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Analyzing McDonald’s vs Burger King with Symanto

By Philip | April 27, 2023May 8, 2023 by Philip

We’re big believers in specialization at Datashake, and while we focus on data aggregation and packaging, we rely on trusted partners to achieve the data analysis component. Symanto is one such partner and we’re going to do a deep-dive into their capabilities in this blog post. They are a leading industry expert in Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing & Psychology at the forefront of AI development since 2010. While we focus on the data extraction…

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Predicting Zoom’s Stock Movements with Online Review Data

By Philip | November 30, 2020April 26, 2023 by Philip

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the way we operate in the world. One of the most significant changes has been a large shift to remote work. According to a survey conducted by PwC, 80% of CEOs expect widespread remote work to continue even after COVID-19 passes. With distributed workforces becoming more prevalent, the use of video conferencing technology has skyrocketed. We used our Review Index API to analyze the aggregated consumer reviews of Zoom…

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The Ultimate Guide to Scraping Online Reviews

By Philip | October 17, 2020April 26, 2023 by Philip

When we first set out to start Reviewshake, we quickly realized that our most vital ingredient would be review data. Similar to how a car runs on power (electricity or gas), a review management platform runs on online reviews. While there are multiple providers who offer review data today (including ourselves through our Review Scraper API), these did not exist when we started Reviewshake several years ago. Review data in a standard JSON format. So…