Greetings to Tailrank 2.0
Tailrank, one of a few services which tracks online conversations, launched an overhaul today, adding useful personalizable research tools. I like two features in particular: the archive, which extends the idea of “what’s being talked about right now” to “what were people talking about last week.” Nice to have a longer view on these things, rather than just a dynamic snapshot. Another is the ability to subscribe to a meme via instant messenger (through Feed Crier). Every time Tailrank detects a new post on that topic you get alerted via IM — helpful for tracking the hot story of the day.
Year-old Tailrank is a tiny, self-funded shop consisting of founder Kevin Burton and four part-time contributors. Its competitors include TechMeme and Megite. Burton says he hopes to reach 250,000 blogs indexed in the next month.
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hooray for self-funding!
Hey… just to clarify. I’m not sure what self-funding means in this context but we’re profitable and haven’t taken any outside capital.
I just wanted to make it clear that I’m not funding the company with my personal money (not that there’s anything wrong with that).
Kevin
That’s interesting. What is your revenue stream? Ad revenue?
sganguly@yahoo.com
so it’s basically just an interface to digg.com? honestly, all of their top stories are already on digg…and i HATE sites that say things to the effect of “save time – let us think and feel for you! we’ll tell you what matters!” don’t they get it? you can not prescribe ‘important’ within a setting like theirs…give it about 12 weeks or so…