Putting the is-it-a-blog-or-not issue aside, I rather like Umbria's report on discussion surrounding oil/fuel prices. I'm also attracted to the approach of giving a little bit of analysis that is meaningful and relevant as a means to getting people interested and believing in the value of analysing this sort of data. The blog post also gives some indication of the type of analytics that Umbria provides as well as a hint that they are mining blog comments as well as posts:
The research analysis provided here is drawn from the comments and posts included in over 37 million blogs and is based on technology that enables a general understanding of what people are talking about, as well as the characteristics and context of those conversations.
Note that a post on oil prices appeared on this blog when things started looking bad back in August last year.
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