If you are using a browser that is not forms capable, please include the following information on your email application. Your full name, your hometown, your email address (very important, we can't contact you if you don't tell us how), the name of your web site to be reviewed, and of course the URL of your site. Give us a brief description of what we will find when we get to your site and tell us if it is best viewed with a particular browser. Please let us know how you happened to find Internet Brothers, and finally, assure us that you agree to and accept all the requirements contained on this page.

Whenever we receive an award, we always send a note of thanks to the presenter. It only takes a few minutes. We expect this same courtesy from you. Even if you're unhappy with the award you receive, a note of acknowledgment is in order. If you don't possess the common courtesy to do this, you shouldn't be applying for awards in the first place ... so don't apply for ours. If you accept and post our award, but fail to send us an acknowledgment, it will be our pleasure to remove all traces of you from our records, and void your award. Remember ... you're not an "official" winner until your site appears on our winners list. And your site WILL NOT appear on our winners list if you don't have the decency to send us a thank you note. After all, we did take the time to review your site.

Now, we realize that most of you don't need to be told this. To you, we apologize, and thank you for the netiquette. Those of us who have award programs work very hard to review all sites submitted. Please have the decency to take a few minutes out of your day to send an acknowledgment ... even if you choose not to accept the award. We reiterate: if you don't possess the courtesy to do this, please don't waste our time. Apply for someone else's award.

When applying for this award, you must acknowledge these requirements! It's a very simple indication that you've been paying attention. Not agreeing to follow the requirements will earn your application a trip to the trash, seriously. We have many more applicants who are willing. If your browser doesn't support forms, and you apply by email, you still must specifically state that you agree to follow these requirements. Again, fail to do so, and we will throw your application out. It's not that big a deal for you, but it is for us.

Please keep in mind: our standards are very high, and our decisions are final. Your site must show exceptional content, navigation, and design concept to win the Gold Plaque. If you don't win the Gold, please don't complain ... it will fall on deaf ears, and please don't expect us to explain why it didn't. We have neither the time nor the inclination to do so. We judge each site with equal fairness and we make no apologies regarding our decisions. We tend to train a sharper eye on commercial business sites than on personal ones. If you are not prepared to take a Bronze or less, please do not apply. If you are not willing to accept our judgment, please do not apply. If you make a solid effort to improve your site, feel free to resubmit at any time, but don't spam us. We realize we're not infallible, but we have years of experience and thousands of reviews.

We are very proud to have you display our award graphics on your site, but this is not required. Nor is a link back to us, but that helps others apply for this award, and we certainly appreciate it.

A note about multiple site submissions. If you absolutely must have more than one site reviewed, please submit them at least a couple of weeks apart. As this award's popularity continues to increase, it gets more and more difficult to give each site the individual attention it deserves. We pride ourselves on conscientious reviews, but there are only so many hours in the day. Thank you for your consideration.

We are only fluent in the English language (and there's some debate about that), so web sites that are not in English cannot be judged on content, only on presentation and style. To qualify for our top awards, an alternate English version of your site will be highly effective. We apologize, particulary to our global applicants, but we cannot judge what we cannot understand.