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Who can repair the plumbing in your 50-year 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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Database ServerDatabase
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Internet
Users
Web Pages
Web Server
Firewall
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Licensing Fee• $749 – Per CPU
Annual Support Contract• $99 – Per CPU
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03/27/2007http://www.wsworkshop.com/money/ad-revenue-models.html1313
Web Hosting Service for $5.95 per monthhttp://www.hostmonster.com/
Domain Name registration for $8.95 per yearhttp://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp
Web Developers/ Web Masters• Salary survey done in Norfolk, VA (zip code
23501)• Median Salary = $65,144http://salary.hotjobs.com/
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210,080,067 Americans with internet accesshttp://www.internetworldstats.com/stats2.htm
114.7% Growth from 2000 – 2007http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.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
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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
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_household_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 settinghttp://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/
cooking.html http://www.bts.gov/publications/highlights_of_the_
2001_national_household_travel_survey/pdf/entire.pdf
http://www.aarp.org/health/staying_healthy/eating/a2004-09-16-eatingout.html
http://www.restaurant.org/rusa/magArticle.cfm?ArticleID=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/
popclockus.html http://www.wsworkshop.com/money/ad-
revenue-models.html http://digitalenterprise.org/models/
models.html
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