Comments on: Why companies monitor blogs

Many businesses find that tracking blogs and online discussion groups yields candid--and crucial--information about their products, services and competitors.

[bostonmarketing]

HubSub???

I think you meant PubSub, not HubSub.

John Cass
Backbone Media, Inc

[heystoopid]

Well, we know of one corporation who doesn't listen

Well, we know of one major corporation, who chooses to ignore all customer feedback, and fails to listen, It's CEO, Thomas Hesse in November said "most people don't know what a rootkit is, so they shouldn't care!"

Oh well, such is life, where all customers are to be treated like sheep, and fleeced on a regular basis!

[Below Meigh]

Blog Exploitation?

You mean that my opinion (views) are making someone else a profit!!!

Guess its time to trademark my blog and any info that is contexted, mined, reproduced, copied, transferred, referenced, blah blah...is violation of my blog copyright and entitles me to royalties on companies like Buzzmetrics digging.

[markroberttwilson]

Blog and news feed aggregation

These are incredibly expensive services. Simply using reBlogger (http://www.seodata.com/reBlogger_Website-based_Aggregator/rt-8_default.aspx) will provide the same features and ability, but at a far reduced rate.