity 7 and Content 6, which weights to 9 × 0.4 + 8 × 0.3 + 7 × 0.2 + 6 × 0.1 = 8.00. Three jurors at 8.00, 7.50 and 8.40 give a final score of 7.97.

Creators with a Shemoqmedi badge can also vote. Their average is shown on each site as the community score, for interest; it does not decide awards.

Ties are broken by more jury votes, then a higher Design score, then the earlier submission.

Four tiers, from the lowest. Each badge shows the award and its date.

Honorable Mention · Silver crow

Every eligible site with a final score of 6.50 or more when its voting closes.

Site of the Day · Black crow

Eligible sites with 7.00 or more join the Site of the Day queue, best score first. Each day one site from the queue is announced: one winner a day, and a site can win only once. Sites left in the queue carry over to the following days. If the queue is empty, the day has no winner; a past winner is never repeated.

Site of the Month · Red crow

On the 1st of each month the jury scores the month's Site of the Day winners again, over 5 days. The highest score wins, announced on the 6th.

Site of the Year · Gold crow

In January the jury scores the year's twelve Sites of the Month over 10 days. The highest score wins, announced on 20 January.

Solo makers with 8.20 or more also receive Best Solo Creation, an award outside the tiers.

Each award has its own page, and only the verified owner of a winning site can get its badge.

A website can be listed once at a time. A site that has already been through the showcase can come back only as a significant redesign, as a new entry linked to the old one and approved by the jury. If it won an award, the redesign can be submitted 12 months after its last award at the earliest.