The stats presented on the site are averages of the data gathered from sources like World Health Organization, CIA Factbook ,US Census and others.

Features:

• Shows real time statistical data of the world.
• The data includes world population, birth, divorce, abortion, HIV, cancer incidence… etc.
• View real time stats for one year, moth, week, day and now.
• The data comes from reliable sources like WHO, CIA etc.
• Free, no sign up needed.
• Similar tools: BreathingEarth.

Check out WorldClock @ www.shambles.net/worldclock/worldclock.swf

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• KmlFactBook: Maps CIA World Factbook Data on Google Maps
• InternetWorldStats: Find Out Internet Usage Stats For Any Country
• Google Internet Stats: Check Internet Stats and Facts Across Different Sectors
• Cynergy Systems Map: View US Census Data Online
• CrappyGraphs: Draw Quick Graphs Online

For example, when I visited the site the graph showed the percentage success/fail of the big search engines; Yahoo!-Bing, and Google. The graph was easy-to-read and what’s more it was accompanied by a news story. This is something I found particularly fitting with Global Stat Counter – it gives the news as well as the statistics; I found this makes the graphs more credible and without them the site would just be a bunch of graphs with no real context.

There are several categories which Global Stat Counter keeps track of in the tech world. These include; Search Engine Usage, OS Usage and Browser Usage. Not only this but you can also  select where in the world you want to get statistics from. By default it is set to Worldwide but you can further narrow it down to continent or even to a specific country.

When you have found the statistic you want you can do one of three things; save it as a jpeg image; download it as an Excel document or embed it using the HTML embedding code provided.

Features:

• Keeps statistics in technology industry from around the world.
• Gets stats on Search Engine Usage, OS Usage, Browser Usage… etc.
• Stats are based on 5 billion pageviews per month collected from across the StatCounter network of more than 3 million websites.
• Ability to select particular world region.
• View stats as line or bar graph.
• Download the graph or save as image.
• Share graphs by embedding.
• Related news headlines are included.

Check out GlobalStatCounter @ gs.statcounter.com (by Dean Sherwin)

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• TweetVolume: Compare Popularity of Words on Twitter
• TrendCounter: Site Counter Widgets For Your Blog
• Statsaholic : Website Traffic Statistics
• RiskyRoads: See Fatal Traffic Accident Statistics For Your Area
• MediaCloud: Visualize News Coverage On Internet

You can create a free account to track and organize this data, make business connections, check what your connections are tracking, share messages publicly or privately and set up watch lists of companies and people. Certainly an awesome site for professionals and for those who want to track the latest happenings in the corporate world (US only).

Features:

• Online database of companies and people.
• Neat user interface. Data organized clearly along with charts and graphs.
• Lots of information about executives you won’t find elsewhere.
• Create an account to track and organize specific data.

Check out Tracked @ www.tracked.com (via TechCrunch) (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Zapproved: Web based Decision Making Tool
• Zamabook: Web Based Appointment Scheduling Service
• Yammer – A Twitter For Businesses and Enterprises
• Wordoid: Get Company Name Ideas
• WidGenie: Easy Tools for Presenting Raw Data Visually

Worldwide Driving Orientation by Country.
Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents.
All Nobel Prize Winners by Country.

The homepage shows the latest charts, and you can also see the highest rated, most viewed and the most discussed charts. The interesting charts can be easily embedded on blogs and websites. You could also comment on the stats, rate the charts and search for specific charts via keyword or categories. Powered by open source software, this site would find love among those who like stats and graphs. They also plan to introduce features like ability to download data sets and submit statistics to the site soon.

Features

• Interactive charts based on demographic data.
• Charts can be embedded on any blog or website.
• Search for charts or browse charts by categories and tags.
• Rate and comment on charts.
• Similar tools: DataMasher, ManyEyes, Cynergy Systems Map and VisualEconomics.

