48617 6 3 econsultancy_xml <p>For those that want to keep track of what (if anything) others are saying about them online but have a limited budget, here are some tools for brand monitoring on the cheap:</p> <ul> <li> <a href="http://blogsearch.google.com"> <strong>Google Blog Search</strong> </a> <br /> Google Blog Search is a lot like Google News but is focused on blogs. It also offers notifications so that you can be alerted to mentions in the blogosphere.<br /><br />  </li> <li> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/"> <strong>Technorati</strong> </a> <br /> Technorati tracks millions of blog posts and in addition to Google Blog Search is a great way to monitor what's being said about your business in the blogosphere.<br /><br />  </li> <li> <a href="http://boardreader.com"> <strong>BoardReader</strong> </a> <br /> Monitor conversations on message boards with BoardReader. As an added bonus, it also tracks Twitter.<br /><br />  </li> <li> <a href="http://news.google.com/"> <strong>Google News</strong> </a> <br /> Google News tracks thousands of news sources and is a good way to monitor any press mentions. Set up some Google News alerts for your business and automatically receive notification when you're mentioned.<br /><br />  </li> <li> <a href="http://friendfeed.com/"> <strong>FriendFeed</strong> </a> <br /> FriendFeed can be a good way to see what . Even though it's not a tracking service per se, it does enable you to see if people are sharing content (news stories, blog posts, etc.) that revolves around your business.</li> </ul> <p>While online reputation monitoring services can be extremely valuable to certain types of businesses, for most businesses, freely-available tools like the ones here can give you the ability to monitor your online reputation easily and with little cost.</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>For those that want to keep track of what (if anything) others are saying about them online but have a limited budget, here are some tools for brand monitoring on the cheap:</Paragraph> <List Type="Disc"> <ListItem> <Link URL="http://blogsearch.google.com" Window="Self"> <Emphasis>Google Blog Search</Emphasis> </Link> <LineBreak /> Google Blog Search is a lot like Google News but is focused on blogs. It also offers notifications so that you can be alerted to mentions in the blogosphere.<LineBreak /><LineBreak />  </ListItem> <ListItem> <Link URL="http://www.technorati.com/" Window="Self"> <Emphasis>Technorati</Emphasis> </Link> <LineBreak /> Technorati tracks millions of blog posts and in addition to Google Blog Search is a great way to monitor what's being said about your business in the blogosphere.<LineBreak /><LineBreak />  </ListItem> <ListItem> <Link URL="http://boardreader.com" Window="Self"> <Emphasis>BoardReader</Emphasis> </Link> <LineBreak /> Monitor conversations on message boards with BoardReader. As an added bonus, it also tracks Twitter.<LineBreak /><LineBreak />  </ListItem> <ListItem> <Link URL="http://news.google.com/" Window="Self"> <Emphasis>Google News</Emphasis> </Link> <LineBreak /> Google News tracks thousands of news sources and is a good way to monitor any press mentions. Set up some Google News alerts for your business and automatically receive notification when you're mentioned.<LineBreak /><LineBreak />  </ListItem> <ListItem> <Link URL="http://friendfeed.com/" Window="Self"> <Emphasis>FriendFeed</Emphasis> </Link> <LineBreak /> FriendFeed can be a good way to see what . Even though it's not a tracking service per se, it does enable you to see if people are sharing content (news stories, blog posts, etc.) that revolves around your business.</ListItem> </List> <Paragraph>While online reputation monitoring services can be extremely valuable to certain types of businesses, for most businesses, freely-available tools like the ones here can give you the ability to monitor your online reputation easily and with little cost.</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2008-09-26T21:39:00+01:00 6 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Online reputation monitoring <a href="/blog/2693-online-reputation-monitoring-worth-60-million-in-2008">is a growing market</a> and there are a number of companies <a href="/blog/771-blog-and-user-generated-content-monitoring-services">offering</a> such solutions.</strong> </p> <p>Yet some are overkill for most businesses and many firms simply can't justify the costs.</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Online reputation monitoring <Link URL="/blog/2693-online-reputation-monitoring-worth-60-million-in-2008" Window="Self">is a growing market</Link> and there are a number of companies <Link URL="/blog/771-blog-and-user-generated-content-monitoring-services" Window="Self">offering</Link> such solutions.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Yet some are overkill for most businesses and many firms simply can't justify the costs.</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 2820 366433 Reputation monitoring on the cheap false 2008-10-03T08:40:00+01:00 reputation-monitoring-on-the-cheap 2009-04-29T21:27:38+01:00 2009-04-29T21:27:38+01:00 1434