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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Martin,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I own a Web 3.0 discussion Group on LinkedIn. Can you give me a
link to a news item or so (with this mail as content) which I can post in the
group? Love to do some marketing for you guys…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Gert Mentens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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[mailto:goodrelations-bounces@ebusiness-unibw.org] <b>Namens </b>Steven Forth<br>
<b>Verzonden:</b> donderdag 10 december 2009 14:56<br>
<b>Aan:</b> martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org<br>
<b>CC:</b> goodrelations@ebusiness-unibw.org<br>
<b>Onderwerp:</b> Re: [goodrelations] GoodRelations + RDFa have huge impact on
Google Rank and CTR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Game Changing Martin<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>We need to get this news out there, it will lead to a huge
shift in behaviors. Could be a tipping point for the whole sem web.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hats off ...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Steven<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 5:40 AM, Martin Hepp (UniBW) <<a
href="mailto:martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org">martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org</a>>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear all:<br>
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In his talk at the Search Engine Strategies 2009 conference in Chicago this
week, Jay Myers, Lead Web Development Engineer for Best Buy, Co., Inc.,
reported very surprising effects of adding GoodRelations and RDFa to their
products pages:<br>
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<b>1. GoodRelations + RDFa improved the rank of the respective pages in Google
tremendously. </b><br>
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In fact, if you try the query "BestBuy Ferris Bueller" on Google,
then the page<br>
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<a
href="http://products.semweb.bestbuy.com/y/products/7590289/" target="_blank">http://products.semweb.bestbuy.com/y/products/7590289/</a>
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comes on rank # 1 ahead of the much more established page<br>
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<a
href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Ferris+Bueller%27s+Day+Off+-+DVD/7590289.p?skuId=7590289&id=47476"
target="_blank">http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Ferris+Bueller%27s+Day+Off+-+DVD/7590289.p?skuId=7590289&id=47476</a><br>
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This indicates a strong effect of GoodRelations + RDFa on Google's appreciation
of a page. It is particularly surprising since the age of a domain has now a
huge influence on ranking in Google (older ones get a much higher ranking), and
the semantically augmented one is only something like eight weeks old.<br>
<br>
<b>2. Jay also reported a 30 % percent (!) increase in traffic </b>on the
BestBuy stores pages, e.g.<br>
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<a href="http://stores.bestbuy.com/1895" target="_blank">http://stores.bestbuy.com/1895</a><br>
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since they have been augmented by GoodRelations + RDFa rich mark-up. <br>
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<b>3. Yahoo observes a 15% increase in the Click-through-Rate (CTR). </b><br>
<br>
Nick Cox from Yahoo also recently reported that augmented search results, e.g.
those with GoodRelations / RDFa in Yahoo get a <b>15 % higher
Click-through-Rate (CTR).<br>
<br>
So in short: </b>While better visibility in traditional search engines is of
course not the main intended effect by adding GoodRelations & RDFa rich
mark-up, <br>
I think these findings are so substantial that any SEO / SEM consultant should
apply it - now!<br>
<br>
Patterns for simple copy-and-paste are here:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/wiki/Rdfa4google"
target="_blank">http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/wiki/Rdfa4google</a><br>
<br>
A full cookbook of mark-up recipes is being maintained at<br>
<br>
<a href="http://tr.im/cookbook" target="_blank">http://tr.im/cookbook</a><br>
<br>
All developer resources are at<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/wiki/GoodRelations"
target="_blank">http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/wiki/GoodRelations</a><br>
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Best wishes<br>
<br>
Martin Hepp<br>
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<pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>--------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>martin hepp<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>e-business & web science research group<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>universitaet der bundeswehr muenchen<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>e-mail: <a
href="mailto:hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org" target="_blank">hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>phone: +49-(0)89-6004-4217<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>fax: +49-(0)89-6004-4620<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>www: <a
href="http://www.unibw.de/ebusiness/" target="_blank">http://www.unibw.de/ebusiness/</a> (group)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <a
href="http://www.heppnetz.de/" target="_blank">http://www.heppnetz.de/</a> (personal)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>skype: mfhepp <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>twitter: mfhepp<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Check out GoodRelations for E-Commerce on the Web of Linked Data!<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>=================================================================<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Project page:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a
href="http://purl.org/goodrelations/" target="_blank">http://purl.org/goodrelations/</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Resources for developers:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a
href="http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/wiki/GoodRelations" target="_blank">http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/wiki/GoodRelations</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Webcasts:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Overview - <a
href="http://www.heppnetz.de/projects/goodrelations/webcast/" target="_blank">http://www.heppnetz.de/projects/goodrelations/webcast/</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>How-to - <a
href="http://vimeo.com/7583816" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/7583816</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Recipe for Yahoo SearchMonkey:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a
href="http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/wiki/GoodRelations_and_Yahoo_SearchMonkey"
target="_blank">http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/wiki/GoodRelations_and_Yahoo_SearchMonkey</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Talk at the Semantic Technology Conference 2009: <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>"Semantic Web-based E-Commerce: The GoodRelations Ontology"<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a
href="http://www.slideshare.net/mhepp/semantic-webbased-ecommerce-the-goodrelations-ontology-1535287"
target="_blank">http://www.slideshare.net/mhepp/semantic-webbased-ecommerce-the-goodrelations-ontology-1535287</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Overview article on Semantic Universe:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a
href="http://www.semanticuniverse.com/articles-semantic-web-based-e-commerce-webmasters-get-ready.html"
target="_blank">http://www.semanticuniverse.com/articles-semantic-web-based-e-commerce-webmasters-get-ready.html</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Tutorial materials:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>ISWC 2009 Tutorial: The Web of Data for E-Commerce in Brief: A Hands-on Introduction to the GoodRelations Ontology, RDFa, and Yahoo! SearchMonkey <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a
href="http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/wiki/Web_of_Data_for_E-Commerce_Tutorial_ISWC2009"
target="_blank">http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/wiki/Web_of_Data_for_E-Commerce_Tutorial_ISWC2009</a><o:p></o:p></pre></div>
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