Check out ChartsBin @ www.chartsbin.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• VisualEconomics: Complex Economic Data Sets on Easy-To-Understand Charts
• PieColor: Online Pie Chart Maker
• ManyEyes: Visualize Statistics & Interesting Facts
• KmlFactBook: Maps CIA World Factbook Data on Google Maps

To get more details, click country of your interest and you will be presented an overview with a heat map and a line chart showing the flu trend over a period of time.

Many countries such as the UK, Ireland, Iceland, China and all of Africa are omitted from the map. However you are given results for all of North America and continental Europe where flu trends (especially with Swine Flu) are on the rise.

You can also download Flu Trends Data, which is all of the data concerning flu trends dating back to 2003.

Features:

• Interactive map of flu trends dating back to 2003.
• Covers much of the Western World and Japan.
• Run by the charitable arm of the Google search engine.
• Gives you heat map and a line chart showing a flu trend.
• Similar tools: There is a FluTracker and some more in 5 Websites To Get Swine Flu Facts.

Check out Google Flu Trends @ www.google.org/flutrends (by Dean Sherwin)

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• FluTracker: Map Of Swine Flu Cases Across the Globe
• FluShot: Flu Shot Locator From Google
• UCompareHealthcare: Compare Local Healthcare Providers
• Trusera: Get Practical Answers to Health Problems
• SymptomChecker: Check Medical Symptoms & What They Mean

You could also discover how well the celebrities relate to each other and track their popularity over the past 6 months using the xRank history chart.

Bing xRank also has two categories named xRank today and xTreme movers which focus on the rising search trends, terms and the latest news.

Features:

• Track celebrities and their popolarity on Bing.
• Search for celebrities and check their popularity, bio, images and videos.
• See how the celebrities compare when it comes to search trends on Bing.
• Explore rising web trends using xRank today.
• Similar app: NextBigSound.

Check out Bing xRank @www.bing.com/xrank (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• World Freedom Atlas: Global Stats on Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights etc.
• Wa-Wd: Find Out Who Is Alive And Who Is Dead
• TuneChimp: Search And Discover Best Music From Any Artist
• The Real Live Search: Search Bing Quickly

To view stats for any country, just point on its location on the map with a mouse cursor. The stats will be instantly displayed at the bottom of the map.

The main goal of this site is to inform people about dangers of climate change and global warming; the looming ecological catastrophe that comes with it and what we can do about it.

Features:

• View CO2 emissions, birth & death rates by country and worldwide.
• Real-time ticking stats is a simulation based on the data from reputable public sources.
• See how many people born and died, amount of CO2 emitted since you landed on the website.
• Adobe Flash player required and needs to be enabled in order to use the website.
• Free, no sign up need.

Check out BreathingEarth @ www.breathingearth.net

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• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• Toxic Water: Shows Water Pollution Sources Near You
• KmlFactBook: Maps CIA World Factbook Data on Google Maps
• InternetWorldStats: Find Out Internet Usage Stats For Any Country
• Google Internet Stats: Check Internet Stats and Facts Across Different Sectors

Features

• Visualize US government data by creating cool mashups
• Data sourced primarily from data.gov
• Easy to use. No programming knowledge required to create mashups
• Comment on mashups created by other users.
• Similar tools: ManyEyes, Cynergy Systems Map and VisualEconomics.

Check out DataMasher @ www.datamasher.org (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• TweetVolume: Compare Popularity of Words on Twitter
• Statsaholic : Website Traffic Statistics
• MediaCloud: Visualize News Coverage On Internet
• Google Trends
• GlobalStatCounter: Global Web Usage Trends and Stats

Features:

• View Twitter trends based on locations across the world.
• Google Maps and Twitter mashup.
• Zoom in to find trends by cities.
• Click on the trend terms to see real time tweets.

Check out Trendsmap @ www.trendsmap.com (via Mashable) (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• TweetVolume: Compare Popularity of Words on Twitter
• Yammer – A Twitter For Businesses and Enterprises
• wwwitter: See Twitter Discussions For Any Webpage
• WeFollow: User Powered Twitter Directory
• Utterz: Post Voice Messages to your Blog, Twitter, … from Phone

Featured:

• Check web statistics across different sectors.
• Simple and interesting stats in just 2-3 lines.
• Data sourced from a huge number of media vendors.
• Search the stats and also submit a stat.
• Similar sites: InternetWorldStats.

