BlogScope was a

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for the

blogosphere The blogosphere is made up of all blogs and their interconnections. The term implies that blogs exist together as a connected community (or as a collection of connected communities) or as a social networking service in which everyday authors can pu ...

with advanced analysis and visualization technology, founded in 2005. as an outcome of a research project at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

. As of Apr 2009, the system indexed over 725 million blog posts. The service was shut down in early 2012. The BlogScope project led to creation of

Sysomos Sysomos Inc. is a Toronto-based social media analytics company owned by Outside Insight market leaders Meltwater. History Sysomos was founded by Nilesh Bansal and Nick Koudas. The company is a spinoff of the University of Toronto research pro ...

, a Toronto-based

social media Social media are interactive media technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks. While challenges to the definition of ''social me ...

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company founded by Nilesh Bansal and Nick Koudas. Sysomos develops two products, Media Analysis Platform (MAP) and Heartbeat, based on the intellectual property created by the BlogScope project. The company was acquired by

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in July 2010. BlogScope had continued to exist as a research project at the university independent of the company, but was shut down in early 2012.

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External links

BlogScope WebsiteBloggingNext Website
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