Hi Everybody We are very excited to announce a joint March meetup between Semantic Web Austin and Austin Internet Marketing group:
The Offspring of SEO and Semantic Web: SEO++ with Jay Myers from Best Buy. *Date: *Tuesday March 1, 2011 *Time: *6:00 pm *Location: *Home Away<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Home+Away+Inc&aq=&sll=30.289306,-97.744123&sspn=0.084638,0.181789&ie=UTF8&hq=Home+Away+Inc&hnear=&ll=30.271447,-97.751606&spn=0.010118,0.022724&z=16> 1011 W 5th St Austin, Texas *RSVP HERE<https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGtvRnlxUVB6T0xaMFIwZm1YbEdES3c6MQ> * The amount of digital information online is growing at a rapid pace, and is expected to hit some 25 zettabytes in 2020. The goal of most SEO is increased visibility, but in a web filled with noise due to massive amounts of information, this can be a difficult task for even the most skilled SEO if they're utilizing traditional SEO techniques. Google, Yahoo! and Facebook (to name a few) realize this challenge and are promoting semantic markup to improve search results and more easily index key data. Realizing these trends, SEOs and developers should join forces to build a strong web of data that is more easily navigated and understood by machines, while retaining the rich visual experiences we humans have grown accustomed to. In this session, we will cover some of the basics of "front-end" Semantic Web, from markup and content techniques to popular vocabularies. We'll explore basic examples and their outputs and impacts. We'll also take a look at how SEOs and devs can expand their roles and become curators of a very rich web of data. We are very excited to have Jay Myers (Blog <http://jay.beweep.com/>, Twitter <http://twitter.com/jaymyers>) from Best Buy. Best Buy is a pioneer in adapting semantic web technologies by adding RDFa markup on all their pages. This is a joint meetup with the Austin Internet Marketing Meetup - SEO/SEM/SMO/PPC <http://www.meetup.com/seo-austin/>. Additionally we want to thank Home Away for opening up their offices and providing food and beverages! RSVPs are very firm becauase space is limited, so please RSVP asap! We will be starting very close to 6pm, so please be on time, but not before 5:30pm. There is a parking garage attached to the building, which is at the Southwest corner of the intersection of 5th and Lamar. The best approach is on 5th St. Looking forward to seeing you there! Juan Sequeda +1-575-SEQ-UEDA www.juansequeda.com -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