Check out Google Internet Stats @ www.google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats/ (by Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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• InternetWorldStats: Find Out Internet Usage Stats For Any Country
• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• KmlFactBook: Maps CIA World Factbook Data on Google Maps
• Google Trends
• Google Insights: See What the World is Searching For

First, paste the data in the ‘Graph Data’ area. After that customize graph settings including its dimensions, axis titles, line specific settings, back color and layout. Click on the ‘Creat Graph’ button. When the graph is ready, you can print it out, email it to someone or bookmark it for further reference.

Features:

• Create graphs,bar graphs, line graphs, area graphs and pie charts online.
• Customize the graph settings and style to your liking.
• Print, email or bookmark graphs.
• Direct link to the graph is also provided.
• Similar tools: ChartPart, HohliCharts, ChartTool and Charts.

Check out ChartGo @ www.chartgo.com (by Srikanth AD from Techonaut )

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• WidGenie: Easy Tools for Presenting Raw Data Visually
• VisualEconomics: Complex Economic Data Sets on Easy-To-Understand Charts
• ManyEyes: Visualize Statistics & Interesting Facts
• HohliCharts: Create Bar Graphs, Pie Charts and Venn Diagrams.

Additionally you can view hourly browsing activity and check if there are any patterns. There is a “Downloads Stats” section that shows the distribution of downloads, as well as daily download activity.

Once you have installed the add-on, the sats can be viewed by typing about:me into the address bar. You may want to bookmark that page for quicker access.

Features:

• Shows your browsing history and download stats.
• All data presented on easy to understand and interactive graphs.
• View the sites and the pages you visit most.
• See the distribution of different types of files you downloaded.
• No sign up or registration needed.
• Similar tools: See 5 Tools to Track How Much Time you Waste while Online.

Check out About:me @ www.addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13681

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• SiteLauncher: Launch Favorite Websites with Simple Shortcuts
• HistoryTree: View Your Browsing History as a Tree Diagram
• WorkTrek: Productivity Tracking Tool
• Unlinker: Quickly See Full Images Behind Links or Thumbnails
• SearchBastard: Firefox Advanced Search Add-on

It provides various filter and map viewing options. You can visualize data on the map in both 2D and 3D format. In order to use 3D, you would need to install the Google Earth browser plug-in.

Below are screenshots of custom data examples created using KmlFactBook.

Features:

• Visualize data from CIA world factbook database on Google Maps.
• Download Google Earth kml files and use in your projects.
• View maps in 3D using Google Earth browser plug-in.
• No registration required to view data.
• Similar site: FactBook

Check out KmlFactBook @ www.kmlfactbook.org (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• World Freedom Atlas: Global Stats on Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights etc.
• InternetWorldStats: Find Out Internet Usage Stats For Any Country
• Google Internet Stats: Check Internet Stats and Facts Across Different Sectors
• Google Flu Trends: Track World Flu Activity With Google

Music fans can subscribe to their favorite artist’s data via RSS feed or have the fan statistics delivered to their inbox for free. They could also compare the stats of their favorite singer or band with upto 3 other artists and see if their artist has more influence among online fans.

Features:

• Offers comprehensive fan statistics for music artists.
• Tracks number of plays, views, comments for 486,602 artists online
• Tracks across major social networks like Facebook, MySpace and twitter
• Compare and visualize stats for upto 4 artists
• Subscribe using RSS feed or get the stats in your inbox

Check out NextBigSound @ www.nextbigsound.com (By Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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• WorkTrek: Productivity Tracking Tool
• Vidmetrix: Multi-site Video Uploader and Tracker
• TubeMogul
• Track-n-Graph : Track just About Anything
• Google Trends

The counter starts counting visitors as soon as it is added to the site. Clicking on the counter bring up live overview of visitor. View visitor profiles by county, check visitor statistic over time, visualize data on graphs, see forecasts and pageviews.

