http://www.swarmcreativity.net/
click on "Coolhunting".
The Condor (formerly TeCFlow) software can be downloaded from http://www.ickn.org/ickndemo/
"We are introducing a new way for measuring the popularity of brand names and famous people such as movie stars, politicians, and business executives. It is based upon the premise that in today's Internet economy the Web displays a mirror of the real world. Our system measures popularity and influence of these brands and people by looking at their relative position on the Web. In principle, it is based on the simple insight: "You are who links to you". It applies the Social Network Analysis (SNA) metrics of betweenness centrality to the Web, looking at the linking structure of Web sites to find how Web sites are connected. Betweenness centrality of an person in a social network is an approximation for his or her influence."
Usefulness is still unknown.
| Source | Peter A. Gloor; MIT Center for Collective Intelligence |
| Difficulty | Unknown |
| Compatibility | Linux, Mac, PC. Java required. MySQL required. |
| Rating | 0 |
| Language | en |