Categories | The eircom Spiders 2011 - Celebrating Irish Internet Excellence

01 Financial Services Sponsored by CMC Markets: Best Financial Services eircom Spiders 2011 award, sponsored by CMC Markets, is for a site that will deliver financial related products, services, advice or information. Potential winners of the eircom Spiders Award are expected to provide prospective and current customers with truly impressive levels of customer support.

Shortlist

Bank of Ireland All About Business

Bonkers.ie

KBC Bank Ireland

New Ireland

RaboDirect The Straight Talking Bank

Renault finance

SortMyBooks

Taxback.com
02 Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Sponsored by OVO Studios: The eircom Spiders 2011 award for Travel, Tourism and Hospitality industry, sponsored by OVO, will be a website that displays innovation and ingenuity in the area of online travel. The site should provide visitors with valuable content, time-saving interactive online booking facilities and a wide range of travel, dining and other tourist related options to the undecided visitor. A demonstration of how nominees have leveraged internet channels and technology to show a return on investment will also be taken into account

Shortlist

Carlton Hotel Group

Discoverireland.ie

Hotel Kilkenny.ie

Kilarneyonamap.ie

Limerick Strand Hotel

Northern Ireland Tourist Board Explore More

Guinness Storehouse

Roomex.com
03 Charitable & Non-Profit Organisations (Free to enter) Sponsored by Red Engine: The eircom Spiders 2011 award for Charitable and Non-Profit Organisations, sponsored by Red Engine, will be for those whose websites demonstrate innovation and whose primary purpose is philanthropic worthy causes. Nominees will also be judged on design, content, innovation and media compatibility.

Shortlist

1 Day for Rehab

Grow it Yourself (GYI) Ireland

INHOPE

ISPCC

National Gallery of Ireland

One in Four

Trocaire

We the Citizens
04 Retail Excellence Sponsored by Realex Payments: The eircom Spiders 2011 award for retail industry, sponsored by Realex Payments, is for a website that demonstrates excellence in providing online customer solutions and retail sales of products or services. Online shopping facility is not crucial to this category as the judges are looking for sites that demonstrate innovative retail solutions (pricing, delivery, returns) that expand the business beyond the shop floor, to providing excellence in customer service through online channels.

Shortlist

BoardsDeals

Gamestop.ie

Lily O’Briens

Printing.ie

Sliderobes

SuperValu Online Shopping

The Corkscrew Wine Merchants

Yankee.ie
05 E business (exclusive web business) Sponsored by Webfactory: The Ebusiness eircom Spiders 2011 award, sponsored by webfactory, is for exclusively web-based businesses that provide site visitors with an intuitive, user-friendly and viable means of doing business securely online. This category applies to e-Business, e-Commerce, and B2B and B2C websites and excludes portals. Judges will be looking for innovative tools and processes with a clever use of contextual technologies or an original use of the internet to trade or deliver a service. (No shop front business).

Shortlist

Adverts Marketplace

BoardsDeals

Bonkers.ie

Cartell.ie

Grab One

Siternity

Smurfit Kappa Direct

Winetimes.ie
06 Campaign Sponsored by Ad2One: The 2011 eircom Spiders award for the Campaign category, sponsored by Ad2One, will by for the best interactive campaign undertaken in the past year by a Digital Agency or Company. The entry can be the digital aspect of a larger communications and marketing campaign, perhaps taking into consideration how it relates to creative, broadcast or offline activity, or an online campaign only. Judging will be based on auditable performance metrics and on how the campaign has used innovative online marketing techniques to meet the objectives of the campaign.

Shortlist

Goldnomics

Jameson Facebook Campaign

Jameson Easygoing Croc

Meteor. The Social Networking Campaign

National Lottery EuroMillions

Trocaire Lent Campaign

Velvet - Can Music Grow Trees? (neo @ Ogilvy)

Vote No1 Mickey Rourke
07 News Sponsored by Adtech: The eircom Spiders 2011 News Media Award, sponsored by Adtech, is for innovative news media sites developed for the distribution of up-to-date online news. The site will demonstrate an impressive range of multimedia delivery on as wide a range of topics as possible and host original online content with a focus on quality and up-to-date information for the visitor

Shortlist

Dublin People Newspapers

Independent.ie

Morning Ireland

News talk

Silicon Republic

Spin1038

TheJournal.ie

You Report
08 Education Sponsored by IE Domain Registry: The eircom Spiders 2011 for the Education category, sponsored by IE DSomain Registry, is for Educational and Training websites that promote education and e-learning for adults or children. This category includes educator resources, distance learning sites and content delivery mechanisms that keep users engaged beyond their initial visit. Entries will also be judged on design, content, innovation and media compatibility.

Shortlist

Clic News

CourseHub

iiiConnect

Modern Languages in Primary Schools Initiative

Moneyville Financial Education Website

Professional Development

School of BEES

St Raphaela’s National School

09 Web Design & Development Agency Sponsored by IE Domain Registry: The Web Design and Development Agency 2011 eircom Spiders award, sponsored by IE Domain Registry, is for an agency who specialise in developments and designing websites for clients. Agencies are judged on creative work that they have completed over the past 12 months. The judges are looking for innovative use of the online environment to execute their website and will be basing their criteria on creativity, development, delivery to brief and overall client experience.

