BlogPulse: Blog & Trend Search Engine

November 11, 2009 by Sherman Hu  
Filed under Track & Monitor

Looking for an automated trend discovery or blog search engine? Enter BlogPulse.com, a blog search engine brought to you by Nielsen, which analyzes and reports on daily activity in the blogosphere.

Let’s drill into the specific features BlogPulse offers bloggers and business owners for trend discovery, competitive intel and brand management.

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Top Links, Videos, Blog Posts & Key People Showcased

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Top Blogs, News Stories, News Sources & Key Phrases Showcased

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Basic Search Engine

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Want to see who is talking about topics of interest to you?

Curious who links to your blog via their own blog entries, and in what context?

The BlogPulse search engine on the home page makes it easy for you to do so. This search engine is specific to blogs and doesn’t mix in other content and results found on the Web.

Advanced Search Engine

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The Advanced tab gives you additional search filter options.

If you click the "Search Blogosphere" link, it’ll deliver an all-in-one search engine page to you, as seen below.

Search Engine: Basic, Advanced & Link Search Combined

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Trend Search

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Do you have a need to compare trends and blogs in the blogosphere? This Trend Search feature helps you create trend charts with up to three specific topics.

You can also use this Trend Tool to chart links to specific blog posts, blogs or web sites over time.

URL Search

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Looking for inbound links to your blog? Or better yet, discover blogs linking to your competitors, and weigh in on the conversation. This URL search helps you discover who’s linking to who in the blogosphere.

Conversation Tracker

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How would you like to be a ‘fly on the wall’ with conversations in the blogosphere? This Conversation Tracker follows and helps you map the flow of discussion threads that initiate and spreads from individual blogs or posts.

BlogPulse Profiles

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BlogPulse Profiles help you identify who’s who in the blogging world, their presence, activity and relative influence in the blogging world.

Buzz Tracker

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Buzz Tracking is one of my favorite features on BlogPulse. This gives you insight into what’s hot and the most popular links appearing in today’s blogs. This gives you buzz for tweeting, blog posts, articles, videos and much more.

What’s Your Pulse On BlogPulse?

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BlogPluse is used to determine the hottest topics on the Web. Their monitoring tools give you the opportunity to search for your name, grab the RSS feed, and get updates on who’s talking about you and what they’re saying.

Do you use it? If you do, what’s your favorite feature. If not, what other monitoring tools do you favor? Appreciate your feedback.