Sentiment Searching
July 3rd, 2008
I’ve been captivated by “sentiment searching.” That is, a query to a social network that can result in real-time data of what people are thinking (and saying) about certain topics. I keep bookmarks to searches that can help me find new trends and sentiments about work-related projects.
Mostly, I use Summize.com for digging around in the Twitter. It gets very interesting sometimes, and I am amazed by how candid people are in this space. I wonder if users realize that “public” tweets are really wide-open on the Internet. Also, I have been using the Realtime Twitter Sentiment (try “Twitter”) app in the lab. How useful. Seriously.
My Summize bookmarks (I check these every day):
- Notre Dame (minus the French and Canadian stuff)
- Web design
- college
- admissions
- nd.edu
- college search
- south bend indiana (minus the local paper)
This reminds me of the good ‘ole Google Zeitgeist.
What can you learn from sentiment searching?
