There are two requirements that must be fulfilled in order to be added to the winners list. First, you must display the award graphic. Second, you must e-mail me back after you've displayed it. I noticed there is a gold triange on the overall excellence award, silver on creative excellence, bronze on resource excellence, and blue on fun site. The only reason for those colors is a kind of rememberance of my old leveled awards program.
All top awards are equally difficult to win.
The only exception is with the overall excellence award. These awards are legitimate and are earned only on a site's merits. Sign-ins are appreciated and will be returned, but nothing more in relation to this program.