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?
Looks like they’re trying to go cutting edge with a best blog category, maybe they’re trying to steal the thunder of the blog and podcast awards 😀
Piaras
I wouldn’t mind, but running their awards so close to the IIA ones is a bit mental. It would have made a lot more sense if they’d waited until sometime in the new year or something
I can’t believe it!!
I never thought I would see “spacer.gif” in a webpage again. lol. who does their work for them.
Cutting edge web awards indeed.
Hey dont knock the spacer.gif, it saved me when I was in ‘Name and it saved your asses during the Iraqi War – besides – css/divs aint all its cracked up to be 🙂