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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.
We look forward to your submission!
| Alexa |
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URL |
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web traffic comparisons |
| Amazon |
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tags |
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search tags to see competitive and complimentary products |
| BackTweet |
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URL |
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searches Twitter for partial URL |
| Backtype Connect |
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URL |
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shows conversation around posts: WordPress, Blogger, TypePad, Twitter, FriendFeed |
| Biz360 |
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keywords |
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self-service to full-service global content, easy UI, custom dashboards and metrics, plus alerts, sentiment, workflow |
| Blinkx |
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keywords |
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video search engine |
| BlogFlux |
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URL |
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"checks Google page rank on blogs; use comparitively" |
| BlogScope |
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keywords |
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"blog/microblog search engine (U of T project; gives results as a graph)" |
| BuzzDing! |
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keywords |
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paid service to help monitor your reputation online and connect with the community surrounding you, your company, and your products.
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| BuzzStream |
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keywords |
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blogger relations: enter keywords, find influencers, build profiles, monitor, engage, and manage relationships
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| BrandProtect |
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keywords |
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access sentiment and authority, provide analytics on all social media sources. |
| Copenda |
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names/keywords |
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compatible friend finder on social networks (dating) USA only |
| Copernic Tracker |
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URL |
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"track changes to web sites without RSS; competitors' sites, blogs, forums (Free trial)" |
| Delicious |
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keywords |
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see who's bookmarking posts with your name |
| Digg |
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keywords |
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popular stories online - search for your company or rival |
| Edgar Online |
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company name |
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monitor publicly traded company filings with stock exchanges |
| Filtrbox |
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keywords |
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paid tool that searches keywords across mainstream news, blogs and social networks |
| FriendFeed |
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keywords |
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search aggregates of the social web |
| GooFresh |
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keywords |
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gives you a date parameter for Google advanced search |
| Google Alerts |
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keywords |
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email and RSS alerts on keywords, web, news, etc. |
| IceRocket |
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keywords |
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"blog/Microblog search engine; searches blogs, web, Twitter, MySpace, news, images" |
| Jodange |
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keywords |
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tracks top of mind consumer sentiment (free trial of TOM app) |
| Keotag |
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keywords |
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searches to see tags associated with your keywords across social networks |
| Klout |
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twitter username |
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measures influence on topics across the social web to find the people the world listens to |
| MetaCafe |
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keywords |
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high-traffic video search |
| MonitorThis |
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keywords |
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search aggregator for up to 26 search engine feeds |
| Monitter |
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keywords |
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shows trending tweets and auto refreshes |
| Moreover |
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keywords |
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searches 30,000 industry news sources |
| One Riot |
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keywords |
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buzz charting (web, Twitter, digg grouped around URL) |
| Oodle |
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company name |
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Job search engine - enter competitor's name to see when they're hiring |
| Purewire Trust |
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email/URL/ app |
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verify reputation information about yourself and others to see who they interact with online. |
| Quantcast |
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URL |
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gives site demographics, traffic, etc. and suggests compatible advertising outlets for that demographic (US only) |
| Qwitter |
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username |
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e-mails you when someone stops following you on Twitter and tells you after which of your tweets |
| Radian6 |
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keywords |
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a complete platform to listen, measure and engage with your customers across the entire social web |
| Rapleaf |
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email |
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data mining on individuals |
| Reddit |
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keywords |
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popular stories online - search for your company or rival |
| SaidWot |
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keywords |
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paid service that calls itself a custom designed, near real-time online reputation strategy and brand value tool |
| Search Merge |
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keywords |
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search Google, Twitter, YouTube, Friend Feed, Flickr, (Last.fm) |
| Seeking Alpha |
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company name |
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subscribe to RSS of conference call transcripts for publicly traded companies |
| Slideshare |
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keywords |
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search slide/PowerPoint presentations |
| SM2 |
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keywords |
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track conversations, reviews and positive/negative sentiment for your brands, clients, competitors and partners |
| Social Meter |
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URL |
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inbound links: measures webpage's social popularity: Del.icio.us, Digg, Furl, Google, Jots, Linkroll, Netscape, Reddit, Shadows, Spurl, Technorati, and Yahoo My Web. |
| SocialScan |
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keywords |
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tool for checking a website link popularity among well known social sites. |
| Solo Seo |
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keywords |
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how to search Google for backlink opportunities. |
| Spezify |
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keywords |
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web and social search |
| Spokeo |
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email addresses |
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data mining on individuals |
| Sysomos |
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keywords |
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two paid services; Heartbeat is a flexible, cost-effective monitoring and measurement service; MAP provides in-depth analytics. |
| The Buzz Monitor |
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keywords |
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open source app developed by the World Bank (really!) to monitor online buzz |
| TinEye |
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images |
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searches for similar images |
| Topix |
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keywords |
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search what news stories are popular by geography |
| Trendpedia |
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keywords |
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European emphasis, blog search |
| Trendrr |
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keywords |
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monitoring social networking sites, online video views, blog buzz, p2p downloads, and compares in a graph |
| Truveo |
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keywords |
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web-wide video search engine |
| Twazzup |
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keywords |
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enhanced Twitter search engine |
| Tweet Later |
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keywords |
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email alerts on keywords, @replies (plus other services) |
| TweetMeme |
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URLs |
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real-time Twitter search, popular links on Twitter |
| TweetScan |
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keywords |
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blog/microblog search engine |
| Twellow |
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username |
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search directory of people by area of expertise, profession or other attribute listed in personal profiles on Twitter. |
| Twendz |
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keywords |
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shows trending topics on Twitter with sentiment ratios |
| Twingly |
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keywords |
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blog + microblog search engine featuring a spam-free, faceted, social search for the global blogosphere |
| Twist |
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keyword |
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trends on Twitter |
| Twitoaster |
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keywords |
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analyzes Twitter conversations |
| Twitter |
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keyworks |
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Twitter search engine has advanced features including date range |
| Twitter Grader |
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username |
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checks the power of twitter profiles by looking at number of followers, power of those followers and your level of engagement |
| Upcoming |
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keywords |
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track conferences held by your cometitors via RSS |
| vTap |
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keywords |
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web search for mobile video by device format |
| Who Links to Me |
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URL |
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reports on number of backlinks from a variety of sources |
| WhosTalkin |
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keywords |
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Twitter, blog news, video, images, tagging, bookmarking, forums |
| WikiAlarm |
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keywords |
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monitors when wikipedia pages change |
| wwwitter |
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URL |
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what do people say about the site you're on |
| Xinureturns |
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URL |
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check PageRank, Backlinks, Indexed Pages, Rankings and more |
| YackTrack |
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URL/keywords |
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searches comments around posts |
| Yasni |
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people search |
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tells you social networks, posts, tag clouds, images and related people for an individual |
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