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Winners 2008

The winners of the 2008 eircom Golden Spider Awards are shown below! Just click on a category to view the 2008 winner.

01 Best Financial Services Website

sponsored by Ecom Ireland
Best Financial Services Website winner IrishDeposits.ie
Nominated
Chill.ie
FBD.ie
Hibernian.ie
IrishDeposits.ie
ItsYourMoney.ie
Mortgagedirect.ie
RaboDirect.ie
TaxBack.com
Winner
IrishDeposits.ie
In today's age of financial services that shy away from complexity of multi-product, multi-layered offers, www.irishdeposits.ie does exactly what it says on the tin. The site delivers an extensive listing of various deposit instruments available to retail and institutional investors in a clear, simple, time-sensitive and transparent format.

02 Best Travel & Tourism Website

sponsored by ArgusCarHire.com
Best Travel & Tourism Website winner Ireland-Guide.com
Nominated
AerArann.com
Carlton.ie
Clare.ie
DayOut.ie
EuroLanguages.com
FlyJetBird.com
Ireland-Guide.com
TheBraid.com
Winner
Ireland-Guide.com
The judges felt that Ireland-guide.com is a really useful web site for anyone travelling in Ireland; well structured, well designed and providing a wealth of interesting and informative content. A site that proves its worth every time you reference it.

03 Best Community & Charity Website

sponsored by ChristmasParty.ie
Best Community & Charity Website winner Heartsplay.ie
Nominated
A-equals-aght.org
Burrenbeo.ie
Downsyndromecentre.ie
Heartsplay.ie
Lookwest.ie
Spunout.ie
Tidytowns.ie
Trocaire.org
Winner
Heartsplay.ie
This site demonstrate excellent use of illustrations, animations and cleverly written copy directly addressed to the target viewers (8-12 year old patients with heart problems) but also with plenty of useful information for concerned parents, relatives and friends.

04 Best Retail & Home Shopping Website

sponsored by Jenerate.com
Best Retail & Home Shopping Website winner Toyota.ie
Nominated
Appleby.ie
Develop.BT2.boondoggle.eu
ChicaBoutiqueOnline.com
EverGreen.ie
TheFlowerFirm.ie
ShopCookWare.ie
Toyota.ie
3ireland.ie
Winner
Toyota.ie
This highly interactive Irish designed site, provides a gateway to customers and has made finding a new or used car accessible to visitors at the click of a button from their home. The site includes extra features such as Finance information and Online Credit Application, CO2 emissions and VRT rates and a comprehensive car search facility. The use of easy navigation and flash images makes the search a more enjoyable online experience.

05 Best e-business Website (exclusive web or internet-based business)

sponsored by Webfactory
Best e-business Website winner Litriocht.com
Nominated
Blueface.ie
Emissionzero.ie
Litriocht.com
Manna.ie
Mattress.ie
MySwiftStore.com
SoloCheck.ie
StylePlus.ie
Winner
Litriocht.com
Litriocht is a full-service electronic bookstore dedicated exclusively to selling books in the Irish language. “Gach leabhar Gaeilge i gCló” they proudly claim – “every Irish book in print”. The site is elegant and easy-to-use, delivering a wide range of features and adopting a pragmatic approach for those of us that never really figured the language out. The only viable channel through which to address their target market.

06 Best New Indigenous Website 2008

sponsored by daft.ie
Best New Indigenous Website winner Movies.ie
Nominated
AllGifts.ie
FeetFirst.ie
Movies.ie
NLI.ie/yeats
SundayWorld.com
TakeAway.ie
WhatConcert.ie
Winner
Movies.ie
Movies.ie ticks all the boxes. It's is a refreshingly good website with really well produced engaging content. With up-to-date cinema listings, interviews with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars and active discussion forums for people to discuss the latest movies; it's simply a must-visit for any Irish person who is interested in cinema.

07 Best Interactive Marketing Campaign

sponsored by irishtimes.com
Best Interactive Marketing Campaign winner MrTayto.ie
Nominated
Guinness Hurling Cubed
Change.ie
LucozadeEnergy.com
MrTayto.ie
O2 Experience (Free Text Campaign)
Ican for www.ptsb.ie Card Personalisation
Redhorizon.ie
Winner
MrTayto.ie
Mr Tayto Looking for Love Campaign was chosen for Best Interactive Campaign because it was a recognisable Irish brand utilising online and offline media to build brand awareness in a fun, innovative and interactive way. The campaign was both humorous and inventive and offered the audience a compelling two-way channel to interact with the campaign. It was also noteworthy to see a traditional Irish brand use the new media without compromising their brand’s traditional values.