See sample counter below:

Features:

• Free visitor counters for website or blog.
• Simile and easy to embed.
• Customize counter in terms of design, color and font.
• Shows detailed overview of your visitor statistics.
• Similar tools: 99counters, Amung.us, FlagCounter and FeedJit.

Check out TrendCounter @ www.trendcounter.com

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• FlagCounter: Flag Counter Widget For Your Webpage
• Statbrain: Estimates Traffic Figures For Any Site
• Feng-GUI: Generates Visual Heatmap For Your Website
• 99Stats: Free Web Statistics Tracker For Your Site
• 99counters: Stylish Web Counters for your Blogs and Profile Pages

Visualize your traffic stats (top referrers, daily visitors, traffic by region etc) without leaving Wordress. Moreover, if you have a MailChimp account, you will be able to view the traffic coming from your email campaigns and track your mailing list growth alongside your traffic stats.

If you don’t use Wordpress for blogging, plugin is also available for Movable Type, Expression Engine and Drupal blogging platforms. To use it, first you need to install the plugin in your Wordpress and then associate it with your Google Analytics account from plugin settings.

Watch a video tour below:

Features:

• View your Google Analytics stats from your Wordpress dashboard.
• Subscribe to MailChimp’s email marketing services to track the performance of your email campaigns on your site traffic.
• Plugin available for Wordpress, Movable Type, Expression Engine and Drupal blogging platforms.
• Install it in your Wordpress and associate with your Google Analytics account.
• Plugin is free. MailChimp account is not required.

Check out  Analytics 360 @ www.mailchimp.com/wordpress_analytics_plugin/

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• 99Stats: Free Web Statistics Tracker For Your Site
• WireNode : Create your Own Mobile Startpages
• WagWire: Enable your Visitors to Leave you Audio Comments
• W3Counter: Traffic Reports For Your Website
• VisitorContact: Create Custom Contact Forms and Buttons

Features:

• Free census data site.
• Shows you census information for any given US zip code.
• See age distribution, ethnic distribution, population statistics, household statistics, housing units and vacancy rates.
• Free, no registration needed.

Check out Cynergy Systems Map @ www.cynergysystems.com/blogs/blogs/andrew.trice/census

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• InternetWorldStats: Find Out Internet Usage Stats For Any Country
• Google Internet Stats: Check Internet Stats and Facts Across Different Sectors
• CrappyGraphs: Draw Quick Graphs Online

Additionally you can search and browse polls created by other users, sort them by category, rate polls, leave comments and embed them on your webpages. Sign up to get started.

Features:

• Create free polls online and collect feedback.
• View detailed poll analysis including results chart, geographical distribution of recent poll takers and votes by country.
• Embed polls on your webpages, rate polls and leave comments.
• Similar websites: Polls Boutique, Poll Everywhere, Fotoll and PollJunkie.

Check out ProProfs Polls @ www.proprofs.com/polls

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• Poll Everywhere: Easily Create Live Polls and Track Them
• Zoomerang: Quickly Create Online Surveys using Templates
• Zoho : Feature-rich Web-based Office Software
• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• WorkTrek: Productivity Tracking Tool

Mon.itor.us monitors your website from multiple locations and sends downtime alerts via email, text message and RSS. Besides these, it has internal monitoring features like keeping an eye on computer/server memory, CPU, etc. with an installable agent. It also features real-time visitor monitoring.

Features :

• Online website monitoring and tracking service.
• Monitors your website and sends downtime alerts via email, text message and RSS.
• Provides information helpful in maintaining high uptime of the site.
• Internal monitoring features.
• Also features visitor tracking capabilities.
• Similar site: Site24×7.

Check out Mon.itor.us @ http://mon.itor.us (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• TrendCounter: Site Counter Widgets For Your Blog
• Pingability: Receive Alerts when your Website goes Down
• FlagCounter: Flag Counter Widget For Your Webpage
• Feng-GUI: Generates Visual Heatmap For Your Website
• 99Stats: Free Web Statistics Tracker For Your Site

To create a chart, first select a chart type and then enter the data into provided fields. The data starts appearing on the chart as you type it in. Moreover, you can easily edit the input numbers along the process and see the chart automatically regenerate.

