Collaboration and communication within Social Media culminates with monitoring. Many people and companies often start off with the end result question, “how do I monitor the buzz on my Social Media campaign”. Therefore I have compiled a list of categories and sites that will help you instantly get started. Obviously this list may change and grow with due time.

Listed below are some resources to help you follow the “buzz” on your brand, product, and service on a daily basis.

Search

• Google Trends – http://www.google.com/trends

General Site Comparisons

• Compete – http://www.compete.com
• Alexa – http://alexa.com

Inbound Links

• Yahoo Site Explorer – https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/mysites

Social Overview

• HowSociable – http://www.howsociable.com
• Addictomatic – http://www.addictomatic.com
• Techrigy – http://www.techrigy.com

Blogs

• Google Blog Search – http://blogsearch.google.com
• Nielsen BlogPulse – http://www.blogpulse.com
• Technorati – http://technorati.com
• Trendr – http://www.trendrr.com

Social Networks

• Facebook Lexicon – http://www.facebook.com/lexicon
• Digg Search – http://www.digg.com
• StumbleUpon Reviews – http://reviews.stumbleupon.com
• Twitter Twitscoop – http://www.twitscoop.com
• Twitter Search – http://search.twitter.com

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