Monitoring trends in the blogosphere

BlogPulse is an "automated trend discovery system for blogs.", very useful for those wanting to monitor trends or indeed coverage of particular issues/products/services. Hey, why not quote at length...

"BlogPulse.com is a portal into the world of blogs. BlogPulse.com features the following:

• A Search Engine for blogs
• A set of Analysis tools that are applied to blog content daily
• A fun look at real-world Trends as reflected through blogs
• A Showcase, which we think of as a virtual sandbox where our researchers bring you some of the coolest new ideas, tools and gadgets for blogging

If you are a blogger …

• You can ensure that your blog is represented in our index
• Try our search engine to see who is talking about topics of interest to you
• Find out who links to your blog actively through other bloggers' own blog entries, and in what context
• Check out our Analysis and Trends tools to see what’s current or "bursty" (meaning it bursts onto the discussion scene) in the blogging world on any given day

If you are a web surfer …

• Try our blog search engine to seek out and compare bloggers’ opinions on various topics of interest. This search engine is specific to blogs and doesn’t mix in other general content on the World Wide Web
• Check out our Analysis and Trends tools to see what’s top of mind in the blogging world on any given day

If you are a journalist, writer, analyst or researcher …

• You are going to love our blog search engine. It is a one-stop portal for finding out what bloggers are saying on topics of interest to you or on your beat. We did not scrimp on our search engine’s capabilities – you’ll find it quite powerful to meet your searching needs!
• Perhaps you want to find out the latest, greatest memes and trends in the blogosphere—you’ve come to the right place. Check out our daily Analysis and Trends.
• You have a hypothesis you are pursuing and are looking for quick, add-water-and-stir tools to confirm your thinking. Check out the latest selection of tools in our Showcase—we promise that it will be worth your visit."