Semantic & Linked Data; coming of age

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Semantic Web, Linked Data and it's real world application at Best Buy

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SEMANTIC & LINKED DATA“COMING OF AGE”Jay Myers, bestbuy.com

25 billion web pages in the indexable web 1 trillion unique URLs discovered by Google109.5 million web sites

1000x more sites in the “deep web”

WEB AT-A-GLANCE

2 billion users

12

3

4

Worldwidewebsize.com, March 2009 1

Google Official Blog, July 2008 Name Intelligence, May 2009 BrightPlanet, November 2010

2

3

4

Data via Scott Brinker, http://www.slideshare.net/sjbrinker/semantic-web-summit

2000

2005

2010

2020

2002: 5 exabytes of data online

(total)

2008: 5 exabytes of data flow

monthly

2010: 21 exabytes of data

flow monthly

2015: 10 zettabytes digital

data online

2020: 25 zettabytes digital

data online

”Sounds cool, but what is Semantic Web and Linked Data?"

Turtle

SPARQL

N3

N-Triples

MachineSemantics

RDF/XML

<html>

Human-readableSemantics

RDFa Microformats

Microdata

ONTOLOGIES

Simple form/ user input

Basic transform

engine

Human & machine

readable data

RDFa

Human-readableSemantics

Simple form/ user input

Basic transform

engine and API

Catalog API

+

Human & machine

readable data

RDFa

Human-readableSemantics

Human-readableSemantics

RESULTSOpenly publishing rich data to the web via employeesMakes every store blog an open data sourceSignificant rise in organic search traffic

500 Million Facebook users190 Million Twitter users65 Million tweets per day4 Million Foursquare users

RAW DATA IS PLENTIFUL

Customer forumsAPIs

MachineSemantics

Internal sales/ customer data

And more!Product data

Mark Zuckerberg, July 2010 1

Twitter blog, June 2009 Business Insider, October 2010

2

3

4

Data via Scott Brinker

Techcrunch, July 2010

123

4

6 Countries

155,000Employees

10 Brands

1,100+ Stores

1,400 Domains

460,000+ Products

CASE STUDY: BEST BUY

Best BuyGlobalGraphBBY US

Mobile App Data

Best BuyMobile

BBY QRCodeData

Magnolia

m.bestbuy.com

@twelp-force Twitter

annot.

RewardZone

@BestBuy Twitterannot.

BBY USLocalStores

BBY US Products

BBY USEmployeeInsights

BBY USSite

Analytics GeekSquad

PacificSales

BBY USFacebook

BBYMobile Apps

BBY USCustomerInsights Carphone

Warehouse

BBY UKProducts

BBY UKEmployeeInsights

BBY UKFacebook

BBY UKSite

Analytics

BBY UKSite

Analytics@BestBuyUK

Twitter

BBY UKCustomerInsights

BBY CACustomerInsights

BBY CASite

Analytics

BBY CA Products

@BestBuyCA

Twitter

BBY CALocalStores

BBY CACustomerInsights

BBY CAEmployeeInsights

BBY MXEmployeeInsights

BBY MXLocalStores

BBY MX Products

BBY MXCustomerInsights

BBY MXSite

Analytics

BBY TK Products

BBY TKSite

Analytics

BBY TKEmployeeInsights

Best BuyUS

Best BuyCanada Best Buy

Turkey

Best BuyChina

Best BuyUK

Best BuyMexico

BBY CNSite

Analytics

Five StarProducts

BBY CNProducts

STRATEGIC FORMULA

Insight EngineHuman-readableSemantics

MachineSemantics+ =

"Many of our greatest companies did not start because they thought there was a big pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. They started because they thought there was an interesting problem to be solved."

- Tim O’Reilly, Web 2.0 Summit 2008

“…e-commerce still lacks browsing and discovery experiences that satisfy curiosity."- Alexander Gruensteidl. “Four Keys to Surviving the Future of

Retail”. 09 September 2010 . <http://www.fastcodedesign.com/1662269/changing-retail-currency>

PROBLEM: SHRINKING MARGINS & ATTACH RATES

CREATE PRODUCT RELATIONSHIPS

Margin: -15% Margin: 19%

Margin: 12%

Margin: 49%

Margin: 8%

Margin: 31%

Margin: 17%

Margin: 10%

Margin: 49%

Margin: 21%

Margin: 61%

Margin: 9%

Margin: 10%

Margin: 25%

Margin: 40%

SPARQLselect distinct ?o as ?uri, bif:sprintf("%.2f",?p2) as ?price, ? currency, ?text, ?label, ?thumb, ?ean, ?order_link where{ ?s1 rdfs:comment ?text . ?text bif:contains ’”Netbook”’.

Insight Engine

"Poor service in the guise of ill-informed store staff creates lack of trust and drives shoppers to look for alternatives."

PROBLEM: DECLINING CUSTOMER SERVICE

- Nigel Fenwick. “Industry Innovation: Retail”. Forrester Research. 28 July 2010 .

SPARQLselect distinct ?o as ?uri, bif:sprintf("%.2f",?p2) as ?price, ? currency, ?text, ?label, ?thumb, ?ean, ?order_link where{ ?s1 rdfs:comment ?text . ?text bif:contains ’”LCD TV”’.

Insight Engine

PROBLEM: STAYING CONNECTED IN THE “CONNECTED WORLD”

Insight Engine

THANK YOU!@jaymyers

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