http://tvh.disqus.com/The Virtual Handshake: Sell, Raise Capital, Look for Deals with Social MediaenFri, 10 Jul 2009 22:41:47 -0000http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2005/09/30/monitoring-the-conversation#comment-12492914<p>ways that users can keep track of online conversations. David Teten spoke to one of them in the previous post- PubSub. PubSub is a prospective (forward looking) matching service that provides new information to users as it becomes available. So, for example, if you want news or information on social software, you would create a PubSub subscription with keywords “social software”. You can view a subscription like social software on PubSub or simply by copying the feed they provide into your favorite news aggregator.</p><p>Other ways to monitor the conversation include keeping track of “tags” that interest you. Tagging is a growing trend in the social software world and is closely related to “social bookmarking”. I”ll first speak to social bookmarking because it is similar to a word most people are familiar with - bookmarks.</p><p>Social bookmarking builds upon collaborative efforts, in that an individual’’s bookmarks (or “favorites”) are no longer just their own. Rather, they are shared with the larger community. Unlike storing a bookmark under a particular folder in your browser, social bookmarks are saved online and are not categorized by folders, but are instead “tagged” by keywords. Users (and not computers) select appropriate tags for articles or sites of interest, as they come across them through their surfing of the web.</p><p>This post, for example, might be tagged with the word “socialsoftware” on any number of social bookmark sites. The most popular social bookmarking tool to this point is <a href="http://del.icio.us" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="del.icio.us">del.icio.us</a>. Take a look at the socialsoftware <br></p>louie vuittonFri, 10 Jul 2009 22:41:47 -0000http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2005/09/30/monitoring-the-conversation#comment-8723884<p>Yes. You are right. Not as easy. BlogPulse offers "Conversation Tracker" but I think it still needs some work.</p>Ken YarmoshMon, 03 Oct 2005 22:07:54 -0000http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2005/09/30/monitoring-the-conversation#comment-8723883<p>One to think about. How do I track what I've written and what replies it has had? Not just all posts on a subject.</p><p>There's a big crossover here with Identity.</p>Julian BondFri, 30 Sep 2005 02:29:53 -0000