Special Report
Kia, Best Buy, and Viacom are using new tools to mine comments on the Web to see what consumers really think of their brands
Investors are consulting software that analyzes millions of online comments about companies to help them decide when to buy—and sell—stocks
Web users love to talk about tech online. They don't always love the tech companies they talk about. We asked NetBase, a company that measures customer attitudes toward brands, to figure out which providers elicit the strongest feelings
Sentiment analysis software takes individual opinions on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to give individual companies an idea of how customers and investors are feeling
NetBase can mine social media to find out how consumers are feeling about different brands. The company's BrandPassion Index looks at the intensity of customer passion for products
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