Getting at the Issue of Blog Authority
Here at the iSyndicate Conference in New York, one of the issues raised in opening-day sessions revolved around the issue of bloggers: who are they, how can blog readers figure out who's who, and how can advertisers figure out where to put their ad dollars in the blogosphere?
And one of the features that audience members want already exists, to some extent, in BlogPulse's Conversation Tracker...a way to determine who started a conversation, who chimed in and when, and whose influence or ideas turned a single blog post into a wave, or a phenomenon, or a network.
For example, the several-weeks-old transcript of comedian Stephen Colbert's address at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, available at Daily Kos, is still one of the most popular blog posts this week. (No. 33). And here's a thread that shows the conversation that has emanated from that single post. If you want to know how conversations start...and where they end up...and who joins in...give Conversation Tracker a try.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at May 16, 2006 11:04 AM
