"gadZOOks" Search Engine

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Autumn Quarter 2013 (September - December 2013)

 Overview
Created "gadZOOks," a scratch-built search engine which returns the location of zoos containing any animal.


Web Content and Marketing Planner
  • Contributed to site content management, such as descriptions and team credits
    • Also contributed to web design, arranging content to better suit user experience
  • Responsible for pitching and presenting website and project work for the group
    • Created plans for hypothetical site launch, including partnerships with animal-related TV networks, colleges with veterinarian programs, and zoos!
  • Used Apache Solr/Nutch, cPanel, HTML/CSS, Javascript, Twitter Bootstrap, and Google Maps API
Video
  • Did some voiceover work, though on-camera presence could be improved. It was very cold when we were filming!
  • Wrote a majority of the script, ensuring key features and future plans were discussed
Results
  • Video and live demo was presented in front of the class and a panel of Online Marketing and Informatics professionals, including:
    • Conrad Saam, Atticus Marketing
    • Mariah Gentry, JoeyBra
    • Bob Boiko, UW Information School
    • Michael Eisenberg, UW Information School
  • Selected as 3rd best search site shown out of 7 total in class!