I was having such a hard time deciding, and then my former-English-teacher sense kicked in and I made a "grading rubric" to judge the sites. (You can take a girl out of classroom practices, but you apparently can't take the classroom practices out of the girl. xD!!)
It's hard to vote, but personally I just aim for one that I know and like and I know there's so many others that I love and deserve to win, but as long as they're nominated again, they just have to wait for another month :)
This is my (super unofficial) "shrine grading rubric":
Written Content:
- Lots of factual content AND some personal subjective analysis = 4 points
- Lots of factual content, but little to no subjective analysis = 3 points
- Only some factual content = 2 points
- Little to no factual content = 1 point
- ...uh, what is this shrine even about? = 0 points
Layout: (checklist)
- High contrast text/background colors for legibility = 1 point
- Large enough font = 1 point
- Attractive layout images and navigation = 1 point
- Well-organized and nicely spaced content = 1 point
Audiovisual Media (if applicable)
- Displays/plays well in all browsers, well-organized visually into a gallery = 4 points
- Displays/plays well in all browsers, but not organized = 3 points
- Doesn't display/play well in a couple of browsers, not organized = 2 points
- Doesn't display/play well in most browsers, not organized = 1 point
- Can't view it/play it, and it's messier than my room = 0 points
Originality
- Includes at least 33% original content = 4 points
- Includes 25% original content = 3 points
- Includes 15% original content = 2 points
- Includes 5% original content = 1 point
- ...wait, isn't this a copy of [insert other shrine name here]? = 0 points
(btw, most of my one-page shrines currently get a failing grade through this rubric D: I guess that means this is good and objective?? LOL)