Certified Criteria – Basic to all Rating Levels

AP does not contain any of the “Disqualifiers” AP must have a direct link from the home page or be a “standalone” program AP must have a Purpose Statement AP must have a listed Criteria AP must have an Ethics Statement AP must have a Privacy Statement AP must have a Copyright Notice AP must be Family Safe AP owner must be 17 years or older to apply AP must have an application form to apply for the award AP must notify all applicants

APIRS Certified Member Badge (Sample)

The designation of “APIRS Certified Member” denotes an Award Program (AP) has met all of the APIRS Criteria for Certification and does not have any of the Disqualification Criteria within their AP. This means an applicant can safely go to any APIRS Certified Member AP and know they can be assured of receiving a fair, impartial and legitimate evaluation of their website complete with constructive feedback from the evaluator(s). The applicant can rest assured that they will not be plagued with spam emails to buy this or that from the AP after the application or end up being an unwilling partner in a “link farm.”