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Social Media Data Mining and Analytics

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Harness the power of social media to predict customer behavior and improve sales Social media is the biggest source of Big Data. Because of this, 90% of Fortune 500 companies are investing in Big Data initiatives that will help them predict consumer behavior to produce better sales results. Social Media Data Mining and Analytics shows analysts how to use sophisticated techniques to mine social media data, obtaining the information they need to generate amazing results for their businesses.

Social Media Data Mining and Analytics isn't just another book on the business case for social media. Rather, this book provides hands-on examples for applying state-of-the-art tools and technologies to mine social media - examples include Twitter, Wikipedia, Stack Exchange, LiveJournal, movie reviews, and other rich data sources. In it, you will learn:

The four key characteristics of online services-users, social networks, actions, and content The full data discovery lifecycle-data extraction, storage, analysis, and visualization How to work with code and extract data to create solutions How to use Big Data to make accurate customer predictions How to personalize the social media experience using machine learning Using the techniques the authors detail will provide organizations the competitive advantage they need to harness the rich data available from social media platforms.

346 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 14, 2014

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Gábor Szabó

28 books
Gábor Szabó is a research professor at KU Leuven in Belgium.

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August 9, 2022
Mine All Day

This was a great book on how to mine social media.

You can gleam some really interesting information from the public, especially when it comes to large-scale sentiment.

I thought this was a good introduction into mining.

I also love reading analytics and trends.

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