We’ve been big fans of Joel Strellner’s work for several years. In 2006, we started using his URLTrends service to assist us in evaluating the reach of various blogs and bloggers. It’s been an indispensable tool for us.
Joel’s latest effort, Twitturly analyzes the links contained within all tweets, and sorts the links based on popularity (frequency of usage.) Twitturly displays the 100 most popular URLs tweeted over the last 24 hours. In essence, it’s a Twitter-centric alternative to Digg.
Prior to the Twitter conference, I got a chance to talk to Joel, and I asked if there was a way he could tweak the Twitturly engine so that it would only track the links used by people who have the term “social media” in their profile. My thinking was that this focused analysis could provide our readers with a set of links that were more aligned with their professional interests.
I am happy to report that Joel has succeeded in his effort and we are providing that ongoing analysis here.
