June 8, 2009

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Google Gives Sentiment Analysis a Multistar Rating

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Perhaps you've heard of sentiment analysis, a software technique that can decide whether something a person wrote is positive or negative in tone. Recently, Google made headlines with an addition of reviews to its search results, with the interesting part being that it uses sentiment analysis to add five-star ratings to what people wrote. If you want to hear more about how it's done, check out my latest post on Internet Evolution, "Google Gives Sentiment Analysis Multistar Rating."

Posted by MikeMoran at June 8, 2009 12:11 PM

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I have worked with multiple programs that do this, such as SM2, but it still seems like it must be perfected further as many are labeled incorrectly. I'm sure Google will figure it out though :)

Posted by: Email Marketing at June 9, 2009 5:07 AM

I"m sure they will figure it out but how long will it take them. I think their ratings will off for quite a while.

Tips and Info

Posted by: Tips and Info at June 9, 2009 5:05 PM

I can't believe that Google is perfecting a way to find out how people are feeling when writing messages. This is just going to be another amazing feat by an already amazing company.

Posted by: Murad at June 9, 2009 8:21 PM

This will give a human touch to the internet search. Shows what we humans are capable of

Posted by: Dominic at June 10, 2009 7:30 AM