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Sep 14
2007

The BuzzMonitor

Posted by: lchrism

Tagged in: Drupal

Buzz Monitor World BankAggregate, collaborate, participate

Interesting new tool - an open-source social media aggregator with a lot of features for a freebie and good potential for continued development..

The BuzzMonitor

is a "super aggregator" that helps organizations better understand, monitor and join global conversations of interest to them. Developed for internal use at The World Bank and recently released to everyone under a GPL license. Look at the website, take a tour or download and try it out. Feedback

Features include:

  • Elimination of duplicate items from multiple search feeds.
  • Automated keyword extraction & tag cloud generation.
  • Embedded Alexa and Technorati rank information.
  • Digg-style voting within your user base.
  • User tagging and bookmarking.
  • Internal commenting (visible only to other users on your system).
  • Internal tag and search feeds.

Suggested Users:

  • Non-profit organizations
  • NGOs
  • Foundations
  • Think-tanks


The BuzzMonitor™, an open source aggregator conceived and sponsored by the World Bank and co-developed by the World Bank, Development Seed and the World Resources Institute.
note:
Built on Drupal 4.7.3 - bug and security patches for 4.7.4, 4.7.5 and 4.7.6 are recommended.

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