In April 2004 I started a meme tracker called "BlogsNow". Today,
I switched it off, and replaced it with a complete rewrite.
I was curious how BlogsNow would compare to similar tools.
Ordered by their Alexa Rank:
| Name | meme updates | sources | Alexa | since | search | memes | comments |
| Bloglines |
24 hours ? |
6-10 Million |
1,450 |
7/03 |
yes
|
not really
|
|
| Technorati |
5-10 minutes |
11,600,000 |
2,488 |
11/02 |
yes
|
kind a
|
memes are categorized
|
| feedster |
? |
? |
5,119 |
? |
yes
|
not really
|
top 100 is a list with most used feeds.
|
| blogdex |
10 minutes |
490,000 |
12,832 |
7/01 |
not really
|
yes
|
old code
|
| PubSub |
24 hours |
11,884,507 |
13,377 |
5/03 |
forward match
|
some
|
|
| BlogPulse |
24 hours |
12,695,395 |
13,530 |
3/03 |
yes
|
yes
|
|
| Daypop |
24 hours |
59,000 |
16,605 |
5/01 |
yes
|
yes
|
search limited due to small source count
|
| blogdigger |
? |
? |
20,516 |
4/03 |
yes
|
media feeds
|
memes are xml with enclosures
|
| BlogStreet |
|
102,873 |
28,550
| 6/02
|
not really
|
no
|
some top 100 lists
|
| Popdex |
4/26/05 |
14,000 |
55,202 |
2/03 |
nope
|
not anymore
|
stopped updating in April
|
| plazoo |
? |
? |
55,254 |
11/04
|
yes
|
yes
|
|
| blogrunner |
? |
? |
62,023 |
11/04
|
no
|
themed
|
|
| waypath |
? |
8 Million |
102,105 |
12/01
|
slow
|
yes
|
search slow like technorati in '04
|
| BlogsNow |
3 minutes |
2.5 Million |
120,443 |
5/04 |
no
|
yes
|
|
other tools, just a list for now: (updated as I find more tools)
BlogRolling
ThruthLaidBear
reddit
del.icio.us
digg
yahoo buzz
MotiveQuest
umbria communications
BuzzMetrics
blogarama
blogwise
blo.gs
deskfeeds
feedminer
feedsfarm
readablog.com
blogniscient
blogrunner NYTimes
megite
memeorandum
newroo
tailrank
topix.net
chuquet
urlfan
This is a copy paste job by:
Andreas Wacker