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Special Awards


The following special awards are judged across the full list of all nominated sites.

Best In Show award

This year's Best in Show award was sponsored by theargus.co.uk and chosen by text voting at the Awards Ceremony. Future Platforms built a great application so that people at the show could vote for their favourite site and watch as the votes came in live on screen.

And the winner is: Brighton Waves

HumanITy Accessibility Award

Technology is a vital part of the world we live in. But what if a person can't grasp the concept of left/right or up/down on a computer monitor. How easy would the Internet be to use? What if an individual only understands a few thousand words, would he or she understand a Government document? What if the website they use is designed in such a way that they can't even access it?

HumanITy was established in 1997 to draw attention to the social exclusion caused by the increased use of information technology - they believe that accessible information is a matter of civil rights not social policy. HumanITy does not want technology "dumbed" down - but instead made smarter and inclusive of the largest segment of the population as possible.

The Accessibility Award is based around ten criteria:

  • Bobby certified/W3C guidelines [19 pts]
  • Access the data, ie home page has a text link to rest of site. [13 pts]
  • Purpose and resources of site clear with no more than 9 links. [13 pts]
  • Description of graphics using the 'Alt' tag. [13 pts]
  • Possibility to alter the colour foreground and background. [9 pts]
  • Possibility to alter the size and font of the print. [9 pts]
  • Simple navigation and route to home page. [9 pts]
  • Arrest scroll [5 pts]
  • If non adjustable at least 12 point sans serif font. [5 pts]
  • No extraneous material (eye candy) [5 pts]

And the winner is: Lounge Penguin

Leapfrogg Searchability Awards

Search is now the main way that people find what they're looking for online and Leapfrogg Marketing is one of many local companies who can help site owners to raise their profile in search engines. The Award is judge on the basis of several criteria:

  • ‘On the page’ factors
    • Textual Content
    • Page Tags
    • Spiderability
    • Usability
  • ‘Off the page’ factors:
    • Link Popularity
    • Social Reputation 
  • Marks were weighted 40% ‘on the page’, 60% ‘off the page’.

And the winner is: Ski Safari

Brighton Farm:
The site we wish we'd built

Brighton Farm is a network of local new media professionals, who meet weekly to talk about work, life and the universe. It';s a unique support network for freelancers and those running their own businesses, providing a chance to keep up with current trends, ask questions about technical issues and share a drink with some veryb friendly people.

The brighton Farm Award is based on voites form over 40 members, picking out a site which they think reflects a well-executed example of a great use of the internet.

And the winner is: Brighton & Hove Councillor's Blog

 

Voting is now closed.
Thank you to everyone who nominated a site for the Web Awards and good luck to everyone who made it to onto the judge's shortlist. Winners will be announced at the Web Awards on Thursday 9th November.

Brighton & Hove Web Awards 2006 are organised by SCIP. They are supported by Wired Sussex, O'Reilly Books and HumanITy. The Brighton & Hove Web Awards are part of the Brighton Digital Festival. For more information visit the brighton digital festival website.

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