Judging Process

Stage 1:

• All nominations are recorded and entered into the awards process by closing date 3pm Friday 23rd September 2011

• Pre-assessment judging is completed by Fireball Media

• Entries will be assessed by Fireball Media against good practice standards in web design and inclusion. Those that fail may be marked down or excluded from the judging. All entries will be expected to work within a range of browsers. Entries will also be expected to meet basic accessibility requirements for users with disabilities if they are funded by public money or are particularly important for social inclusion or equality. This includes commercial sites that provide a prime channel of access to products and services.

Stage 2:

• From the approved entries submitted the eircom Spiders judging panel review each nomination and scores them accordingly based on the category criteria.

Stage 3:

• The entries that score the highest through the scoring process are then reviewed again by the entire judging panel at the judges meeting and a vote is cast to establish the shortlist and then the overall winners.

• Any judge who may have a conflict of interest may not score a category, cast a vote or comment at this meeting.

• This is an independent process and the Sponsors, Spiders staff or organiser do not select the nominees, shortlist or winners and neither do they influence the judges in any way.

Stage 4:

• The shortlist is announced at the end of October.

• Category winners and the Grand Prix winner are announced at the awards ceremony taking place on 10th November 2011 at The Convention Centre Dublin.

* Exceptions to the above process are the people’s choice awards, the criteria for which are outlined below and the Internet Hero.

People’s choice

• There are two categories that are voted by the public and not the judging panel.

• Online community
• Big mouth

• We canvass the public to nominate their site/person and once we have a shortlist for each we then canvass the public to choose their favorite Online Community and Big Mouth and the winner is decided by the number of votes for each.

The Internet Hero will be the publisher’s choice and is awarded to an individual who has had outstanding success in the online industry.

Note:
• Click here for the judging panel
• Click here for the categories and criteria and to enter the awards