ImpactWatch

ReadWriteWeb has the scoop on Tweeterboard, a new website that allows folks to track the influence of Twitter users. The site includes a leaderboard of the top 100 Twitter users and allows you to view the usage patterns of individual users. These profiles show you how often the user updates, assigns them reputation ranking and provides stats on how often they interact with other users. Below is a screenshot showing the profile of blogger Jeremiah Owyang.

Owyang is bullish on the new tool, writing:

I’ve been watching the various twitter ranking, measuring, mashups appear, and most have little utility (other than some of the search tools). I’m pleased to finally run into Tweeterboard, which has metrics (see my profile), rankings, a ‘newsfeed’ of content, and it starts to tie relationships together of different users.

Currently, Tweeterboard is tracking the Twitter usage of around 2,000 people, so it is not comprehensive by any stretch. I like Tweeterboard, and think it will provide some good anecdotal data, much like the Technorati rankings do for blogging. But I’m much more interested in tools that analyze the content of the messages people send than on rankings of the users. There are a few search engines that query Twitter, but the tool sets available for tracking brands and issues on Twitter are still embryonic. Potentially something for us to build into ImpactWatch….

Here are some tools you can use to search Twitter posts:

• Terraminds
• Twitter Search
• Tweet Scan
• GoogleTwitter Search

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