Rating hotel user reviews By Josh Noel, McClatchy-Tribune News Service

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  1. generate
    bring into existence
    Nowhere is the Internet’s democratic nature clearer than in the user-generated reviews on such websites as Yelp and TripAdvisor.
  2. alley
    a narrow street with walls on both sides
    All it takes to weigh in on a restaurant, hotel, spa, bar, bowling alley - anything, really - is a username and password.
  3. boon
    something that is desirable, favorable, or beneficial
    While they’re a boon for consumers sharing unfiltered ideas and opinions, there are obvious hazards: What can be trusted?
  4. obvious
    easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
    While they’re a boon for consumers sharing unfiltered ideas and opinions, there are obvious hazards: What can be trusted?
  5. hazard
    a source of danger
    While they’re a boon for consumers sharing unfiltered ideas and opinions, there are obvious hazards: What can be trusted?
  6. indispensable
    essential
    Though such sites can be indispensable when you’re travelling, more than once I’ve wondered if they can be trusted.
  7. founder
    a person who establishes some institution
    Barsky, co-founder of Market Metrix, a firm that tracks customer satisfaction in the hospitality industry, compared reviews of 67 hotels on TripAdvisor with scores derived separately by his Market Metrix Hotel Index.
  8. track
    observe or plot the moving path of something
    Barsky, co-founder of Market Metrix, a firm that tracks customer satisfaction in the hospitality industry, compared reviews of 67 hotels on TripAdvisor with scores derived separately by his Market Metrix Hotel Index.
  9. derived
    formed or developed from something else; not original
    Barsky, co-founder of Market Metrix, a firm that tracks customer satisfaction in the hospitality industry, compared reviews of 67 hotels on TripAdvisor with scores derived separately by his Market Metrix Hotel Index.
  10. enable
    provide the means to perform some task
    (Market Metrix and TripAdvisor have an information sharing partnership, but "the study had nothing to do with the nature of our relationship; it only enabled the study to take place," Barsky said.)
  11. sentiment
    a personal belief or judgment
    But the conclusions and general sentiments were largely the same.
  12. attribute
    credit to
    Barsky attributes the unpredictability at the edges to passion.
  13. edge
    a line determining the limits of an area
    Barsky attributes the unpredictability at the edges to passion.
  14. submit
    hand over formally
    People often submit ratings only after exceptional experiences, whether good or bad.
  15. foul
    violating accepted standards or rules
    I suggested that there also could be foul play, and he agreed, noting that little can be authenticated, meaning whether someone actually stayed at the hotel.
  16. authenticate
    establish the undisputed credibility of something
    I suggested that there also could be foul play, and he agreed, noting that little can be authenticated, meaning whether someone actually stayed at the hotel.
  17. gospel
    an unquestionable truth
    Read the most favourable reviews and read the least favorable, but don’t take them as gospel.
  18. ultimately
    as the end result of a succession or process
    Ultimately, he said, perception is a function of expectation.
  19. perception
    becoming aware of something via the senses
    Ultimately, he said, perception is a function of expectation.
  20. dedicated
    devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose
    Adam Medros, vice president of product for TripAdvisor, said the size of the website - along with a team of about 25 workers dedicated to "content integrity" - protects its accuracy.
  21. integrity
    an undivided or unbroken completeness with nothing wanting
    Adam Medros, vice president of product for TripAdvisor, said the size of the website - along with a team of about 25 workers dedicated to "content integrity" - protects its accuracy.
  22. accuracy
    the quality of being near to the true value
    Adam Medros, vice president of product for TripAdvisor, said the size of the website - along with a team of about 25 workers dedicated to "content integrity" - protects its accuracy.
  23. sheer
    very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
    "The sheer number of travellers will outweigh that.
  24. copyright
    the exclusive right to sell a work
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Created on Mon Feb 27 02:34:55 EST 2012 (updated Mon Feb 27 12:06:41 EST 2012)

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