but well, this thread allowed him to tell us how great his website is in finding trending topics... and, of course, link it.
2009/6/20 Andrew Badera <[email protected]> > Just because something's a trending news topic, doesn't guarantee, or > necessarily even imply, that it's a trending topic of conversation ... > > > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 5:04 PM, AJ Chen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From user perspective, it's useful if a trending app can pick up new hot >> topics as they are emerging, particularly for the rather distinct events >> like airline accident. this is one of the main design principles I have for >> my twitter digest app. now, whether a new topic should be considered as >> trending topic may vary a lot among the various trending applications, which >> depends on detection sensitivity and policy. I'm sure Twitter guys spotted >> the airline accident, but it did not make it to the top 10 list. At google >> trends, the signal may be too low to be detected because they are dealing >> with much larger volumes. >> >> I'm just trying to understand the difference between different services by >> looking at some real cases. another good case study is today's recall of >> sour dough. as shown on the daily new topics on http://web2express.org, >> it emerged out at 8:40am shortly after AP reported the news. I consider it >> a new trending topic interesting to consumers. but, it does not make it to >> Twitter.com top 10 topics. It did show up on google trends today. >> >> -aj >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:51 AM, David Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Topics don't just trend because its something 'important'. Now if it >>> was of significantly larger volume than another topics (like the >>> iphone's launch today), then that is rather interesting, but from what >>> I can tell its mostly the most popular things floating to the top >>> generally, plus some spam-filtering. I haven't figured out the >>> exacting mechanisim for when something hits trending, but its not >>> rocket science either. >>> >>> Maybe I'm missing your point >>> >>> -...@tibbon >>> >>> On Jun 19, 2:35 am, Bjoern <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > On Jun 19, 7:00 am, AJ <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > > This case study shows the difference between various trending >>> > > applications. A good real time semantic analysis is the key that >>> makes >>> > > the difference, I think. >>> > >>> > Maybe I misunderstood, but isn't the more likely explanation that the >>> > topic simply wasn't trending? >>> > >>> > Björn >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> AJ Chen, PhD >> Co-Chair, Semantic Web SIG, sdforum.org >> http://web2express.org >> Palo Alto, CA >> > >
