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Blog > June 2008
Scoring Sentiment
June 20th, 2008. Posted by Giles PalmerUsing machines to understand text is a big part of what we do here at Brandwatch. And sentiment analysis is part of it. As wikipedia nicely puts it; »
How Good Is Good Enough?
June 19th, 2008. Posted by Giles PalmerSeth Godin wrote a moving post yesterday about worthiness. He writes almost as a stream of consciousness and makes some great points. »
Google’s Bogus Results Count
June 18th, 2008. Posted by Giles PalmerAs I mentioned in the last post, the accuracy of the entire result set is critical to us at Brandwatch, but so too is making sure that we have as big a sample as possible. »
Recall vs Precision
June 17th, 2008. Posted by Giles Palmer
This is a classic tug-of-war issue with search. There is a good definition on Wikipedia and I really like Tim Bray’s description on the Ongoing site. »
Arms And The Spam
June 16th, 2008. Posted by Tim OwenSifting through the list of web pages in Brandwatch that have been reported as spam, you get a feel for the ever-changing ways that spam merchants manage to infect the web with junk. »
Alias v Tracking Systems
June 12th, 2008. Posted by Phil NewmanSo I decided to compare data between the iphone and Nokia 95, two phones which I suspected shared common air in the blogosphere. The N95,…ah! »
Clear View On Transparency
June 11th, 2008. Posted by Giles PalmerRemember the promises of flawless matching of supply and demand and limitless consumer power when the web burst onto the scene a dozen years ago? »
The Brand Is What I Want To Buy…
June 10th, 2008. Posted by Phil NewmanIf you could put ‘Brandness’ itself under the microscope, this is what you would see: a crossroads with a pussy playing a banjo, hovering just off the ground. »
How Do You Solve A Problem Like The Housing Market?
June 30th, 2008. Posted by Fabrice RetkowskyI hear this question quite often: how is the housing market doing? Let’s try to answer that. »