Tracking the FireAnt trend

When TechCrunch posted a link to the FireAnt web site, we expeted people to start blogging heavily about the site. To track this buzz, we set up the Trend Tracker, which monitors how many links to the site Google’s blogsearch finds at the end of each day.

Fireant trend tracker results

This image is only a snapshot, but the Trend Tracker has an image that is updated daily according to results from the Google blogsearch tool.

We might start tracking other trends for fun and suggestions are welcome via comments.

Update: Subscribe to the Trend Tracker RSS feed to see when we add new sites to the tracker.

One Response to “Tracking the FireAnt trend”

  1. jay dedman Says:

    this is cool….i bet a lot of people would love to see how word spreads. people love the visual representation of what’s happening.

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