Track Online Conversations

[Matthew Sherborne]

If you want to have the most recent information about a specific
topic then you should consider using tools that let you track online
conversations.

There are several tools I like to use which are quite useful for
tracking conversations online. One of my favorites is
Technorati. Technorati: Front Page allows you to see what's
hot in the blogosphere related to specific keywords or phrases.

For instance about a month ago I was sitting at my desk and felt
the house start to shake. I went to Technorati and typed in Bay
Area Earthquake and within two minutes after my seat stopped
shaking there was information popping up about the recent
earthquake from blogs around Northern California.

Another conversation tracking tool that's useful for finding out
what people are talking about is Omgili. At Omgili - Find out what people are saying
you can find out what people are saying right now.

They just made the site even better by releasing a really cool feature
that lets you check out the latest buzz. You can check the buzz in
conversations at: Omgili Buzz - Find out what people are saying right now!

Using the buzz tool is a great way to find new topics that are rising
in popularity to blog about or create website content for to rank
first in the search engines.

Cloudee is an RSS aggregator that tracks websites for hot topics
and popular headlines. It then puts all the information together into
a search engine that you can use to find relevant keyword phrases.

Visit Cloudee Alpha to check them out. They organize the
data through the use of wordclouds and memes and their primary
focus at the present time is in technology and the internet.

Have any more tools that you like to use to track online
conversations? Add them to the list below.

[NoTrouble]

Very cool for tracking buzz online. I was just using the Lycos top 500 for trcking the hottest up and coming topics as well as Ebay Pulse. These ones sound good too