08 Best Digital Media Website

sponsored by AD2ONE
Best Digital Media Website winner Tv3.ie
Nominated
BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
ClarePeople.com
Independent.ie
Irishtimes.com
RTÉ.ie/GAA
RTÉ.ie/Lisbon
Tv3.ie
Winner
Tv3.ie
This is a site that challenged the kitchen-sink approach to online media and delivers the goods. Instead of trying to emulate their rivals, TV3.ie focuses on entertaining, easy to use and uncluttered delivery of broadcast supported via the web. It is engaging, evolving, changing and shows leadership in content and architecture adaptability, showing the great attention to the target audience.

09 Best Professional Services Website

sponsored by Rain Communications
Best Professional Services Website winner RBK.ie
Nominated
AskAboutValidation.com
BookAssist.org
InteractiveReturn.com
MoynihanRussell.ie
OrourkeReid.com
Printing.ie
RBK.ie
Winner
RBK.ie
There's nothing boring about these Accountants! A subtle web site that has a well designed home web page to interest the viewer right from the start. The professionally produced introduction video is particularly well done.

10 Best Property Website (non portal)

sponsored by Webfactory
Best Property Website winner ChesterFieldBlackrock.ie
Nominated
Belmayne.com
ChesterFieldBlackrock.ie
Lisney.com
MurtaghBros.ie
OsbersTown.com
OwenReilly.ie
PrivateSeller.ie
Sherryfitz.ie
Winner
ChesterFieldBlackrock.ie
The site uses a powerful visual experience, using high spec imagery of the development. The site acts as a brochure and interactive walk through the Chesterfield Blackrock Development. The navigation itself is clean and simple, guiding users easily to key areas of the site.

11 Best e-government Website

sponsored by Arekibo
Best e-government Website winner OSI.ie
Nominated
BordGáisEnergySupply.ie
Change.ie
ItsYourTime.ie
LisbonTreaty2008.ie
LookWest.ie
Lottery.ie
OSI.ie
Údarás.ie
Winner
OSI.ie
OSI have created a truly impressive merger of rich content, clear and precise architecture, yielding that optimal mix of educational content and functional form that keeps a viewer engaged, entertained and conditioned for repeat visits. Their seamless blending of rich educational content, extensive applicability to research, streamlined architecture, navigability and clean, unfussy down-to-business presentation distinguish osi.ie as a clear winner in this category.

12 Best Recruitment Website

sponsored by Hibernian Health
Best Recruitment Website winner Prosperity.ie
Nominated
AngloIrishBank-Graduates.com
FRSrecruitment.com
KPMG.ie/grad2008
Loadzajobs.ie
Oriel.ie
Prosperity.ie
RecruitIreland.com
Winner
Prosperity.ie
The style and usability was a key factor in the judges decision for choosing prosperity.ie as this years winner. The new fresh look, easy navigation is what the job searchers require. The clean lines and relevant links makes the difficult task of finding the right leads a simple and pain free experience.

13 Best Education, Research & Training Website

sponsored by IE Domain Registry
Best Education, Research & Training Website winner OSI.ie
Nominated
EOY.tv
ExamCraft.ie
Heartsplay.ie
ITtallaght.ie
NLI.ie/yeats
OSI.ie
Rosemont.ie
StudentFinance.ie
Winner
OSI.ie
OSI.ie is an excellent example of how to make seemingly mundane subject matter interesting and compelling, with several innovative features which make this a site worthy bookmarking for future repeated use.

14 Best use of Film, Digital Animation or
Motion Graphic


sponsored by The Digital Hub
Best use of Film, Digital Animation or Motion Graphic winner The Bell at Wylye
Nominated
Anglo Irish Bank Graduates
Kopparberg
Mad Dog Multimedia
Nifty 50
PotNoodle
Quality plastics
The Bell at Wylye
Toyota Meet Mike
Winner
The Bell at Wylye
In a category that was loaded with dynamic innovation, this site demonstrated a quirky and creative originality that captures the viewer's imagination. While embracing the digital medium, it pays tribute to traditional forms of communication.

15 Best Web Design & Development Agency

sponsored by RTÉ.ie
Best Web Design & Development Agency winner Webfactory.ie
Nominated
Agency.com
Arekibo.com
Clearscape.ie
Continuum.ie
Lightbox.ie
Strata3.com
Webfactory.ie
WebTrade.ie
Winner
Webfactory.ie
Stands out from the pack. Three high profile sites delivered this year: Irish Times, Myhome.ie and Bord Gais. All three show considerable improvements on their previous incarnations: better visually, better usability, and more useful than before.

