Recently, I've found that I'm searching around for the top sites in any niche on a regular basis. When I mention top sites, I'm referring to sites with: The most traffic The most number of feed subscribers Sites with a specific audience )if I'm marketing a country specific item( The most evangelical audience To give you an idea of what these might look like, I'll use the internet marketing niche as an example. In my mind,

Posted by Glen Allsopp There are over 200 million blogs online, thousands of review sites, sites specific to leaving feedback about companies, and thousands of forums on any topic imaginable. People can talk about whatever they want, pretty much wherever they want, and with so many people "conversing online," a lot of that conversation is involving brands - their products, their services, and their business. Knowing how to 'monitor' the web is a very valuable asset,