WINNERS 2OO7

rabodirect.ie revamped their website this year and it delivers an enhanced and relevant customer experience including podcasts, interactive tools and online content.

visitdublin.com has proved to be a successful tool in promoting the dublin region to a wide global audience. Their new innovative strategy to introduce the use of multimedia and mp3 audio guides shows the constant necessity to remain focused on the digital audience.

newstalk.ie have coined the phrase “listener friendly” when they launced their new website. Popular you-tube clips, the addition of a visual gallery of presenters and guests along with podcasts and opinion polls offers the user an option to interact with daily news, sports and breakfast shows.

womeninsport.ie was set up for the irish sports council to increase the promotion of participation initiatives for women and girls in physical activity. This site features advice, content and photographs from readers and organisations to profile women in sport and upcoming events. Its design is fresh with excellent navigations links.

spunout.ie is lending a voice and awareness to major youth issues, breaking the mould on how to interact with young people. It features over 1000 factsheets and discussion forums on subjects that are reaching young people in exciting and innovative ways.

dkit.ie have redesigned their website based on open source software to facilitate the expanding educational online audience. It’s open source engine compliments dkit’s environmental and fair education policies.

lightbox.ie have demonstrated excellence by designing and developing high quality standards compliant websites for a long list of clients showing innovative and useability features.

micksgarage.ie delivers an extensive range of new car parts and accessories to the irish motoring online consumer. The sites innovative tools enhance the shopping experience with their functionality and real time chat service.

mavericcontractors.com is a new website for their civil engineering and construction company based in galway. They have embraced the latest technology which provides the client with outstanding effiency to their projects. Their site has excellent navigation and design features which demonstrates their services in a consise and informative manner.

b2b.newbridgesilverware.ie offers the business customer a full suite of online and account management services. Their high glossy online catalogue enhances the customer experience with useful tools and templates to order online.

menupages.ie has become the hottest online guide to dining out with their recenlty new look site which features everything from gastro pubs to michelin star restaurants. The ease of use and navigation with high tech functionality impressed this years judges.

powerofone.ie was developed by agency.com as part of the power of one government campaign to provide education content about energy usage. the site interactive animated features is a visual medium to engage, educate and entertain.

headrambles.com blog is a witty look at ireland and the world from the perpective of a grandfather who’s quirkiness and straight talking has now attracted a large following in the blogospere.

pix.ie provides community based online photo sharing for ireland. Designed for simplicity, their site enables people to create free accounts where they can upload, organise and share their photos. Their host of features, applications and excellent navigation makes sharing memories a joy.

safefood.eu took some super foods, a wholegrain, a pea, a chicken and brought them to life for children and their parents in a campaign that educates in a simple entertaining manner on the key nutritional properties of each food group with their superfoodhq site which was developed by agency.com

rehabbingo.com is a progressive fundraising initiative by rehab lotteries. It is a fully functional e-business games site where players from uk and ireland register to play, deposit funds, purchase tickets, watch bingo and chat with other players.

cullyandsully.com is a refreshing site in the world of food with a traditional feel that manages to maintain that look and feel in a contemporary online environment. The naviagation is simple and user-friendly and the design pleasing to the eye. Its use of animation is fun and informative to their online audience.

ifoods.tv is a new way of interacting with food lovers worldwide which features uploaded video’s, cooking tutorials, recipes. The site profiles two top chefs to help you bin the cook books and have online assistance 24 /7 with its fun and interactive tools.

padraigsmith.com is auctioneers website based in cavan & monaghan. This website has an excellent design with modern layouts. Their modern navigation system and use of technology allows the client to obtain fast and easy information on some of their featured properties.

dublinwaste.ie is a regional waste awareness website and was set up by the four dublin local authorities. Launched in 2004, it acts as a tool for communicating waste management and recycling related information. It contains interactive features and free trade facility which attracts over 100,000 hits per month.

This award is a special award that was created to recognise an individual who has made a significant contribution and development to the internet. It is with great honour to announce that Denis Jennings was voted this years Business & Finance Internet Hero by our judging panel A visionary in the truest sense. Denis's strategic decision with the US National Science Foundation led to the creation of the internet as we know it today. This year Denis has been nominated to the board of the internet corporation for assigned names and numbers (Icann).

The term Internet Hero has never been more appropriate as it is for this years Eircom Golden Spider Awards and in particular when referring to our recipient Denis Jennings.

cullyandsully.com won two awards, including the Grand Prix. While "Cully" comes from a long line of food lovers in Ballymaloe, "Sully" has a keen eye for a business opportunity and therefore, this website is certainly more than one would expect from a pie and soup producer. Along with the Grand Prix, CullyandSully.com also won Best FMCG website. "The website is almost good enough to eat," commented the judges. It is fun, informal and engaging – just like the brand. It is fantastic to see a young brand creating such an individual presence for themselves in one of the most cluttered categories in the retail sector. Technically it ticks a number of boxes, including feedback forums, FAQs, news, video demonstrations, good design, RSS feeds, moving graphical images, and full contact details.