Contest Combines Pubs, Google, Twitter and Mashups

Manchester, UK (Gawkwire.com) The contest entry criteria are simple: create a mashup that has anything at all to do with pubs. Any entry can win, just so long as the mashup involves a pub in some way. The competition runs from June 1 - June 30, 2009. Winners will be selected in early July. Details on the rules and entry forms are available at: http://www.34sp.com/pub-mashup.

As stated by Wikipedia, ''mashup'' is a term in web development, denoting a web application that combines data or functionality from two or more sources into a single integrated application. The term mashup implies easy, fast integration, frequently done by access to open APIs and data sources to produce results that were not the original reason for producing the raw source data. Google and Twitter are frequently used by developers when creating mashups as the APIs are well developed and accessible.

Co-founder of 34SP.com and frequent pub visitor, Stuart Melling explained the thinking behind the pub mashup competition, ''Let's face it, here in the UK pubs are a revered institution. Our own staff enjoy a quick pint quite frequently here in Manchester, plus we often visit our local pubs, so we thought - why not create a great contest that involves both our audience of web developers and pubs? Plus, it gives the web development community a great way to combine their favorite activities into one - pubs and coding mashups.''

Winners of the First Ever Pub Mashup Competition will be selected by a panel made up of 34SP.com employees who enjoy going to pubs. The entries will be judged on the following criteria:

Originality
Functionality
Robustness
Betterment of the greater Pub community
Fun and engaging to use

To learn more about 34SP.com, the First Ever Pub Mashup Competition or 34SP.com web hosting products, please visit: http://www.34sp.com or http://www.twitter.com/34SP.