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Monitoring in all its shapes and forms
With so many social networking platforms, there are search engines to match. In fact, there are new tools and sites popping up every day that will help find, sort and learn from what people are saying every day. Here are some, but in no way is this list complete. If you have any suggestions for this page, please email directory@socialmediamonitoring.ca and we'll add it right away. Please include the name of the site, its URL, a 200-character review of the tool, plus your name and website.
 
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Tool   Searches on   Primary function
Actionly   keywords   provides monitoring and insights for Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Youtube, Google Buzz, Blogs, and News.
Alexa   URL   web traffic comparisons
Amazon   tags   search tags to see competitive and complimentary products
Ask.com   keywords   search the web
BackTweet   URL   searches Twitter for partial URL
BackType   keywords   blog comment monitor
Backtype Connect   URL   shows conversation around posts: WordPress, Blogger, TypePad, Twitter, FriendFeed
Biz360   keywords   self-service to full-service global content, easy UI, custom dashboards and metrics, plus alerts, sentiment, workflow
Blinkx   keywords   video search engine
BlogFlux   URL   "checks Google page rank on blogs; use comparitively"
BlogPulse Conversation tracker   keywords   blog/microblog search engine (part of Neilson BuzzMetrics)
BlogPulse Trends   keywords   buzz charting
BlogScope   keywords   "blog/microblog search engine (U of T project; gives results as a graph)"
BoardReader   keywords   forum search engine
BoardTracker   keywords   discussion board tracking
Brandwatch   keywords   fully flexible online monitoring tool covering 10 languages, and including sentiment analysis and automatic topic identification and analysis
BuzzDing!   keywords   paid service to help monitor your reputation online and connect with the community surrounding you, your company, and your products.
BuzzStream   keywords   blogger relations: enter keywords, find influencers, build profiles, monitor, engage, and manage relationships
BrandProtect   keywords   access sentiment and authority, provide analytics on all social media sources.
CoComment   keywords   search comments
Compete   URL   compares web traffic
Compete Referral Analytics   URL   analyze traffic to and from sites
Compete Search Analytics   URL & keywords   see which keywords are sending traffic to your site & vice versa
Copenda   names/keywords   compatible friend finder on social networks (dating) USA only
Copernic Tracker   URL   "track changes to web sites without RSS; competitors' sites, blogs, forums (Free trial)"
Delicious   keywords   see who's bookmarking posts with your name
Digg   keywords   popular stories online - search for your company or rival
Digimind   keywords   easy to use and can be setup to monitor all avenues of social media from Twitter to Facebook, LinkedIN and more.
Edgar Online   company name   monitor publicly traded company filings with stock exchanges
Facebook Lexicon   keywords   see topics trending and demographics on Facebook
FaganFinder   keywords   advanced Google web search
Filtrbox   keywords   paid tool that searches keywords across mainstream news, blogs and social networks
Flickr Advanced   keywords   advanced seach for images
FriendFeed   keywords   search aggregates of the social web
GooFresh   keywords   gives you a date parameter for Google advanced search
Google Alerts   keywords   email and RSS alerts on keywords, web, news, etc.
Google Analytics   URL   measures web traffic
Google Blog search   keywords   blog/microblog search engine
Google Custom Search   keywords   create a custom branded search for your company
Google Groups   keywords   Search groups
Google Keyword Tool   keywords   used with their ppc services
Google News   keywords   news results via RSS
Google Patent Search   keywords   search patents that may impact your business
Google Trends   keywords   compares keywords, search by geography
IceRocket   keywords   "blog/Microblog search engine; searches blogs, web, Twitter, MySpace, news, images"
Integrasco   keywords   a professional tool for listening and analyzing what is being said about your brand in social media
Jodange   keywords   tracks top of mind consumer sentiment (free trial of TOM app)
Keotag   keywords   searches to see tags associated with your keywords across social networks
Klout   twitter username   measures influence on topics across the social web to find the people the world listens to
ListenLogic   keywords   enterprise-class social media monitoring and analytics to deliver rich insights on brands and industries. Uses machine-learning and supercomputing.
MetaCafe   keywords   high-traffic video search
MonitorThis   keywords   search aggregator for up to 26 search engine feeds
Monitter   keywords   shows trending tweets and auto refreshes
Moreover   keywords   searches 30,000 industry news sources
Nexalogy   keywords   uses scientific-grade lexical analysis for deeper, more accurate insights from online conversations.
Omgili Buzz Graphs   keywords   buzz charting forums, newsgroups, mailing lists, QnA sites
One Riot   keywords   buzz charting (web, Twitter, digg grouped around URL)
Oodle   company name   Job search engine - enter competitor's name to see when they're hiring
Peer Index   twitter username   a measure of your online social capital
PicSearch   keywards   web search for images
PostRank   URL/keywords   blog influence
Purewire Trust   email/URL/ app   verify reputation information about yourself and others to see who they interact with online.
