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Blogs, Forums & Groups
One of the fastest growing segments of the Web is the market of community driven platforms. From newborns “talking” about their first steps in life over teens philosophizing about their experiences, scientists talking about their work, celebrities polishing their image to grandma´s giving sex advice - it appears nowadays, that if you don´t blog, you don´t exist…
Not to forget about catbloggers, this sniggered at species of 100,000s of bloggers painstakingly reporting on the well-being, eating and sleeping habit and other atrocities of their furry pets. Catbloggers mark the lowest rank in terms of blog image.
While some critics state that the “average blog” has the lifespan of a fruitfly others claim, that it also has the intelligence of a fly… Anyway, one should not underestimate the power of blogs.
A blog about Fortune 500 Business blogs reveils, that blogging is not a hobby of puberty shaken Generation X members and sock knitting grandmas. The creme of Fortune 500 executives meets and blogs here…
By claiming “Blogs are being used for evil, the ultimate vehicle for brand-bashing, personal attacks, political extremism and smear campaigns“, Forbes admits the influence of the ?blogosphere? on Real Life - on business, politics, careers and more.
Same time Forbes regularly publishes a List of Best Blogs in various categories.
What does this mean for Search Consultants & Research Professionals?
You can learn a lot about company culture, philosophy, communication but also about executives, employées through official and even more through unofficial Business Blogs. You can even meet them there anonymously, communicate and read about inside talk…
Blog Search Engines
- Google Blog Search -
- Blogdigger
- Blogger
- BlogPulse
- Daypop
- Feedster
- IceRocket
- Technorati - the worlds most comprehensive search engine on blogs. Claiming to track 53+ Mio. blogs as per September 2006
- FaganFinder - Blogs+RSS
Groups as Social Networks
Social Networks
- Del.icio.us -
- Digg -
- Metafilter -
- Newsvine -
- Nowpublic -
- Reddit -
- Shoutwire -
- StumbleUpon -
- aSmallWorld - aSmallWorld is an invitation-only online community which is not open to the public. It is designed for those who already have strong connections with one another.
aSmallWorld allows its members to connect, reconnect and interact more effectively with like minded individuals who share same circle of friends, interests, and schedule.
RSS Feeds
RSS technology makes it possible, that you subscribe to newsfeeds from blogs.