Once chart is ready you can share it by forwarding a URL or embedding on your site or personal web page.

Features:

• Generate charts online.
• Create charts in different types – pie, 3D pie, line, grouped bar and more.
• Customize chart size.
• Embed chart on your webpage or share it by sending its URL.
• Similar tools: HohliCharts, ChartTool and Charts.

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• ManyEyes: Visualize Statistics & Interesting Facts
• HohliCharts: Create Bar Graphs, Pie Charts and Venn Diagrams.
• Graphsy: Create Graphs & Shapes Online

The total number of visitors from each country is also shown next to the flag. Clicking on the counter reveals additional information such as visitor disitrbution on a pie chart, flag map and total page views for each country.

Check out sample counter below

Features:

• Get flag counter widget for your website.
• Customize your counter: number of flags shown, flag columns, title, background color, text color and border color.
• Free and very easy to add.
• Similar counter tools: 99counters, Amung.us and FeedJit.

Check out FlagCounter @ www.flagcounter.com

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• Feng-GUI: Generates Visual Heatmap For Your Website
• 99Stats: Free Web Statistics Tracker For Your Site
• 99counters: Stylish Web Counters for your Blogs and Profile Pages

InternetWorldStats is a free resource that lets you find out internet usage statistics for different geographical regions and countries, including penetration rates, total users and recent user growth, on charts and tables.

You may explore different region on the globe and get detailed statistics for every country in the region. Furthermore, there is an option to compare each country’s stats (usage rates, growth) with its region and world averages.

Features:

• View worldwide Internet internet usage by country.
• View Internet penetration rates, total users and growth rate for different geographical regions (Europe, Middle East, Africa etc) and countries.
• Browse detailed statistics for every single country and compare it against others.
• The statistics data comes from various reliable sources including Nielsen Online, International Telecommunications Union, US Census Bureau and other sources.

Check out InternetWorldStats @ www.internetworldstats.com

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• KmlFactBook: Maps CIA World Factbook Data on Google Maps
• Cynergy Systems Map: View US Census Data Online
• CrappyGraphs: Draw Quick Graphs Online

The site lets you view overall stats on fancy graphs and charts. There are also additional features such as setting up daily reminders, customizing colors and time.

Features:

• Simple app for tracking productivity.
• Set email alerts to remind you to mark your productivity.
• Customize colors and time setting.
• View overall stats on graphs and charts.
• Simple and free.

Check out WorkTrek @ www.worktrek.com (via Profy.com)

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• TubeMogul
• Track-n-Graph : Track just About Anything
• Toodledo: Online Task Management
• RescueTime: Web-based Time Management for Geeks

Countries included: US, India, China, Japan, Germany, Brazil, UK, France, Korea, Italy, Russia, Canada, Turkey, Spain, Indonesia, Mexico, Iran and  Pakistan.

Screenshot  below is showing the top sites in Spain for keyword “cooking”.

Features:

• Find top 10 trafficked sites in different countries for any keyword.
• Sites are ranked according to their Alexa and Quantcast traffic ratings.
• Sites are categorized by their tags on Delicious.
• Search using one or multiple keywords with Boolean operands AND, OR.
• Countries included: US, India, China, Japan, Germany, Brazil, UK, France, Korea, Italy, Russia, Canada, Turkey, Spain, Indonesia, Mexico, Iran and  Pakistan.
• No signup.

Check out Weblisty @ www.weblisty.com

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• WorkTrek: Productivity Tracking Tool
• Wikirank: View Hot Topics on Wikipedia
• Wikirage: Displays Most Edited Wikipedia Articles
• WebsitesLog: Quick Website Analysis Tool

From the page:

Media Cloud is a system that lets you see the flow of the media. The Internet is fundamentally altering the way that news is produced and distributed, but there are few comprehensive approaches to understanding the nature of these changes. Media Cloud automatically builds an archive of news stories and blog posts from the web, applies language processing, and gives you ways to analyze and visualize the data.

