EgoSurf checks your (and other’s) popularity by seeing how many matches there are when they run a deep search through Google, Yahoo, MSN, del.icio.us and Technorati. You’ll have to click ‘more options’ before you can search all of them, because initially it only checks Google. Then you get ‘ego points’ for matches and you’re offered to subscribe to an RSS feed of the search, so if you should get popular all at once, you’ll be the first the know.
“EgoSurf helps massage the web publishers ego, and thereby maintain the cool equilibrium of the net itself.
EgoSurf may cause happiness."
Good thing is, you can actually use it for brand rating too, although it’s not really scientifically backed up, if you enter a brand’s name and the website url. Very nifty !
Here’s what I came up with for Miel Van Opstal, Coolz0r with this blog’s URL :
If you want to see this baby work on full throttle, check this link : I search for Coolz0r on all options, and check for links in google.blognewschannel.com, microsoft.blognewschannel.com, blog.coolz0r.com and movil.be/blog. The meter runs red.
Although I must say I don’t even come close to the biggest egos in the top 50 list.
Type in any name and blog URL and have a go. It saves you the time of checking it all one by one and it’s pretty funny. If you’re a bit confused, you can always read the FAQ.
via [MicroPersuasion]