Here's an interesting example of why you need to create watchlists in RSS. Last week I discovered the web stats for Florida gubernatorial candidate Jim Davis. It took the campaign 41 hours and 3 minutes to discover their snafu via another local blog.
Had they been using a watchlist via PubSub or Technorati they would have known within a few minutes. Which is better, 41 hours or 5 minutes?
You can add these RSS feeds to your reader:
- Technorati watchlist for any blog post that mentiones "Jim Davis"
- Technorati watchlist for any blog that links to http://www.jimdavis2006.com/
- PubSub feed for any blog post that mentions "Jim Davis"
If you run a political campaign contact me. I can give you quite a few more tips.
Visitor Comments
I'd like to run for office, but I don't have an interesting enough name.
Posted by: Steve | January 23, 2006 9:22 PM
Can't agree more. Gotta keep track of who's talking about you, as they're doing so.
Posted by: Tom Biro | January 26, 2006 12:09 AM
The best combo in my mind is MonitorThis + well formed query + immedia.t or zaptxt.com
Posted by: Marshall Kirkpatrick | April 13, 2006 5:06 PM