Spiders Find their Web

I’ve mentioned the Golden Spiders and the distinct lack of a website more than once over the last couple of months.

Well they’ve finally got around to putting up a website (of sorts).
A couple of things….

The site is not valid (X)HTML – for a web awards site this is a bit laughable
It’s not hosted in Ireland – not exactly encouraging the Irish industry its meant to be celebrating
You have to pay €100 to nominate someone
Apart from the headline sponsor, who else is behind it?
Is there enough space for two awards so close together? (the Netvisionaries are on two weeks earlier)
Why weren’t nominations opened earlier?

For an awards ceremony that describes itself as:

Ireland’s most prestigious and longest running Internet awards competition.

wouldn’t you think they’d have got the basics right?