16 Best Entertainment & Games Related Website

sponsored by Continuum
Best Entertainment & Games Related Website winner RedFM.ie
Nominated
BalconyTV.com
BodyTonicMusic.com
ClarePeople.com/interactive
CultureNight.ie
Gaumina.ie/stickman2
Movies.ie
Nimble.ie
RedFM.ie
Winner
RedFM.ie
RedFM have a really clever reason to visit their website. If you like a song you hear on the radio, you can find it later on their website, listen to it again and even buy the MP3. A really fantastic service to their listeners in Cork.

17 Best Sports & Leisure Website

sponsored by CityJet
Best Entertainment & Games Related Website winner IMRA.ie
Nominated
DavidLloydRiverview.ie
HYC.ie
IMRA.ie
IrishRugby.ie
MunsterRugbySupporters.com
NAC.ie
Prebait.com
Rte.ie/olympics
Winner
IMRA.ie
The judges like the seamless integration of committee & member generated content. It is informative with an easily navigated design with up to date event calendar. The website was launched 5 years ago and overall it has significantly enhanced the experience of mountain running in Ireland.

18 Best FMCG Website

sponsored by TV3
Best FMCG Website winner LucozadeSport.ie
Nominated
ButlersChocolates.ie
Club.ie
MrTayto.ie
LucozadeSport.ie
LyonsTea.ie
NeverGiveUp.ie
SnackinTheMouth.ie
Winner
LucozadeSport.ie
The Head2Head challenge on the Lucozade site invites local sportspeople to compare fitness performance against sportstars like Damien Duff and Ronan O’Gara. The site continues to push the innovation boundary with a great campaign to get people involved in sports performance. It also nicely blends providing online results with running the tests at local sports clubs.

19 Best Blog

sponsored by CMC Markets
Best Blog winner Mulley.net
Nominated
AdvertisingForTheDigitalAge.com
Blog.Blacknight.com
Mulley.net
FlatMatesTheComic.com
Movies.ie video Blog
OrganicGrowingPains.blogspot.com
SCCenglish.ie
Tast.ie
Winner
Mulley.net
Damien Mulley is probably Ireland's most influential blogger and offers an important alternative voice to the main stream tv and print commentators. It is citizen journalism at its best.

20 Best Social Networking & Community Website
– Peoples Choice


sponsored by Interactive Return
Best Social Networking & Community Website winner Boards.ie
Nominated
Ammado.com
Boards.ie
Jumbletown.ie
Lonely.ie
MachineNation.Forumakers.com
Nimble.ie
Pix.ie
Prebait.com
Winner
Boards.ie
Boards.ie is the public favourite networking site with no shortage of Irish humour, politics and sports on display to name a few areas which are hotly debated as if the future of the nation depended on it. Well the nation voted and boards.ie is the peoples choice for best social networking website.

21 Best Mobile Content / Application  NEW!

sponsored by Meteor
Best Mobile Content / Application winner Kidsafe
Nominated
Allianz direct mobile
Cadbury gorilla
Hostelworld iphone
Kidsafe
Locle
Marriott Ireland Group Hotels
Peter mark
RTÉ Mobile
Winner
Kidsafe
Kidsafe is a very smart end to end solution that helps parents keep their kids safe from unwanted or bullying text messages or voice calls on their mobile phone. The application has been sensitively-designed from both the child’s and parent’s perspective, ensuring security and usability without drawing attention to itself or feeling intrusive. All in all it solves a very pertinent problem in an innovative and user-friendly way.

22 Young Designer of the Year  NEW!

sponsored by Arekibo
Young Designer of the Year winner Naoise O Conchubhair
Winner
Naoise O Conchubhair
With an understated, tasteful and mature subtlety on display in his submitted portfolio piece, the judges believe our young designer is already displaying an impressive natural grasp of the medium as well as an artistic flair.

naoisedesign.com
innovativeevents.ie

23 Internet Hero

sponsored by Business & Finance
Internet Hero winner Aodhan Cullen
Winner
Aodhan Cullen
This year’s internet hero illustrates Irish entrepreneurship at its freshest and most dynamic state.
At the age of 16 he was determined to become his own boss, so he started a web-design business while still at school. He quickly found a significant gap in the internet market as his customers wanted to know if anyone was visiting their sites. In 1999 he established StatCounter which is now one of the most visited websites in the US. Who would have thought that one of Google’s biggest competitors could be an Irish company run by a 25 year old Dubliner?

24 Grand Prix

Grand Prix winner Tv3.ie
Winner
Tv3.ie
With it’s major redevelopment this year TV3.ie came out a worthy winner of the eircom Golden Spider Grand Prix for 2008.



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