A few highlights for 2007
After a short break, (its been a year but who is counting) we are back to highlight some of BlogPulse’s favorite stories, videos and people from last year. If you are a new or a returning visitor to BlogPulse, it is a great free tool offered by Nielsen Online for exploring social media trends. And without further delay, here are some brief trends from last year that we missed.
As the calendar turned to 2007, much of the online news was focused on the trends for the New Year, Iraq and French protests. That soon ended and turned to one of the year’s biggest stories for BlogPulse, as all eyes were on the iPhone and Steven Jobs announcement of it at MacWorld in late January. On January 31 this video was uploaded to YouTube and 5 days later it began a long stint in BlogPulse’s Top Videos category.
Twitter emerged last year with several news stories, blogs and videos (here, here, here and here) chronicling its rise to Web 2.0 fame. There was also plenty of branded content (here (Toyota World of Warcraft) and here (Sony Bravia) on BlogPulse’s charts including the famous Dove Onslaught video.
A major theme of 2007 was politics, which were heavily represented throughout the year, from the famous "I Got a Crush...On Obama" By Obama Girl to Mike Huckabee – Chuck Norris video. Other big news stories included the Benazir Bhutto Assasination, Virginia Tech shootings and Writer’s Strike in Hollywood.
2007 was a great year for BlogPulse and we look forward to keeping you informed about all the great site improvements, happenings and stories in 2008 and beyond. Come back often to see what’s new with BlogPulse and across the blogosphere.
Posted by Stephen Tompkins at May 21, 2008 05:16 PM
