Two New BlogPulse Features: Clickable Trend Graphs, Enhanced Conservation Tracker
BlogPulse surpassed the 11-million blog milestone earlier this week, just 23 days after it first identified 10 million total blogs in late April. And to keep up with the boom in creating and understanding blogs, BlogPulse today also offers two new features for users:
• Clickable Trend Charts: The popular Trend Chart feature tracks "buzz" on issues, personalities or phrases over 1-, 2- or 6-month periods. Usability testing revealed a need to understand the reasons for spikes in buzz. For example: Buzz about "Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith," which lingered at about .5% of all blog posts since early May, has increased fivefold in the last two weeks to 3% of all blog posts, triggered by the movie's opening today. BlogPulse users can now click on a chart spike to drill through and read the specific blog comments that fueled the spikes. Users can also create their own charts using the BlogPulse Trend Tool.
• Enhanced "Conversation Tracking": In response to feedback, users can now search for any topic in BlogPulse’s "Conversation Tracker" tool. It is no longer necessary to type in the exact link or full URL of a blog post or site. The Conversation Tracker allows users to gauge the extent to which bloggers refer to links or mention topics.
And for the curious: of BlogPulse's 11 million identified blogs, 3.5 million are classified as "active" in the last 30 days.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at May 19, 2005 03:29 PM
