Thanks to Andy Beal I found out about Blog Influence, a tool that throws together most of the other free blog buzz measurement tools out there. According to Andy .....
Many bloggers will enjoy figuring out their influence (mine is 12664) in the blogosphere using the nifty Blog Influence.
Meanwhile, it's also a great tool for tracking your reputation. Did a blogger just post a negative post about your company? Now you can easily check their audience reach. Add to your toolbox immediately! :-)
Blog Influence has not yet decided how influencial my blog is but it might be interesting to play with this tool and some well known blogs.
I was able to generate a TouchGraph Browser representation of my blog as it is today (for whatever that's worth).
For example - I looked at David Corn's blog (i read it often) and it has a blog influence of 275.4 (is higher numbers good or bad?). Blog Influence is derived by the following formula:
[(blog+posts+web links) + (bloglines subs * 2)] * 1+(Pagerank/10)
I'd like an explaination of why this formula is or is not accurate. I checked Raw Story's Blog Influence and it's 4 times higher at 1285.2. I'd like more information on the formula before I put much stock in this tool.
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