News & Press

"In general, I see a number of reasons to be impressed with Jodange. They have a strong research background (investing in the science behind automated analysis is a key commitment often overlooked by companies in this space ... ); their formulation of the opinion mining problem is simple, but contains enough structure to ensure they focus on key questions (especially the problems of associating the opinion holder and the target of the opinion with the opinion itself); they have rolled out some simple but useful user experiences."

"Today, Jodange released two more Top of Mind widgets for iGoogle that tracks the sentiment about the political candidates as well as the sentiment of the candidates themselves on a series of topics. The first one, Candidate Pundit, analyzes news stories, political blogs, and other sources and does a semantic analysis of the text to determine whether the story is positive, neutral, or negative about a particular candidate."

"I can see this site being used by the "I told you so's" of the world, or by people looking to take weathermen or sports commentators to task for faulty prognostications."

"Built using the expertise of a bunch of Cornell University computer scientists, Jodange claims Top of Mind is already in evaluation with seven financial institutions."

"As a technology reporter [I see] a steady stream of gadgets, Web sites and other digital effluvia. But while often I find much to appreciate in all this, rarely do I see a product I want to use myself. This week, I saw such a product—an innovative new search engine for opinions that promises to make a journalist's job a whole lot easier ... Top of Mind sifts through hundreds of thousands of documents that track the Fortune 1000 and S&P 500 (everything from annual financial reports to financial blogs) to ferret out opinions and the people who hold them."

"The overlay charts with both sentiment and price trends suggest that Top of Mind will be useful in identifying which sources actually correlate to price moves. In the financial context, that's a pretty good definition of influence—correlation is as good as causation if it's consistent."

"From that data [Jodange Top of Mind] tells you which writers are the ones that either predict or influence the public markets. Why I like it: Because it's a real business."

"[Jodange Top of Mind] mines and indexes opinions across the Internet, allowing for a distinct perspective on significant topics. How negative was Hillary Clinton the week of November 17? What is the oil industry's view of the recent rate cuts by the Fed? Answering questions this specific was previously impossible without hours of research. You just can't find this stuff on Google. Period."

"Top of Mind can analyze ... articles and blogs, even when they are written in first, second or third-person. Users can track historical information about companies, including stock prices (with historical charts) and opinions that coincide with the daily activity."

"Now you can search on what people think, or their public opinions that is. There is nothing else like it on the Web."

"[Jodange isolates] people's opinions about topics to let users know who is most worth listening to ... This would fit in with Google's enterprise search products, appealing to financial and retail analysts."