Social Media Resources:
- Twitter - communicate in 140 characters or less
- Pinterest - social bookmarking/pinning site
- Reddit - post and vote on top posted stories
- Stumbleupon - recommends sites based on interests
- Buzzfeed - shared stories based on interest topics
- Delicious - social bookmarking site
- Friendfeed - “..discover and discuss the interesting stuff your friends find on the web.”
- Ebby - a fast and accurate automated transcription service that supports more than 100 languages and dialects
- Technorati - collects, highlights, and distributes online global conversation
- Digg - aggregates stories on the Internet
- FARK - online news aggregator and social media site
- Talkwheel - a conversation wheel that lets you see where most people are commenting and a sidebar of topics good for a quick scan of the dialogue
- SocialBro - time-saving tool for Twitter aficionados
- Commun.it - breaks down relationships with Twitter followers into categories such as influencers, supporters and engaged members
- Tumblr - A feature rich and free blog hosting platform offering professional and fully customizable templates, bookmarks, photos, mobile apps, and social network
- Google Trends - compare the world’s interest in your favorite topics
- Google Reader - checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content
- Google Docs - allows you to create and share work online
- Google + Hangouts - video chat with multiple people at one time
- Spundge - collaboratively curate the web and create relevant, influential content
- Tout - enables the creation of 15 second videos on your phone
Blogging Tools
Blogs
Aggregated Data
Website Data and Statistics
- CrunchBase offers insight into your favorite online brands and companies. Listings will tell you people who are associated with a company, contact information, related videos, screenshots, and more.
- Quantcast allows you to search for website profiles based on topic or specific domains
- BuiltWith allows you to search for domains and see the technology they use, including analytics, content management systems, coding, and widgets.