Transcript Feasibility Presentation

Green Team Technologies
CS 410 Spring 2007
Nathan DeWitt
Project Manager
Database Specialist
Dr. Michael
Nelson
Digital Archive Specialist
Mark Phelps
Mark Polansky
Software Specialist
Website Specialist
Marketing Specialist
Financial Specialist
Alan Grimes
Patrick
Markham
Researcher
Funding Specialist
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 Who
can repair the plumbing in your 50year old house?
 Where do you get your hair cut?
 Who should press your suit for the big
interview?
 Who would you trust to perform surgery
on Fido?
 Where should you eat?
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 Current
service industry review websites
do not provide a mechanism for reviews
to be filtered based on user preference.
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 To
provide an easy way for content
creators to add a review engine
specifically targeting services to their
website.
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 Provide
a mechanism for services and
their associated reviews to be rated
independently by users
 Recommend compatible services to user
based on stated preferences and history
of ratings
 License ratings engine to content
creators for rapid development of
websites
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 One-click
up/down voting of services and
reviews by any registered user
 User
can view recommended services based
on their preferences and personal ratings
 Anyone can read reviews
 Registered users can write reviews
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 Rate
It Engine ready to run on specified
webserver/database combination
 Customizable using industry standards to
match existing look and feel of current
website
 Support contract to help with installation
and use of engine
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Web Server
Database
Database Server
Firewall
Internet
Web Pages
`
Users
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 Licensing
Fee
• $749 – Per CPU
 Annual
Support Contract
• $99 – Per CPU
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http://www.wsworkshop.com/money/ad-revenue-models.html
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 Web
Hosting Service for $5.95 per month
http://www.hostmonster.com/
 Domain
Name registration for $8.95 per year
http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp
 Web
Developers/ Web Masters
• Salary survey done in Norfolk, VA (zip code 23501)
• Median Salary = $65,144
http://salary.hotjobs.com/
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 210,080,067
Americans with internet
access
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats2.htm
 114.7%
Growth from 2000 – 2007
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
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http://www.scarboro.info/dining.htm
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 Restaurant
Review Site
• Industry is huge
 Estimated Revenue of $537 billion in 2007
• Large base for restaurant reviews
 935,000+ Restaurants in US
• Restaurants have loyal patrons willing to write
reviews/discuss experiences
• High incidence of repeat business
http://www.restaurant.org/aboutus/faqs.cfm
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Source: Energy Information Administration, 1993 & 2001 Residential Energy
Consumption Surveys.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/cookingtrends/cooking.html
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 The
average employed American works a
46-hour work week.
http://www.libraryspot.com/know/workweek.htm
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 Daily
travel in US totals four trillion miles
 14,500 annual miles per person
 2.6 billion trips of 50 miles or more
http://www.bts.gov/publications/highlights_of_the_2001_national_house
hold_travel_survey/pdf/entire.pdf
 These
people need to know where to eat
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 44%
of all adults dine-out daily
http://www.aarp.org/health/staying_healthy/eating/a2004-09-16-eatingout.html
 20%
of all meals prepared in a
commercial setting
http://www.restaurant.org/rusa/magArticle.cfm?ArticleID=138
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 Provide
complete view of restaurants
• Objective factual restaurant profile
 Location
 Genre
 Price
• Subjective consumer reviews
 Provide
targeted advertising
• Advertising to the correct consumer
 Encourage
community among users
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 Yellow
pages
 Word of mouth
 Traditional Internet Review Sites
• Need to sift through data
• Restaurants provide biased reviews
 Driving
around town
• Expensive
• Inefficient
• “Judging book by its cover”
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 The Yellow
Pages do NOT tell you:
• If the food is good
• If the staff is friendly
• If the prices are reasonable
• Even if the restaurant is in your immediate area
(If you are out of town)
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 Rate
It! Review Engine will enable
website owners to quickly put in place a
functional reviewing mechanism that
encourages user participation and
intelligently steers users towards
compatible services.
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http://www.scarboro.info/dining.htm
http://www.libraryspot.com/know/workweek.htm
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/cookingtrends/co
oking.html
http://www.bts.gov/publications/highlights_of_the_200
1_national_household_travel_survey/pdf/entire.pdf
http://www.aarp.org/health/staying_healthy/eating/a2
004-09-16-eatingout.html
http://www.restaurant.org/rusa/magArticle.cfm?Articl
eID=138
http://www.restaurant.org/aboutus/faqs.cfm
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 http://www.internetworldstats.com/
 http://www.hostmonster.com/
 http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp
 http://salary.hotjobs.com/
 http://www.census.gov/population/www/popc
lockus.html
 http://www.wsworkshop.com/money/adrevenue-models.html
 http://digitalenterprise.org/models/models.ht
ml
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