BlogPulse 2.0 Is Here: Faster, Cooler Features and More Than 9.3 Million Blogs Identified!

In case you haven't already noticed, BlogPulse underwent some major improvements over the past week. The highlights include access to six months of blog posts for URL and keyword searches, a daily count of blog activity on the home page, and the ability to create customized trend graphs that cover 1, 2, 3 or 6 months of data.

A nice example of a new six-month trend graph comparing four terms -- war, peace, disaster, politics -- (see below) comes from Steeph's blog.



And that's not all! BlogPulse 2.0 is also faster and now has identified more than 9.3 million blogs; in the last 24 hours, it analyzed data from 301,320 blog posts. In that same time frame, BlogPulse discovered 38,817 new blogs.

Many of these improvements are the result of suggestions from loyal BlogPulse users, and the entire BlogPulse team sends a big "thanks!" and the encouragement to keep 'em coming!

Key highlights of BlogPulse 2.0:
• Deeper index: BlogPulse users now have access to six months of blog data instead of the previous 60-day archive.
• Better search capabilities: Users can search through six months of blog posts AND visualize results with a one-click "trend this search" icon that appears next to search results. For a sample, check out this search for "Star Wars" and then click on the icon next to "Search Results" to visualize the buzz.
• Time-frame options for graphs: Users interested in creating visual graphs that track/compare blog "buzz" can choose from one of four time frames -- 1, 2, 3, or 6 months.
• Better link search capabilities: Previously, BlogPulse users who searched an entire link/URL received results only for that site's home page; now, search results cover the entire site/URL.

Engineering upgrades also added some zip to BlogPulse's performance.

Thanks to the entire BlogPulse team -- CTO Sundar Kadayam, senior researchers Natalie Glance and Matthew Hurst, engineer Mark Reed and graphics guru Cecilly Van Dyke -- for some awesome work, even greater ideas and very cool plans for future upgrades. Stay tuned!