BlogPulse can help you stay blog savvy

BlogPulse is an automated trend discovery system for blogs. Blogs, a term that is short for weblogs, represent the fastest-growing medium of personal publishing and the newest method of individual expression and opinion on the Internet. BlogPulse applies machine-learning and natural-language processing techniques to discover trends in the highly dynamic world of blogs. BlogPulse is brought to you by Nielsen Online.

What can BlogPulse do for me?
BlogPulse.com is a blog search engine that also analyzes and reports on daily activity in the blogosphere. BlogPulse.com features the following:

• A Search Engine for blogs
• A set of Buzz-Tracking tools that are applied to blog content daily to track blog activity on key issues, people, news stories, news sources, bloggers and more
• A fun look at real-world Trends as reflected through blogs
• Daily blog stats that measure activity in the world of blogging (number of blogs identified, new blogs created, number of blog posts analyzed)
• A Trend Search that allows you to create trend charts comparing buzz in the blogosphere on up to three specific topics
• A Conversation Tracker that follows and captures the discussion, or conversation, that emanates and spreads from individual blogs or individual blog posts
• Blogger Profiles that identify top-ranked blogs and analyze their blog presence, activity and relative influence in the blogging world

If you are a blogger …

• You can ensure that your blog is represented in our index
• Try our search engine to see who is talking about topics of interest to you and to find out who links to your blog actively through other bloggers’ own blog entries, and in what context
• Check out our Buzz-Tracking and Featured Trends tools to see what’s current or “bursty” (meaning it bursts onto the discussion scene) in the blogging world on any given day
• Use our Trend Search to chart buzz on specific topics of your interest. You can also use the Trend Tool to chart links to specific blog posts, blogs or web sites over time
• Use our Conversation Tracker to map the flow of the conversation on specific topics across the blogosphere
• Visit our Blog Profile section to see if you rank among the top bloggers or to determine the relative activity and influence of other bloggers.

If you are a web surfer …

• Try our blog search engine to seek out and compare bloggers’ opinions on various topics of interest. This search engine is specific to blogs and doesn’t mix in other general content on the World Wide Web
• Check out our Buzz-Tracking and Featured Trends tools to see what’s top of mind in the blogging world on any given day. Add the BlogPulse RSSFeeds to your RSS Reader to get your daily summary of the blogosphere
• Visit our Conversation Tracker to see how discussions are sprouting and spread in the blogosphere
• Chart the buzz on specific topics of your interest using our Trend Search tool
• Check out Blogger Profiles to get a sense of who’s who in the world of blogging

If you are a journalist, writer, analyst or researcher …

• You will come to love our blog search engine. It is a one-stop portal for finding out what bloggers are saying on topics of interest to you or on your beat. We did not scrimp on our search engine’s capabilities — you’ll find it quite powerful to meet your searching needs!
• Perhaps you want to find out the latest, greatest memes and trends in the blogosphere — you’ve come to the right place. Check out our daily Buzz-Tracking stats and Featured Trends.
• Want to know if a certain blog or blog posting is being discussed or creating waves? Use Conversation Tracker to follow the conversation threads.
• Use the Blog Profiles section to figure out if a specific blogger is active or not, influential or not, perhaps worth interviewing or contacting on a specific topic or issue.
• Let your graphics department know about BlogPulse’s ability to create Trend Graphs, visually appealing charts that track buzz on any topic you want. Use these graphs to enhance your story or to hammer home a point.

Visit BlogPulse today!