You can view 3 types of charts for each media source:

1. Most mentioned terms in each source.
2. Top 10 most used keywords in stories that contain a particular keyword (i.e. Obama).
3. Geographical areas with less and more coverage.

To view a chart, first select chart type, enter up to 3 media sources (start typing and select from suggestions) and press “Submit Query”.

Below is the visualization of news trends for two mainstream media organizations: New York Times and CNN.

Most mentioned news terms

Most covered geographical areas. Darker areas receive the most attention

Features:

• Helps you analyze the flow of Internet news for different media organizations.
• Visualize information as charts for each media source.
• Check out most mentioned terms in each media source.
• View top 10 most used keywords in stories that contain a particular keyword (eg. bailout).
• See most covered geographical areas.
• Free, no sign up.

Visit Media Cloud @ www.mediacloud.org

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• Google Trends
• GlobalStatCounter: Global Web Usage Trends and Stats
• DataMasher: Create MashUps & Visualize US Government Data Sets

To check the accident stats in your area, simply enter a city name, zip code and click on the “GO” button. Yhen you should see accidents in your area shown on the map marked with different color markers. Each color representing particular number of incidents. To learn more about specific accident simply click on its marker.

Features:

• Find out fatal traffic accident rates in your area.
• All accidents are presented on the map with colored markers.
• The data is obtained from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
• To check your area, simply enter city name, zip code or address.
• Free. No signup needed.
• US only.

Check out RiskyRoads @ www.riskyroads.org

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• PetroFix: Stay Immune To Gas Price Increases
• MotorTopia: Social Network For Bike, Boat & Car Enthusiasts
• GlobalStatCounter: Global Web Usage Trends and Stats
• GasForFree: Place Ads on your Car and Earn Free Gas

Along with showing the details like domain age, site speed and site keywords, it also shows the different traffic ranks like Google Pagerank, Alexa rank and Yahoo directory listings for the site.

Features

• Check the power of your domain.
• A 360 degree analysis of domain using many variables.
• Get scored on indicators like name, popularity, SEO and coding.
• Get data on things like pagerank, alexa rank and other such listings.
• Similar sites:Dataopedia, AbouThiSite and QuarkBase.

Check out DomainMeter @ www.domainmeter.com ( by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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• LinkVoodoo: Quality Score & Backlink Analyzer Tool
• TraceBullet: Quick Server, WhoIS, IP & Port Testing
• Suggest.Name: The Web 2.0 Domain Name Generator
• SpyOnWeb: See All Websites That Belong to the Same Owner
• ServerCheck: Free Website Server Check Tools

There are a lot of chart types supported like bar charts, pie charts, line charts, bubble charts and radar plots. The charts can be downloaded as image formats like PNG and JPEG and other formats like PDF and CSV.

Features

• Free online chart generation tool.
• Various chart types like pie charts, line charts and bubble charts supported.
• Download charts in various formats like PNG, JPEG, PDF and CSV.
• Easy email and share the graphs.
• See more chart generation tools in MakeUseOf’s charts section.

Check out ChartTool @ www.onlinecharttool.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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• PieColor: Online Pie Chart Maker
• HohliCharts: Create Bar Graphs, Pie Charts and Venn Diagrams.
• Graphsy: Create Graphs & Shapes Online
• Charts: Track and Chart any Data from your iPhone

Features:

• Shows you interests of your followers on twitter.
• Profiles your followers based on ‘tags’.
• Easy to use and free.

Check out TwitterSheep @ www.twittersheep.com ( Contributed by ROW from ReviewOfWeb )

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• Yammer – A Twitter For Businesses and Enterprises
• wwwitter: See Twitter Discussions For Any Webpage
• WeFollow: User Powered Twitter Directory
• Utterz: Post Voice Messages to your Blog, Twitter, … from Phone
• Untiny: Extract the Original URL Behind The Short URL

Features:

• Keyword popularity tool for social networks.
• Supported sites Twitter, Flickr, Digg, Myspace and Youtube.
• Monitor popularity of your site and brand across social media.
• Results are presented with colored and cool bar graphs.
• No registration and easy to use.

