I found a great post today via Steve Rubel, at a site called Apples to Oranges.

It lays out all of the best tools for tracking your online buzz. I’ve been asked about this quite a bit, so it’s nice to see a definitive list of tools that can give you a barometer of what’s being said about you online.

It’s a good list, and I was especially excited to discover socialmeter.com. It gives you a total of your website address’ incoming links, and displays it as an overall score. The score for my site is a measly 75, all of the “points” coming from Google and Technorati.

Have a look at the list, and pick your favorite. One thing the post doesn’t mention that I’d like to add is using Google News Alerts to track the mentions of you or your company in the more “traditional” news sources and static sites.

Try them out, and have fun!

Update: Kris dropped by in the comments and proceeded to give me link envy. So in an attempt to save face, I went back and checked the socialmeter score for my old blog. It’s score of 124 means that when you add them both together, I’ve still got a hot cup of jack squat…
So let’s make it a game, commenters: What’s your socialmeter score?

Contrary to popular belief, Australians don’t really like Foster’s Lager. In fact, many are quite embarassed by it, really. Instead, they claim Victoria Bitter as the official suds of the Land Down Under. (side note: VB as it is known, is brewed by the Foster’s Group)

One thing they all seem to agree on too, is that they love Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter. He died suddenly while shooting a segment for his daughter’s show, of all things, and now Australia mourns one of its biggest iconic heroes.

(Irwin with daughter Bindi)

I point you to the blogs of Rob and Megan, two Australian friends who both pay tribute to the already legendary Irwin. His legacy will no doubt be continued in the form of his incredible catalogue of footage with some of the world’s deadliest creatures, in his beloved Australia Zoo, and by his wife Terri, daughter Bindi and his son Bob.

“The Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, dead at the age of 44.

Update: News.com.au has a video and photo tribute to Irwin’s career.

tags: steveirwin crocodilehunter

Tomorrow is my best man’s birthday. And since he’s on EST in Princeton doing his phD, he probably won’t see this until tomorrow anyway, so it works out perfect.

(Lindsey, Moi, and my brother Wes, two years and three weeks ago or so)
Happy birthday, Linds. We miss you.

-love Jordan and Alex