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Sep 14
2007
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Aggregate, 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.



