Comments on: BuzzLogic To Track Reading Habits With Acquisition of Activeweave (BlogRovR) http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:19:14 -0800 hourly 1 By: Complete List of Q2 2008 Web / Internet / Tech Acquisitions » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/comment-page-1/#comment-2691453 Complete List of Q2 2008 Web / Internet / Tech Acquisitions » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:59:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/#comment-2691453 [...] is the creator of the Firefox browser add-on call BlogRovR. Press Release | TechCrunch | [...] [...] is the creator of the Firefox browser add-on call BlogRovR. Press Release | TechCrunch | [...]

]]> By: 2008 Year End Acquisitions Post » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/comment-page-1/#comment-2586456 2008 Year End Acquisitions Post » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:37:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/#comment-2586456 [...] is the creator of the Firefox browser add-on call BlogRovR. Press Release | TechCrunch | [...] [...] is the creator of the Firefox browser add-on call BlogRovR. Press Release | TechCrunch | [...]

]]> By: John Martin http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/comment-page-1/#comment-2509052 John Martin Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:53:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/#comment-2509052 Most of this companies are using the Counting words technology. Some of them identify co-ocurrencies, and if the word Techcrunch is mentioned in the same coment with "like", that comment is classified as positive. So the comment "The new Techcrunch template looks like sh..." will be counted as positive. Some other few companies are working in the Natural Language processing field, much more dificult but effective. I had the chance of testing some of those tools, and they fail in two fields. Hard to understand Interface (like the Buzzlogic) and Word Count Technology (like Buzzlogic). In Argentina SocialMetrix (www.socialmetrix.com) developed SMXEcho, it has a certainty level higher than 85% and a very simple user interface, which is in my opinion the best tool launched until now. However there is a lot of work to be done in this field until we can say we have an industry. Most of this companies are using the Counting words technology. Some of them identify co-ocurrencies, and if the word Techcrunch is mentioned in the same coment with “like”, that comment is classified as positive. So the comment “The new Techcrunch template looks like sh…” will be counted as positive.
Some other few companies are working in the Natural Language processing field, much more dificult but effective.

I had the chance of testing some of those tools, and they fail in two fields. Hard to understand Interface (like the Buzzlogic) and Word Count Technology (like Buzzlogic).

In Argentina SocialMetrix (www.socialmetrix.com) developed SMXEcho, it has a certainty level higher than 85% and a very simple user interface, which is in my opinion the best tool launched until now.
However there is a lot of work to be done in this field until we can say we have an industry.

]]> By: Reframe It Retreads Web Annotation As A Browser Add-On http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/comment-page-1/#comment-2494968 Reframe It Retreads Web Annotation As A Browser Add-On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:05:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/#comment-2494968 [...] The idea of annotating the Web has been around for a long time. It goes back to a failed Web 1.0 startup called Third Voice. Today there are a handful of Web startups (Diigo, Fleck, Stickis, ShiftSpace, TrailFire) that let you mark up any Web page by adding virtual sticky notes or comments in a sidebar. One of these, ActiveWeave, had to reboot as BlogRover and eventually sold itself to BuzzLogic. [...] [...] The idea of annotating the Web has been around for a long time. It goes back to a failed Web 1.0 startup called Third Voice. Today there are a handful of Web startups (Diigo, Fleck, Stickis, ShiftSpace, TrailFire) that let you mark up any Web page by adding virtual sticky notes or comments in a sidebar. One of these, ActiveWeave, had to reboot as BlogRover and eventually sold itself to BuzzLogic. [...]

]]> By: Jean Sini: structured communications » Blog Archive » I’m sold! http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/comment-page-1/#comment-2278582 Jean Sini: structured communications » Blog Archive » I’m sold! Wed, 07 May 2008 01:25:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/#comment-2278582 [...] A longer version follows, and you can also get more details about the news from all the usual suspects. [...] [...] A longer version follows, and you can also get more details about the news from all the usual suspects. [...]

]]> By: Jean Sini http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/comment-page-1/#comment-2209557 Jean Sini Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:59:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/#comment-2209557 @Ted: Thanks! @Igor: I hear you, we're human too. In fact, we came up with a lot of the ideas behind BlogRovR precisely because of that. We couldn't stand the sight of our feed readers overflowing with literally thousands of new items every morning, and the ensuing guilt over never getting around to reading them all. RovR evolved to alleviate that pain: it delivers contextually relevant stories from our favorite bloggers right into the browser when we navigate somewhere they talked about. Thanks for the insightful post, Erick. We're looking forward to integrating our contextual relevance technology into Buzzlogic's engine. As I mentioned tonight on our blog, we're not storing individual click streams, but you correctly point out that there's value in the *aggregate* attention metrics we can derive from the way users interact with the posts we deliver to them via RovR. @Ted: Thanks!

@Igor: I hear you, we’re human too. In fact, we came up with a lot of the ideas behind BlogRovR precisely because of that. We couldn’t stand the sight of our feed readers overflowing with literally thousands of new items every morning, and the ensuing guilt over never getting around to reading them all. RovR evolved to alleviate that pain: it delivers contextually relevant stories from our favorite bloggers right into the browser when we navigate somewhere they talked about.

Thanks for the insightful post, Erick. We’re looking forward to integrating our contextual relevance technology into Buzzlogic’s engine. As I mentioned tonight on our blog, we’re not storing individual click streams, but you correctly point out that there’s value in the *aggregate* attention metrics we can derive from the way users interact with the posts we deliver to them via RovR.

]]> By: Stickis and BlogRovR: the conversation is everywhere » Blog Archive » What happens when RovR crosses the road? http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/comment-page-1/#comment-2209425 Stickis and BlogRovR: the conversation is everywhere » Blog Archive » What happens when RovR crosses the road? Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:15:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/#comment-2209425 [...] mention we were excited? A longer version follows. You can read more about the news from the usual suspects as well. We started Activeweave, the company behind our two products BlogRovR and Stickis, back in [...] [...] mention we were excited? A longer version follows. You can read more about the news from the usual suspects as well. We started Activeweave, the company behind our two products BlogRovR and Stickis, back in [...]

]]> By: Ted Grubb http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/comment-page-1/#comment-2209315 Ted Grubb Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:13:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/#comment-2209315 Congratulations Marc and all the other great folks at BlogRovR! Tres Bien! Congratulations Marc and all the other great folks at BlogRovR! Tres Bien!

]]> By: The Little League Coach http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/comment-page-1/#comment-2209293 The Little League Coach Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:57:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/#comment-2209293 I agree w/ Igor. I go to blogs that interest me and usually find them via other blogs that interest me. I agree w/ Igor. I go to blogs that interest me and usually find them via other blogs that interest me.

]]> By: Igor The Troll http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/comment-page-1/#comment-2209247 Igor The Troll Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:20:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/buzzlogic-to-track-reading-habits-with-acquisition-of-activeweave-blogrovr/#comment-2209247 You know, it is really hard for me to go read a blog, just because there are an X number of links to it. I go to other blogs when I follow a commentators URL based on liking what they write. I go to other blogs when someone's blog that I often read does a story on a blog. I go to other blogs when I see my MyBlogLog community friends put a new user as their contact friend. I am really having trouble with the algorithms. I guess I am just a human kind of guy. ;-) You know, it is really hard for me to go read a blog, just because there are an X number of links to it.

I go to other blogs when I follow a commentators URL based on liking what they write. I go to other blogs when someone’s blog that I often read does a story on a blog. I go to other blogs when I see my MyBlogLog community friends put a new user as their contact friend.

I am really having trouble with the algorithms. I guess I am just a human kind of guy. ;-)

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