Travel blogger credibility scoring method for recommendation system

With the increase in the amount of consumer - generated-media, e.g., blogs and social networking services (SNS), user-generated information about travel is also increasing. Research has been conducted on tourist spot recommendation systems that utilize user-generated information. However, the credibility and quality of such information varies among users, and it is better to use credible information in tourist spot recommendation systems. Thus, in this paper, we propose a blogger credibility scoring method based on blog analysis for a tourist spot recommendation system. Specifically, multiple indicators are defined based on metadata obtained from blogs and blog data to score the credibility indicators of travel bloggers.