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Table 3 Hot topics extracted from different time slots from educational blog

Time	Topic
Time	Focal term	Facet term
2010.4 ~ 2010.5	Examination	The National College Entrance Examination, score, high school, time
	China	University, entrepreneurship, family, development
	Job	Talent, situation, teaching, ability
2010.6 ~ 2010.7	China	University, talent, graduates
	The National College Entrance Examination	Policy, score, examination
	Culture	Knowledge, attention
2010.8 ~ 2010.9	China	University, The National College Entrance Examination, entrepreneurship, grow up
	Cultivate	Ability, habit, inference, livelihood
	Society	Hope, attention, development, influence
2010.10 ~ 2010.11	Learning	University, teacher, development, time
	Education	Personality, teaching, optimization, motivation
	Child	Parent, livelihood, education
2010.12 ~ 2011.1	Child	China, school, education, parent
	Parent	Student, learning, teacher, livelihood
	Examination	Score
2011.2 ~ 2011.3	Comprehensive	Major, ranking, evaluation
	Child	Parent, education, learning
	Education	China, child, development, student
2011.4 ~ 2011.5	University	China, major, undergraduate, school
	Child	Parent, learning, education, teacher
	Student	Development, society
2011.6 ~ 2011.7	university	University graduates quality, undergraduate, the National College Entrance Examination, quality ranking list
	China	Ranking list, graduates, society, development
	Quality	Graduates, ranking list
2011.8 ~ 2011.9	Examination	Examinee, choice, classmate, performance
	Entrepreneurship
	University	Development, society, knowledge