Quantcast   URL   gives site demographics, traffic, etc. and suggests compatible advertising outlets for that demographic (US only)
Qwitter   username   e-mails you when someone stops following you on Twitter and tells you after which of your tweets
Radian6   keywords   a complete platform to listen, measure and engage with your customers across the entire social web
Rapleaf   email   data mining on individuals
Raven Tools   websites/keywords   research, manage, monitor and report on SEO, email, social media and other internet marketing campaigns.
Real Time Chatterbox   keywords   filtered embedable widget for Twitter Searches
Reddit   keywords   popular stories online - search for your company or rival
Ripoff Report   company name   search consumer greivances
SaidWot   keywords   paid service that calls itself a custom designed, near real-time online reputation strategy and brand value tool
SamePoint   keywords   search sm conversations
Search Merge   keywords   search Google, Twitter, YouTube, Friend Feed, Flickr, (Last.fm)
Seeking Alpha   company name   subscribe to RSS of conference call transcripts for publicly traded companies
Simply Advanced Google Search   keywords   advanced web search
Slideshare   keywords   search slide/PowerPoint presentations
SM2   keywords   track conversations, reviews and positive/negative sentiment for your brands, clients, competitors and partners
Social Mention   keuwords   social search aggregator
Social Meter   URL   inbound links: measures webpage's social popularity: Del.icio.us, Digg, Furl, Google, Jots, Linkroll, Netscape, Reddit, Shadows, Spurl, Technorati, and Yahoo My Web.
SocialMedian   keywords   searches social news posts
SocialScan   keywords   tool for checking a website link popularity among well known social sites.
Social Website Analyzer   URL   SMM / SEO tool will crawl the top 20 social media websites for your URL exposure and will make an online profile
Solo Seo   keywords   how to search Google for backlink opportunities.
Spezify   keywords   web and social search
Spokeo   email addresses   data mining on individuals
Sysomos   keywords   two paid services; Heartbeat is a flexible, cost-effective monitoring and measurement service; MAP provides in-depth analytics.
Technorati advanced search   URL/keywords/tags   blog/microblog search engine
Technorati search   keywords   blog/microblog search engine, blog influence
The Buzz Monitor   keywords   open source app developed by the World Bank (really!) to monitor online buzz
TinEye   images   searches for similar images
Topix   keywords   search what news stories are popular by geography
Trendpedia   keywords   European emphasis, blog search
Trendrr   keywords   monitoring social networking sites, online video views, blog buzz, p2p downloads, and compares in a graph
Truveo   keywords   web-wide video search engine
Twazzup   keywords   enhanced Twitter search engine
Tweet Later   keywords   email alerts on keywords, @replies (plus other services)
TweetBeep   keywords   emails alerts
TweetMeme   URLs   real-time Twitter search, popular links on Twitter
TweetScan   keywords   blog/microblog search engine
Tweetstats   keyword   trends on Twitter
Twellow   username   search directory of people by area of expertise, profession or other attribute listed in personal profiles on Twitter.
Twendz   keywords   shows trending topics on Twitter with sentiment ratios
Twingly   keywords   blog + microblog search engine featuring a spam-free, faceted, social search for the global blogosphere
Twist   keyword   trends on Twitter
Twitoaster   keywords   analyzes Twitter conversations
Twitter   keyworks   Twitter search engine has advanced features including date range
Twitter Grader   username   checks the power of twitter profiles by looking at number of followers, power of those followers and your level of engagement
TwittUrly   URL   URL trending
Upcoming   keywords   track conferences held by your cometitors via RSS
Viral Video Chart   keywords   Top viral videos
vTap   keywords   web search for mobile video by device format
Whitevector   keywords   extensive social media data coverage, advanced metrics, instantly reachable data archive of six months, flexible user interface and reporting, and full customer support
Who Links to Me   URL   reports on number of backlinks from a variety of sources
WhosTalkin   keywords   Twitter, blog news, video, images, tagging, bookmarking, forums
WikiAlarm   keywords   monitors when wikipedia pages change
Wikipedia Revisions monitor   keywords   notifies you by RSS of changes to your Wikipedia page
WordTracker   keywords   keyword suggestion tool
wwwitter   URL   what do people say about the site you're on
Xinureturns   URL   check PageRank, Backlinks, Indexed Pages, Rankings and more
YackTrack   URL/keywords   searches comments around posts
Yahoo Groups   keywords   search groups
Yahoo Keyword Tool   keywords   used with their ppc services
Yahoo News   keywords   industry news via RSS
Yasni   people search   tells you social networks, posts, tag clouds, images and related people for an individual
YouTube   keywords   video search

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