Explore the Possibility of Utilizing Blog Semantic Analysis for Domain Expert and Opinion Mining

Abstract

Democratic in nature, the Blogosphere allows individuals to accumulate a tremendous amount of personal knowledge, share experiences, and express opinions. Based on blog contents and social-referral data, blog semantic analysis can identify individual expertise and an appropriate social network, thus obtaining word-of-mouth reviews of certain products or services. Effectively utilizing this opinion cloud significantly contributes to efforts to devise decision support applications such as domain expert billboard and mobile POI recommendation.