Software Vendor Categories Include:

E-Commerce

Best Overall Software E-commerce Value
Includes any vendor who provides e-commerce services to software developers. Nominations and voting should focus of value, features for a fair price.

Best Software E-commerce Customer Service & Support
Includes any vendor who provides e-commerce services to software developers. Nominations and voting should focus of superior customer support and responsiveness to both end-users and software developers.


Most Innovative Software E-commerce Service
Includes any vendor who provides e-commerce services to software developers. Nominations and voting should focus on innovativation, and cutting edge features.

Affiliate Programs

Best Software Affiliate Program
Includes any vendor who provides affiliate tracking and payment services for software developers. Nominations and voting should focus on overall best affiliate provider for software sales.

Best Software Affiliate Program Customer Service & Support
Includes any vendor who provides affiliate tracking and payment services for software developers. Nominations and voting should focus on superior customer support and responsiveness to both affiliates and software developers.

Software Protection & Activation

Best Software Protection & Activation Service or Solution
Includes any vendor who provides software protection or activation services or solutions. Nominations and voting should focus on overall solution.

Download Sites

Best Overall Download Site
Includes any website thats primary focus is to promote evaluation software available for download. Nominations and voting should focus on overall solution, traffic and design.

Best Download Site Advertising Value
Includes any website thats primary focus is to promote evaluation software available for download. Nominations and voting should focus on advertising value. What download sites provide the most bang for your buck?

Best Download Site Customer Service & Support
Includes any website thats primary focus is to promote evaluation software available for download. Nominations and voting should focus on superior customer support and responsiveness to both end-users and software developers.

Most Innovative Download Site
Includes any website thats primary focus is to promote evaluation software available for download. Nominations and voting should focus on innovativation, and cutting edge features.

Graphic Design

Best Overall Software Graphic Design Service
Includes any vendor that provides graphical design services to software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on quality, timeliness, and cost.

Best Icon Design Service or Solution
Includes any vendor that provides icon sets or icon design services to software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on quality, timeliness, and cost.

Search Engine Services

Best Search Engine Optimization Service
Includes any vendor that provides search engine optimizaiton services to software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on quality, timeliness, and cost.

Software Submissions

Best Software Submission Service or Solution
Includes any vendor that provides submissions services or solutions to submit software to download sites for software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on quality, timeliness, and cost.

Best Software Submission Customer Service
Includes any vendor that provides submissions services or solutions to submit software to download sites for software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on superior customer support and responsiveness to both software developers and download site contact.

Press Releases

Best Software Press Distribution Service
Includes any vendor that provides distribution services or solutions to distribute press releases to editors and the media for software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on quality, timeliness, and cost.

Best Software Press Writing Service
Includes any vendor that provides press release writing services to software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on quality, timeliness, and cost.

File Hosting

Best Overall Software File Hosting Service
Includes any vendor that provides file hosting services or solutions to software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on quality, ease of use, stability, and cost.


Best Software File Hosting Customer Service & Support
Includes any vendor that provides file hosting services or solutions to software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on superior customer service to software developers.

Most Innovative File Hosting Service
Includes any vendor that provides file hosting services or solutions to software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on features, and cutting-edge technology solutions.

Web Hosting

Best Overall Software Website Hosting Service
Includes any vendor that provides web hosting services for software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on quality, ease of use, stability, and cost.


Best Software Website Hosting Customer Service & Support
Includes any vendor that provides web hosting services or solutions to software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on superior customer service to software developers.

Reviewers

Best Software Reviewer
Includes any vendor that provides a review service, includes both paid and unpaid vendors. Nominations and voting should focus on quality of reviews.

Publishers

Best Overall Software Publisher
Includes any vendor that acts as a publisher, representing and marketing software they did not create. Nominations and voting should focus on value, overall marketing techniques, and software developer benefit.
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Best Software Publisher Customer Service & Support
Includes any vendor that acts as a publisher, representing and marketing software they did not create. Nominations and voting should focus on superior customer support and responsiveness to both end-users and software developers.

CD Services

Best CD Fullfillment Service
Includes any vendor that makes and distributes CDs for software developers. Nominations and voting should focus on overall value and quality.

Best CD Fullfillment Customer Service & Support
Includes any vendor that acts as a publisher, representing and marketing software they did not create. Nominations and voting should focus on superior customer support and responsiveness to both end-users and software developers.

Organizations

Best Software Organization Value
Includes any organization specifically for software developers and industry professionals (both non-profit and for-profit are eligble). Nominations and voting should focus on overall value for software developers.

Forum/Newsgroup

Best Software Discussion Forum or Newsgroup
Includes any newsgroup or forum specifically for software developers and industry professionals (both non-profit and for-profit are eligble). Nominations and voting should focus on overall value for software developers.

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Software Voting (will commence on Feb 1, 2006)