Pick *5* of the following 11 nominees. Informative websites are content based, and as such their content should be heavily considered. "Importance" of content does not necessary play a roll in deciding the best Informative Website. Rather, effectiveness of information presented is important. Because site design plays a hand in presentation of information, it should also be considered when voting, although not heavily.

"the Complete Princess Accessory Guide" from Silverdawn

A complete listing of all the accessories the Princesses came with! Includes a MIB page and a section to help you tell the difference between some of the subtle shades of accessories.

"Dream Cavern: Where the Dream Beauties Are" from Sundrop

Although I am well-known to the My Little Pony Community as a petite pony, my love for the underdog (or underpony, if you will : )) has led me to favor Dream Beauties as well as petites. Remembering the Crystaline I had as a little girl, I searched the internet for information on those beautiful horses, and what did I find? Nothing! How sad!

Well, that was enough for me. The website submitted here, Dream Cavern, is the culmination of a love for horses - and multicolored, royal, fairytale ones at that - which has been growing in me since childhood. It includes some of my own artwork, writings, and legends, in addition to plain information about the Beauties. My research is done from all different sources, namely private owners/sellers and eBay, as well as my own common sense. I believe at this point I have amassed most of the information currently available on the Beauties, and continue to discover more. As I gather knowledge, the website grows - right now I am in the process of solidifying the exact spellings of the Beauties' names and double-checking their accessories. I hope that, in the near future, the Dream Cavern will become the pony community's first stop for Dream Beauties on the internet. It's compact, concise, and I'm pretty darn proud of myself : ). Enjoy!

"Dream Valley - A Collector's Guide To My Little Pony" from Kimberly Shriner

The ORIGINAL MLP collector's site with pictures, info, pony ID, and more!!! Five years online!!!!

"the eBay Report" from SkyeSurfer

I've participated in a number of pony mailing lists, newsgroups, message boards and the like. I came to realize that after the most common newbie questions ("How do I make a clean a pony", etc) the questions most often asked were those about pony values. "Whats this pony worth?" "How much should I pay for her?" "I paid $20 for Sundance, is that too much?" I realized that while there were some rough guides availible to the public (in the World of My Little Pony book for example), many of them had been around for years, and in my four years of collecting, I'd seen so much change that I knew they must be outdated. I decided something needed to be done, and since eBay, the place most collectors get their ponies, is auction-based, the demand decides the prices. It's like a strange, perfect little universe, as far as values are concerned anyway. So I decided to base my guide on eBay, and get my data by looking at each day's auctions after they've ended, ! and logging the prices into a spreadsheat. I figured I would update the site every month, to prevent it from ever being obsolete, and so the Dynamic Price Guide was born. I thought the site would be better as a newsletter, rather than just a collection of price tables, so I added the other sections of the site, including the Editorials where I get to express my views on things. My favorite part of the site is the Oddities page where I display the weird things I've found in the My Little Pony section the past month. If you've never seen the site before, be sure to browse through the archives and look at the previous months Oddity pages too. :)

"a Guide to the 'New' My Little Pony" from Moon Shadow

After seeing the great need for a collector's guide for the 'New' 1997-2002 ponies, I decided to create one myself. A Guide to the 'New' My Little Pony has information on almost all of the 'New' Ponies. They are either separated by 'Normal' or 'Royal' and then divided further into sets where individual profiles can be found. The Guide also contains an up-to-date 'New' Pony News page where information on Hasbro's latest releases can be found. As with all things that are still being released and produced, this site is a work in progress.

"Lost In Ponyland Service" from Lipsy

Lost in Ponyland Service is a simple, comprehensive guide to the best of My Little Pony on the Internet.

Lost in Ponyland Service has five major sections that split into more specific subsections so that you can find exactly what kind of MLP website you are looking for - and quickly!

Not only is L.I.P.S. a great place to see new sites, but the L.I.P. Service Bullitin, on the first page of the site, is a great resource to find out when your favorite sites have been updated or something extra-special is occuring in the MLP Community.

You now have permission to clear out your Bookmarks. L.I.P.S. has you covered. ;)

"the MLP FAQ" from Silverdawn and Odin Deathcrush

The FAQ contains answers to all those questions that people new to the MLP community commonly ask. How to deflock, clean, customize, etc. This site collectivizes links and information from a wealth of MLP sites and will help you find almost anything your looking for. If you can find it, send either of us an email and a new site will be added!

"the My Little Pony Collector's Website" from Lavonia

This webpage is basically dedicated to all information on the My Little Pony line. It has been a work of progress of several years. Here are several main features on the site:

Information: Covers all U. S. Ponies, Mail Orders, International, New Ponies, Dream Beauties, Petites, Ceramics, PVC's, Prototypes, the original sketches and MLP information, Fan Clubs, Plushes, Guide to Hooves (country ID), Televsion and the Big Screen, My Pretty Pony, Mint in Package section (covers all U. S. ponies and most other ponies), and even variant ponies and ponies from various countries.

One of the most important aspects of the information guide is that it has built upon photo and information of other collector's as well as my own. I couldn't name all of the people who have contributed (though I would like to), but I am so very grateful to them.

Pricing Guide: Suggestive Pricing for ponies, U. S., International, New Ponies, Mail Order Ponies, etc.

Checklists: Checklists of My Little Ponies, U. S., International, New, Mail Order, etc.

Mint In Package Guide: This is an awesome feature that allows you to see what accessories go with each pony. I suggest this section for anyone who needs an accessory ID.

Lots of links to other My Little Pony sites.

A handy Search, you can search the enire site for whatever you're looking for. You can search for unknown ponies or for anything else.

Other features: Ecards, Cross Reference, Trading and Selling Information, Cleaning and Customizing, Common Terms, interesting places in the My Little Pony Community, Free Images, Poll, Q and A message board, My Little Pony Fakes and more.

"the Petite Pocket" from Silverdawn

The complete listed of all petites and playsets along with sharp, clear and bright photos of all the petites made in Canada and the US! I know this page has created many new die hard petite fans! ;)

"Playset Accessory Guide" from Rebecca Wetzel

"Ponyland Police" from Milky Way and Kirsty

Firstly, Kirsty and I would like to say that we are delighted to be able to share our new bad trader website.

Secondly, we'd like to add that, as it's a very new site, we aren't actually asking people to vote for us. We'd just like to take this opportunity to raise awareness of the site, and ask people to submit any information they think is important to us at our email address.

We think that there are umpteen sites which deserve this award more than us. The boards which have been running and giving people places to chat about ponies; the information sites which help us find out more about our plastic equine friends; the directories which help people find interesting sites. Go vote for them. Just remember that we're here, and help us help other people to protect their ponies.

Thirdly, why are we doing this? Because scammers suck. Big time. And we want to do something about that.

Now run, scammers. Run and hide. 'Cause we're after you.

To reiterate: We don't think the site is ready yet to be considered as a community site. Maybe in 12 months' time. But now? Just take a look, and if you can help us, please do.

Thanks for your time. It's appreciated.

Pony love, everyone.
Linnie and Kirsty xxx