NuConomy Launches Analytics For Social Media

This morning, NuConomy launched an API-based analytics suite for social media. The product, NuConomy Studio is free to use, and can be used through a WordPress plugin.
Ontop of the usual page views, unique visitors and other basic metrics, NuConomy Studio is measuring Flash, AJAX, and Silverlight applications. Though it’s been a while, I can [...]

The Buzz on Buzz Monitoring on Media Bullseye

I just couldn’t shut up about buzz monitoring services, so I wrote a longer piece. It’s now up on MediaBullseye.

Feelings on Buzz Tracking Services

Michael Arrington of, well, you know, has an article covering a new buzz tracking service called Scout Labs. Here’s the idea: Businesses (brand managers in particular) create an agent called a “scout” for their brands. Scout Labs then looks back to find mentions of your brand (blog posts, videos, etc) and scores the mentions based [...]

How Will Widgets Be Measured?

After reading the dozens of articles touting widgets as the savior of news media, the next big thing, and the newest form of acquisition bait, one thought came to mind: how will widget success be measured?
In an article from Social Media Club entitled “How Big Is Your Widget”, Jason Chervokas writes about the size and [...]

MediaSense Blog Measurement

(via the almighty TechCrunch): PR Newswire and Umbria are teaming up to offer a new blog influence/conversation tracking type tool. Rather than simply announcing the news, Duncan Riley instead takes a step back to wonder:
Why do PR Professionals need a service to find out what bloggers are saying about their clients by a third party?……
Many [...]

TapeFailure

I’ve been experimenting with the TapeFailure beta for the last few days, and I am very excited about it. Instead of just looking at text or charts, you can actually watch video of how readers are using the site. It’s really incredible.
You can see how users are navigating through your site. You can see a [...]