Shortlist

Arekibo Digital

CKSK

EyeKiller

Kooba

Lucidity Digital

Tibus

Twelve Horses Ltd

Webfactory
10 Entertainment Sponsored by Intel Ireland: The eircom Spiders 2011 award for entertainment, sponsored by Intel Ireland, is for creators of innovative web-based games and interactive entertainment sites or applications that provide engaging, interactive online experience, which successfully invites the user to engage in game play or interactivity in a rich media environment. The site will also be judged on design, innovation and media compatibility.

Shortlist

3player

98FM

Independentwoman.ie

IRadio.ie

Leo Burnett's Crisis Pregnancy Get Protected

Movies.ie

National Lottery

Today FM Media Player
11 Sports Sponsored by Communicorp: The eircom Spiders 2011 award for Sports, sponsored by Communicorp, is for innovative Sports websites including teams and clubs which provide site visitors with dynamic, regularly published, fresh content, alongside interactive tools and original ways of publishing user-generated content. Nominees will also be judged on design, content, innovation and media compatibility.

Shortlist

1escape

GAA

Gaelforce Events

Horse Racing Ireland

Leinster Cricket Union

Propundit

Teamer.net
12 Listings Sponsored by Circulator: The eircom Spiders 2011 listings award, sponsored by Circulator, is for Irish classified websites, (including portals) that provide users with a user-friendly and content-rich experience for finding jobs, property, motors, dates or other products & services. The sites will be either vertically focused (i.e. listing content in just one category such as cars), or horizontally focused (i.e. listing content in multiple categories).

Shortlist

Adverts Marketplace

Autodynamic

CarsIreland.ie

Learn pipe

Mannix Ryan Estate Agents

Media Street

PigSty.ie

Prosperity

13 Big Mouth (People’s Choice) Sponsored by RaboDirect.ie: The Big Mouth Award in the 2011 eircom Spiders awards, sponsored by RaboDirect.ie, is for the most influential voice online in Ireland. Who commands the biggest tribe, who’s a trusted source in their community? Nominees may be active bloggers, online journalists, on Twitter, or other mediums covering topics such as business, charity, culture or politics. The winner of this category is decided by public vote.
VOTE HERE

Shortlist

Alex Donald

Brendan Burgess Ask about money

Communicate Science

Cork Independent

David Cochrane Politics.ie

David Norris

Ian Bergin Cloudedissues.com

Irish Food Guide

Rukkle

Science Calling

Stephan O’Leary O’Leary Analytics
14 Community (People’s choice) Sponsored by Pressieport: The eircom Spiders 2011 Community Award, sponsored by Pressieport, is looking for your favourite online community website which has maintained your interest, enhanced your knowledge, opened up new communication avenues and had the biggest impact on your life. The winner will be chosen from the shortlist below by public vote.
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Shortlist

Boards.ie

CorkcityFc

Crossmolina

Freetradeireland.ie

Irelandsweather.com

Irish Ecomony

Lookwest

Mystreet

Political World

Runireland
15 The Graduate (Free to enter) Sponsored by ICAN: The eircom Spiders 2011 award for The Graduate Category, is for the brightest talent in the online marketplace by awarding the most innovative Digital Media Graduate this year. The winner will have an innovative online idea or design which impresses the judges and the industry. The website, which may be a portfolio website, will also be assessed against good practice standards in creativity, web design and innovation

Shortlist TBA

Shane Kenna

Liam Carey

Liam Ryan
16 Digital Editor Sponsored by TV3: The eircom Spiders 2011 Award for Digital Editor considers the craft of online editing and content management. Creative execution, writing skills, technological ability, and adherence to the standards of the craft will all be judged. This category aims to recognise an individuals’ excellence in this important segment of the industry – Content is King.

Shortlist

Chernobyl Children International

Entertainment.ie Sheena Mc Ginley

Heineken Music

Movies.ie Vincent Donnelly

TheJournal.ie

17 Mobile App Sponsored by eMobile: The Mobile Application eircom Spiders 2011 award, sponsored by eMobile, is for application developers who have created apps for iPhone, Android and Smartphone. This award recognises a company or individual who has excelled within the mobile app space by developing innovative and smart mobile apps with useful context and is used by the mobile user especially where the nominee is deemed to be “first to market”.

Shortlist

Adverts Marketplace

Fota Wildlife Park

Georgina Campbell’s Ireland-guide.com

Heinz Summer BBQ Mobile App

iCook with Neven

National Irish Bank Smartphone Banking Application

Oxegen

TheJournal.ie
18 One to Watch Sponsored by CarTrawler: The eircom Spiders 2011 One to Watch award, sponsored by CarTrawler, is for the most innovative indigenous website launched in the last twelve months. This could be a business in their first year of operation or an existing website that has been newly designed / developed and re-launched in 2011. The site should be engaging, with innovative mechanisms that encourage interaction from the user. The judges will be looking for evidence of customer acquisition while examining other performance related metrics of determining the viability and interest to the site.

Shortlist Tba

County Car Rentals

MummyPages.ie

Pigsty.ie

SoHockey.com

The Invite Inn

YouReport

Winetimes.ie
19 Internet Hero Sponsored by Leo Burnett: The eircom Spiders Internet Hero, sponsored by Leo Burnett, will be announced on the night of the awards ceremony. It is the publishers and judges choice and is awarded to an individual who has and is showing continuing outstanding success in the online industry.
20 Grand Prix Sponsored by eircom: The Grand Prix award, sponsored by eircom, will be selected from the overall winners of the individual eircom Spiders’ categories in 2011. Judges will be looking for outstanding levels of achievement in the areas of technology, innovation, functionality & interactivity coupled with a world class user experience. The Grand Prix, the highest accolade of The eircom Spiders will be announced on the night at the awards ceremony.

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