Check SiteVolume @ www.sitevolume.com (via technospot.net )

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• TweetVolume: Compare Popularity of Words on Twitter
• Spy: Monitor Social Media Conversations For Certain Topics
• SocialRibbon: The Ribbon Creator
• wwwitter: See Twitter Discussions For Any Webpage
• TwitterGram: Automatically Post Flickr Photos to Twitter

For more in-depth info about any site WebsitesLog lists links to third party tools like whois, aboutus, compete and archive.org. The site also shows related websites and lets users add comment to page of their interest.

Features:

• Quickly get website summary.
• Get condensed information on the type of content of a website.
• Information about hosted servers, indexed pages, blog entries and alexa ranking.
• Share this summary on major social networking sites.
• A list of websites with similar content.
• Single-click information from third-parties like whois, aboutus, compete and archive.org
• See list of recently analyzed, most popular or recently discussed websites.

Check out WebsitesLog @ www.websitesLog.com (Contributed by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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• TrendCounter: Site Counter Widgets For Your Blog
• Statbrain: Estimates Traffic Figures For Any Site
• Speed.io : Elegant Broadband Speed Test
• QuarkBase: Get Almost Every Information About A Website
• FlagCounter: Flag Counter Widget For Your Webpage

Additionally to easy conversation tracking it also lets you bookmark dashboard instances you have found interesting and share with friends by forwarding a link. Check out examples of shared dashboards below.

What people are saying about Starbucks and Whole Foods

What people are saying right now about iphone and android

Features

• Additional conversation tracker dashboard for twitter.
• Track track twitter conversations about any topic, brand or person on twitter.
• Save and bookmark dashboard by adding searches.
• Send links of different dashboard instances to colleagues.

Check out Convomonitor @ www.convomonitor.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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• TweetVolume: Compare Popularity of Words on Twitter
• TweetAlert: Track Twitter Searches & Trends
• TweetAlarm: Get Custom Twitter Alerts Via Email
• Spy: Monitor Social Media Conversations For Certain Topics
• wwwitter: See Twitter Discussions For Any Webpage

Apart from the ability to create, print and publish your flowcharts online, it also allows you to collaborate with team members on the documents. Further, you can share your flow charts as a web page, PDF, or image. You can access your flowcharts from any computer by signing in at Lucidcharts. There are many more features and once you start using it I am sure you’ll find this flowcharting tool very handy.

Check out LucidChart @ www.lucidchart.com (Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• SlickPlan: Create Beautiful Visual Sitemaps Online
• CrappyGraphs: Draw Quick Graphs Online
• ZohoShow
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• Wikirank: View Hot Topics on Wikipedia

You can optionally add text notes, select and drag particular items on the diagram around, draw straight lines and apply different brush colors. And when the graph/diagram is finally ready share it by forwarding the URL via email.

Features:

• Quickly draw graphs online and share them with others.
• Create as many graphs and diagrams as you like.
• You can create simple line graphs and 2 or 3 circle Venn diagrams.
• Add text, customize graph color, add additional lines etc.
• Similar websites: HohliCharts, ChartAll, ChartGizmo, PieColor and Charts (for iPhone).

Check out CrappyGraphs @ www.crappygraphs.com (via technospot.net)

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• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• PieColor: Online Pie Chart Maker
• LucidChart: Online Flowchart Maker
• KmlFactBook: Maps CIA World Factbook Data on Google Maps
• InternetWorldStats: Find Out Internet Usage Stats For Any Country

Features

• Quick and easy url shortening service.
• Post shortened url directly to twitter or Identi.ca.
• Check stats for the clicks on shortened url.
• Bookmarklet available.

