UPDATE 21/11/08
Congratulations to all at Boards.ie, which has won the 2008 Golden Spider Award for Best Social Networking/Community Website (the People's Choice/Public Vote).
Boards.ie has over 100,000 Members and for over a decade has provided dozens of forums where a huge range of topics are discussed. A worthy winner!
http://www.boards.ie/
Heartsplay.ie won the award for Best Charity/Community Website (the Judges' Choice):
http://www.heartsplay.ie/
Many thanks to everyone who voted for JumbleTown in the People's Choice category. Getting nominated in the first place was a great achievement and an honour!
Lastly, JumbleTown has been nominated in the "Green Community" category in the 2008 Green Awards , which will be held in a few weeks' time. We'll let you know how we get on.
Details here:
http://www.jumbletown.ie/forums/show...552#post150552
Regards
The JumbleTown Team
NOTES:
The 2008 eircom Golden Spider Awards short-list for...
Best Social Networking / Community Website
(People’s Choice/Public Vote)
The Short-list
1.
www.ammado.com
2. www.boards.ie - WINNER
3.
www.jumbletown.ie
4.
www.lonely.ie
5.
www.machinenation.forumakers.com
6.
www.nimble.ie
7.
www.pix.ie
8.
www.prebait.com
The 2008 eircom Golden Spider Awards short-list for...
Best Social Networking / Community Website
(Judges' Choice)
The Short-list:
1.
www.aequalsaght.org
2.
www.burrenbeo.ie
3.
www.downsyndromecentre.ie
4. www.heartsplay.ie -- WINNER
5.
www.lookwest.ie
6.
www.spunout.ie
7.
www.tidytowns.ie
8.
www.trocaire.org
A list of all the category winners can be found...here:
http://www.goldenspiders.ie/news.php
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ORIGINAL POST: 29/10/08
Hi Everyone,
We need your votes (and those of the public, in general) from now until November 18th as JumbleTown has made it onto the 2008 eircom Golden Spider Awards short-list for…
Best Social Networking / Community Website
(People’s Choice)
The link below will bring you to the voting page:
http://www.goldenspiders.ie/publicvoting.php
Voting will close on November 18th with the winner announced on the night of the awards, November 20th. Only one vote per person, multiple voting will be disallowed.
About the Golden Spider Awards:
The eircom Golden Spider Awards are the most prestigious web awards in Ireland. This year, the organisers want you, the public, to vote for one outstanding Social Networking website which has maintained your interest, enhanced your knowledge, opened up new communication avenues and had the biggest impact on your life.
Thanks to everyone who nominated JumbleTown and helped to get us onto the short-list. Now, the real business of voting begins! Our campaign slogan is simply...
"Exercise your franchise!"
Regards
Chris P
Admin
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However, JumbleTown
didn’t make it onto the short-list for…
Best Community and Charity Website
(Golden Spider Judges’ Choice)
Well done to all concerned, and may the best site win!
Regards
Chris P
Admin