Buzz Meter: BackType

Oct
23
2008

One method for actively engaging and building relationships online is leaving comments on other people’s blogs. Comments are like your online ‘footprints’. Wouldn’t you want a record of where you’ve been online or who’s mentioned you in their comments?

BackType is a new service that tracks comments you make when you fill out the “Website” or “URL” field of a comment form. You can search and follow other people and their responses as well. BackType tracks your comments then sends you reports just like Google Alerts.

BackType offers many features including displaying your comments as a widget on any blog or website. If you don’t have a website or blog, BackType provides you with your own URL to use when you comment. If you have multiple blogs and websites, you can add as many URLs as you like to fully rack your ‘footprints’. BackType also has a tool that your Twitter information and allows people to follow you from your BackType profile. Worried that people are leaving spam comments with your info? You can view all of the comments you’ve made and mark them as “Fake/Spam.”

Signing up for this free service is simply and easy. Just follow these five instructions and you receive a record of your comments:

Claim Comments – help us find your comments
Edit Account – review your account details
Edit Profile – so people can find you
Search – for people to follow
Keep Commenting :)

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Buzz Meter Ranking: 4 out of 4 Buzz Bees

Positive: Commenting is essential to participating in a blogging community. Through BackType, you can gauge what topics stir up the most conversation – allowing you to hone in and share your thoughts with comments.

Negative: Some people might not see the point of BackType, but if you comment regularly then this tool will benefit you.

Conclusion: BackType is a great service to track your comments. You can also track and measure the amount of comment activity for your clients by pointing them to their conversation of interest and even showing them where their competitors are leaving their ‘footprints’. BackType is a one-of-a-kind useful and beneficial tool.

by Marinel Mones | Buzz Meter |

7 Responses to “Buzz Meter: BackType”

Craig Says:

October 23rd, 2008 at 11:20 am

Sounds good and for someone who is trying to establish relationships and keep track it provides a service. I am curious how could you use this as a strategy?

Craig
http://www.budgetpulse.com
Joe Magennis Says:

October 23rd, 2008 at 3:19 pm

Interesting, I immediately integrated Disqus into my sites believing in this concept of following comments. However, I was always slightly disappointed when responding on a site without Disqus commenting. This appears to be a solution to that.
Beth Kanter Says:

October 29th, 2008 at 11:35 pm

I found it really useful because it picked up references that did not make it in via google alerts or other monitoring tools.
Michael Says:

October 30th, 2008 at 6:26 pm

I’m test driving Backtype and find it very aspiring, if not yet quite able to find my comments (must be doing something wrong in pointing it in my directions). We encourage our whole team to get involved under our code of participation guidelines. Hope we can all make some strategic, useful noise. Thanks for covering this tool.
Marinel Says:

October 31st, 2008 at 5:39 pm

Thanks for your comments everyone!

@Craig In terms of strategy, you can review your clients’ online presences and monitor if they are engaging in conversations through comments. Let me know your thoughts about BackType.

@Joe I hope BackType does fix your solution!

@Beth Thanks so much for your feedback!

@Michael: I had fun covering this tool! I hope you find it useful as well!

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ConverStations: Better Blog Engagement A-Z Says:

October 23rd, 2008 at 11:42 am

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