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• EsyURL : Link Shortener
• Cligs: Another Url Shortener With Awesome Tracking Features
• Budurl: Url Shortener With Advanced Tracking Features
• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• WorkTrek: Productivity Tracking Tool

The number of visits constitute the total number of visitors to the site per day and not unique visitors, which means that repeat visitors in a day could be included as different visitors. Hence the estimate numbers are likely to be a bit bloated.

website traffic estimator, , site traffic estimate, statbrain

The main advantage of Statbrain is that it’s a simple and quick way to check the traffic rankings for any site. There are many other analytics tool to take care of in depth stats analysis so if you’d like to have a quick glance at the total traffic to a site, this should be the ideal tool. You might be also interested in similar site called QuarkBase. We covered it earlier.

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• TrendCounter: Site Counter Widgets For Your Blog
• FlagCounter: Flag Counter Widget For Your Webpage
• WebsitesLog: Quick Website Analysis Tool
• W3Counter: Traffic Reports For Your Website
• Speed.io : Elegant Broadband Speed Test

You can also type in multiple search terms and compare them side by side. Very useful for those tracking certain events or if you would like to compare your popularity with someone else.

Features:

• Visually pleasing website with colorful graphs.
• Enter up to five search terms for a side by side popularity comparison.
• Search both single words and long phrases.
• Share your comparison chart by emailing a link.
• No sign up needed.

Compare Tweet popularity @ www.tweetvolume.com

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• TweetAlert: Track Twitter Searches & Trends
• TweetAlarm: Get Custom Twitter Alerts Via Email
• SiteVolume: Keyword Popularity Check Tool for Digg, Youtube, Twitter, Flickr & MySpace
• ConvoMonitor: Track Twitter Conversations
• wwwitter: See Twitter Discussions For Any Webpage

my twitter username ( yes, I know I haven’t used twitter for sometime now but I am gonna get back on it soon ) and it did a pretty good analysis giving me a grade of 95.9 out of 100. Looks good ! … Makeuseof on the other hand scores 98.5, if you haven’t done so already follow MakeUseOf on Twitter.

Check out Twitter Grader @ twitter.grader.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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• wwwitter: See Twitter Discussions For Any Webpage
• WeFollow: User Powered Twitter Directory
• Utterz: Post Voice Messages to your Blog, Twitter, … from Phone
• Untiny: Extract the Original URL Behind The Short URL

Just select the type of chart you want to create, set chart size and add chart data. You can also to preview the chart before generating it. And once the chart is ready you can save it to your computer or share it online by embedding onto you website.

Features:

• Create line charts, bar graphs, pie charts, venn diagrams, scatter plots and radar graphs online.
• Customize charts: add title, apply different chart colors, and change background colors.
• Download and save ready charts to your computer.
• Share charts online or embed them onto your website.
• No sign-up needed.
• Other websites for making charts: ChartAll, ChartGizmo, PieColor, Charts (for iPhone).

Check out HohliCharts @ www.charts.hohli.com

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• ChartGizmo : Embeddable Charts for your Blog or Webpage
• WidGenie: Easy Tools for Presenting Raw Data Visually
• PieColor: Online Pie Chart Maker
• Graphsy: Create Graphs & Shapes Online
• Graphing Calculator: Create Complex Graphs Online

You can create 3 types of polls with Poll Everywhere:

(1) Multiple choice polls – “Choose your favorite color ?”. You define a list of possible answers. Graphs will display the results in real-time.

(2) Free text polls – “What is your name?”. Your audience can text in any answer. You can use it to gather feedback or identifying information, like names, age or ID numbers.

(3) Pledge polls – “Raise money for my non-profit” Receive pledges for donations to your non-profit from people via text messages. You can use pledge thermometer which shows live pledges to add excitement and encourage other people to pledge.

See a screenshot takes from a sample multiple choice poll:

Features:

• Create text message polls and see result update in real time.
• Free account lets you create as many polls as you like with audience limit of 30 votes
• Download polls as Powerpoint slides.
• Analyze results in Excel spreadsheet.
• Premium account with more options available, check price list.

Check out Poll Everywhere @ www.polleverywhere.com

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• Vorbeo: Free Instant Poll Creator