Blogpulse Offers Trend Charts & Conversation Tracking

BlogPulse searches content posted on weblogs, or blogs. BlogPulse is not a general World Wide Web search engine. Users can search by link (URL), keyword, phrase, boolean query, and date range. BlogPulse locates content from more than 11 million blogs and indexes them on a regular basis.

Clickable Trend Charts: The popular Trend Chart feature tracks “buzz” on issues, personalities or phrases over 1-, 2- or 6-month periods. Usability testing revealed a need to understand the reasons for spikes in buzz. BlogPulse Trends identifies the topics and subjects that people are talking about in their blogs. Users can also create their own charts using the BlogPulse Trend Tool.

Enhanced “Conversation Tracking”: Search for any topic in BlogPulse’s “Conversation Tracker” tool. It is no longer necessary to type in the exact link or full URL of a blog post or site. The Conversation Tracker allows users to gauge the extent to which bloggers refer to links or mention topics.
[Found via Blogherald]