YNOT – Longstanding website reviews operation RabbitsReviews has opened the nominations period for its third annual Best of the Web awards. The name has changed for 2012, but the intent of the honors — now to be known as the RISE Awards — remains the same: to reward innovation and excellence in online porn.

“This is our third year recognizing value outside of the confines of the rating criteria we use to rank sites on Rabbits,” said Doug, director of marketing for RabbitsReviews. “It’s a great chance for us to use our expertise and hopefully lead users to great sites they haven’t seen before.”

This year’s categories include:

• Site of the Year
• Oscar Quality Porn
• Holy Shit Award
• Sweetest Deal
• Masterful Moniker
• That’s Original
• Rookie of 2012
• Best Boobs
• Hottest Butt
• Tastiest Torso
• Amateur Site of 2012
• Top Tranny
• Lesbian Excellence
• Superstar BBW
• MILF/Mature of 2012
• Fierce Femdom
• Wizard of Ropes
• Outstanding Orgies
• [LEFT]Best Community[/LEFT]

[LEFT]To be eligible in most categories, sites must have been reviewed within the past year and must have added at least one new scene within the past 90 days. Nominations, which must be submitted via an online form will remain open through Jan. 20.[/LEFT]

Winners will be announced in March.

More information about the categories, including definitions and criteria, may be found here.

Launched in 2003, RabbitsReviews.com promises honest reviews of adult pay sites. Staffed by nearly 20 employees, the Montreal-based team reviews new websites as they launch and updates older sites as the need arises.