Case Studies

Following are some commercial, government, nonprofit, and academic projects from my work with SavvySearch, Inter@ctivate Consulting Group and the University of California. These may be relevant examples for our Roundtable discussion. Questions about these projects are welcome at any time before/during/after the ILI conference.

SavvySearch

metasearch engine. Serving information seekers (both professional and casual) since 1995. Provides single point of access to 200 search engines via special collections based on topic, or product (comparison shopping). Presently serving 15 million raw hits per month (impressions N/A). http://www.savvysearch.com/

San Diego Padres

professional baseball club. Site serves the media, fans, and voters. Business goals include: sale of merchandise & tickets, fan relations, and club information. Serves 2 million raw hits per month (650,000 page views) in the off season. http://www.padres.com/

Zoological Society of San Diego

the ``World Famous San Diego Zoo'' serves diverse audience of students, educators, zoology researchers, and tourists--each with their own unique information needs. Business goals include membership, customer relations, presence and call reduction. Society servers handle 3 million raw hits per month (300,000 page views). http://www.sandiegozoo.org/

California Avocado Commission

ambitious site by a US agricultural commission. Serves consumers, retailers, growers to accomplish branding, consumer and industry education, retailer support, merchandising. Features several unique intranet applications for avocado growers. http://www.avocado.org/

Workforce Partnership

regional one-stop service assist job seekers with career development and job-placement; employers with recruiting, training, and outplacement needs. Grant-funded project with extensive back-end labor market information database. http://www.workforce.org/

Academic Projects

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality IV online conference center for the annual telemedicine gathering. BITMed, the Biological Informatics and Theoretical Medicine project serving medical and AI researchers with simulator called CyberMouse, funded by an NSF grant. Early (1994/95) web sites for the University of California at San Diego--Muir College and the Department of Mathematics.