March 24, 2008 at 10:04Rating “Tagline '08”. Voting.
Many are already aware that the Tagline rating has moved into the second phase - voting. I honestly am very surprised, if not upset. But first, let's go back to the recent past.
As far as I know, it all started in June 2006. One bright head, pretending to be a customer, phoned all market leaders with a request to make a standard site. As a result, the information received was published as the “ Rating of the TOP-30 Runet Web Studios by Website Development Cost ”. Maybe this approach is not entirely ethical ... nevertheless, it was a real breakthrough, everyone finally found out how much it costs to develop a site in Lebedev Studio :).
The next year, the first TagLine rating started". Pre-registration has passed 310 studios. Then all the work on creating the rating fell on the shoulders of independent experts and rating organizers ... The representative of the studio had to go through simple registration, and if there was a desire, speak about the market situation, trends, etc. The most interesting opinions and comments after verification were published on the site. I will not comment on how adequate the top turned out, after all, the task itself is very difficult, and as far as I understand, there was no experience at all.
As I understand it, this year the organizers and experts decided to make all participants of the rating “complete program” “work out”. On the other hand, "master-master", if you want to get into the top, you’ll be bent and not so ...
Now the vote consists of six steps, each of which is mandatory. First, all participants (610 people passed preliminary registration) are asked about the general situation in the market. These questions (all fields in the form are required):
Perhaps I have some opinion about the trends and problems in the market, however, I would like to decide for myself whether it should be voiced or not.
Or tell me, how do I, the owner of a small regional studio , know about the volume of the web design market in Russia ?! Or is it such a lottery, for those who guess - a special prize? After all, I don’t work in the tax or accounting chamber ...
I don’t know about you, but I’m even insane, it’s unlikely that I will have the idea of counting all the professional teams, so I’ll most likely choose the number from the bulldozer. Understand analytics is not my profession, we do websites! More interesting.
At the second stage, I propose to make the top 10 studios by turnover! With all due respect to the organizers: I have no idea who earns how much, although I don’t - I’m lying, I can imagine the speed of several studios in Rostov. Since the stage is mandatory, I put Lebedev Studio first , the rest at random - let people be pleased.
We pass to the third step. Top 10 studios by fame. Here I have big doubts ... maybe it’s right to build a rating based on the brand’s fame, but in my opinion, it’s somehow more for glossy magazines ... there’s a conflict in the soul: after all, fame is not always equal to quality.
It’s completely not clear why you need to first compile a list of ten studios, and then put stars from 1 to 10 ... The interface, by the way, is creepy and everything is incredibly slow ... But this is a completely different topic ...
Let's return to our rating, “step four, five and six »Information about the company, work and technology, this is probably the only thing that really needs to be left.
In general, what am I doing all this ... Honestly, I didn’t want to offend anyone ... It just seems to me that in the pursuit of authority and popularization of the rating, they again forgot about the meaning :(.
PS Somehow it turned out to be too emotional, sorry ... I probably waited too long :( .
As far as I know, it all started in June 2006. One bright head, pretending to be a customer, phoned all market leaders with a request to make a standard site. As a result, the information received was published as the “ Rating of the TOP-30 Runet Web Studios by Website Development Cost ”. Maybe this approach is not entirely ethical ... nevertheless, it was a real breakthrough, everyone finally found out how much it costs to develop a site in Lebedev Studio :).
The next year, the first TagLine rating started". Pre-registration has passed 310 studios. Then all the work on creating the rating fell on the shoulders of independent experts and rating organizers ... The representative of the studio had to go through simple registration, and if there was a desire, speak about the market situation, trends, etc. The most interesting opinions and comments after verification were published on the site. I will not comment on how adequate the top turned out, after all, the task itself is very difficult, and as far as I understand, there was no experience at all.
As I understand it, this year the organizers and experts decided to make all participants of the rating “complete program” “work out”. On the other hand, "master-master", if you want to get into the top, you’ll be bent and not so ...
Now the vote consists of six steps, each of which is mandatory. First, all participants (610 people passed preliminary registration) are asked about the general situation in the market. These questions (all fields in the form are required):
- Briefly describe the current market situation. Describe the main problems that exist in the market for both players and the customer.
- Market volume. The volume of the market for the creation, support and development of sites is considered, by professional companies operating in the market (freelancers are not counted) in Runet over the past year.
- The number of players. Indicate the number of professional web studios currently operating in the market.
- Describe the main trends / trends of market development in the future.
Perhaps I have some opinion about the trends and problems in the market, however, I would like to decide for myself whether it should be voiced or not.
Or tell me, how do I, the owner of a small regional studio , know about the volume of the web design market in Russia ?! Or is it such a lottery, for those who guess - a special prize? After all, I don’t work in the tax or accounting chamber ...
I don’t know about you, but I’m even insane, it’s unlikely that I will have the idea of counting all the professional teams, so I’ll most likely choose the number from the bulldozer. Understand analytics is not my profession, we do websites! More interesting.
At the second stage, I propose to make the top 10 studios by turnover! With all due respect to the organizers: I have no idea who earns how much, although I don’t - I’m lying, I can imagine the speed of several studios in Rostov. Since the stage is mandatory, I put Lebedev Studio first , the rest at random - let people be pleased.
We pass to the third step. Top 10 studios by fame. Here I have big doubts ... maybe it’s right to build a rating based on the brand’s fame, but in my opinion, it’s somehow more for glossy magazines ... there’s a conflict in the soul: after all, fame is not always equal to quality.
It’s completely not clear why you need to first compile a list of ten studios, and then put stars from 1 to 10 ... The interface, by the way, is creepy and everything is incredibly slow ... But this is a completely different topic ...
Let's return to our rating, “step four, five and six »Information about the company, work and technology, this is probably the only thing that really needs to be left.
In general, what am I doing all this ... Honestly, I didn’t want to offend anyone ... It just seems to me that in the pursuit of authority and popularization of the rating, they again forgot about the meaning :(.
PS Somehow it turned out to be too emotional, sorry ... I probably waited too long :( .