We should all try to get this story out!<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 4:49 AM, Martin Hepp (UniBW) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org">martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Dear all:<br><br>There is growing evidence that using GoodRelations + RDFa in shop sites<br>brings immediate benefits for current business and current search engine<br>
technology, in addition to the future benefits in terms of visibility on<br>the Web of Linked Data.<br><br>See<br><br><a href="http://priyankmohan.blogspot.com/2009/12/online-retail-how-best-buy-is-using.html" target="_blank">http://priyankmohan.blogspot.com/2009/12/online-retail-how-best-buy-is-using.html</a><br>
<br><br>and<br><br><a href="http://www.solutions-answers-results.com.au/index.php/Ways-to-Improve-Your-Website/How-To-Get-Ranked-Without-Resorting-to-Outdated-SEO-Tactics.html" target="_blank">http://www.solutions-answers-results.com.au/index.php/Ways-to-Improve-Your-Website/How-To-Get-Ranked-Without-Resorting-to-Outdated-SEO-Tactics.html</a><br>
<br><br>The second reports on a controlled experiment and can show GoodRelations<br>would be justified on the Google rank gain alone, even without<br>considering the additional visibility in the linked data world.<br><br>
An my Google findings at<br><br><a href="http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/wiki/GoodRelationsInGoogle" target="_blank">http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/wiki/GoodRelationsInGoogle</a><br><br>still hold, of course.<br><br>Best wishes<br>
<br>Martin Hepp<br><br>--<br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>martin hepp<br>e-business & web science research group<br>universitaet der bundeswehr muenchen<br><br>e-mail:  <a href="mailto:hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org">hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org</a><br>
phone:   +49-(0)89-6004-4217<br>fax:     +49-(0)89-6004-4620<br>www:     <a href="http://www.unibw.de/ebusiness/" target="_blank">http://www.unibw.de/ebusiness/</a> (group)<br>        <a href="http://www.heppnetz.de/" target="_blank">http://www.heppnetz.de/</a> (personal)<br>
skype:   mfhepp<br>twitter: mfhepp<br><br>Check out GoodRelations for E-Commerce on the Web of Linked Data!<br>=================================================================<br><br>Project page:<br><a href="http://purl.org/goodrelations/" target="_blank">http://purl.org/goodrelations/</a><br>
<br>Resources for developers:<br><a href="http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/wiki/GoodRelations" target="_blank">http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/wiki/GoodRelations</a><br><br>Webcasts:<br>Overview - <a href="http://www.heppnetz.de/projects/goodrelations/webcast/How-to" target="_blank">http://www.heppnetz.de/projects/goodrelations/webcast/<br>
How-to</a>   - <a href="http://vimeo.com/7583816" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/7583816</a><br><br>Recipe for Yahoo SearchMonkey:<br><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><br>
<br>Talk at the Semantic Technology Conference 2009:<br>"Semantic Web-based E-Commerce: The GoodRelations Ontology"<br><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><br>
<br>Overview article on Semantic Universe:<br><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><br>
<br>Tutorial materials:<br>ISWC 2009 Tutorial: The Web of Data for E-Commerce in Brief: A Hands-on Introduction to the GoodRelations Ontology, RDFa, and Yahoo! SearchMonkey<br><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><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Steven Forth<br><a href="mailto:steven.forth@gmail.com">steven.forth@gmail.com</a><br>@StevenForth<br>