Buzzgain

Yesterday we tracked SAP TechEd08 using BuzzGain and had a very interesting set of discussions on twitter that were spawned. I mentioned clearly that social media is more than Twitter and the main reason I did not discuss the other metrics was due to the length of the post. Still, there are a series of [...]

If you are a Web 2.0 or a social software startup trying to either launch a product or your company, getting relevant Buzz or Press is absolutely important. Long known to be the most cost effective means to generate awareness among potential users, PR gives you the sense of “arrival”. Notice I said cost effective [...]

We all love the topic of influence and authority. Its the primary reason any top 10 list exists. There are inherently many pitfalls in measuring and ranking any person’s authority online or offline. The questions that come up:
1. What parameters do you take into measuring authority? – for e.g. a few include: #twitter followers, # [...]

Its no secret that The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is an extremely popular show with over 2.1 Million viewers (primetime), over 50,000 Internet only viewers and an extended audience of over 35,000 per episode. The favorable audience demographics (with over 60% younger than 35 years of age, over $67,000 in annual income, pre-disposed Democratic [...]

Chris had a very interesting post on how does the web define authority.
In that he questions “It would be easy to bog ourselves down in definitions of the word “authority” itself. In this case, let’s agree that the working definition as it pertains to this topic is: a blog or website or even an individual [...]

This post primarily discusses corporate uses and engagement with Twitter, unlike how most people use it to keep up with friends and discuss “What are you doing”? The # of companies on twitter is growing dramatically from fewer than 5 in 2007 to over 500 in 2008.
Given that twitter has about 1.3 million registered accounts, [...]

Most people compare blog sites and bloggers to main stream media. I am not sure I agree 100%, but lets go with that assumption. The top 20 US newspapers, or main stream media newspapers with the largest circulation currently (and also mostly by website statistics) are listed below and their blogs.
Side note: In the top [...]