Google+ Statistics is a website that tracks the top 100 users on Google+, based on the most number of followers. The number of friends and followers of these users is clearly displayed in front of their usernames. Also included is a list of featured users and percentage view of each gender.

A searching feature lets you easily search for people on Google+ Statistics. If you want, you can add yourself to the site through your Google+ profile ID. If you reach somewhere in the top 100, you will find yourself on the site.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you view friends and followers stats of Google+ users.
• Tracks top 100 Google+ users with most followers.
• Lets you add yourself to be tracked.
• Displays percentage breakdown of each gender type on Google+.
• Lets you search for people on the site.
• Also read related article: Google+ Circles, Sparks & All The Rest: What’s To Know? [News]
• MUO Google+ Poll: What Do You Think Of Google+? [MakeUseOf Poll]

Check out Google+ Statistics @ www.socialstatistics.com (by MOin from Urban Savior)

The above screenshot shows the topics for the NY Times Twitter account. If you click on any of the bubbles, it’ll highlight the corresponding terms on the Twitter stream of the NY Times on the right.

Features

• See what a person has been tweeting about.
• Colorful bubbles show the main tweet topics.
• Twitter stream shown on the right.
• Clicking on a bubble highlights the term on the Twitter stream.
• Similar tools: Research.ly, TweetScan, Summize, Scoopler and Snapbird.

Check out TweetTopicExplorer @ www.tweettopicexplorer.neoformix.com (by Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

You do not need to sign up to use Research.ly, although logging in allows you to make unlimited searches. To start, select a place filter or a specific community, then type your search term. You can then find lots of cool data including a graph for the frequency of the searched term, positive or negative tweets, tweets by gender, popularity, retweets, and more. The combination of these tweets provides the broader trends on specific communities and industry, making it an excellent resource for social media marketers.

Other cool data you can get include community search, searches within the initial search, and degrees of separation.

You can also click through the most recent tweets or find popular hash tags and Twitter profiles related to the search term. Research.ly is a cool way of making Twitter data a lot more meaningful.

Features:

• Advanced search tool for Twitter.
• View sentiments within tweets.
• Filter tweets by male or female.
• View search term popularity in a graph.
• View sentiments in a graph.
• Find related hashtags and pictures.
• Similar Tools: TweetScan, Summize, Scoopler and Snapbird.

Check out Research.ly @ www.research.ly

To use it, go to the Where Do You Go homepage and log into your Google account. Then you need to authorize access to your Foursquare account so that it can retrieve your past check-ins. Then the app will then display a heat map based on Google Maps that shows the places where you have been.

More intense colors on the heat map signifies that you have done a lot of Foursquare check-ins at that specific place. The map updates every time you do a Foursquare check-in but it only shows check-ins that are older than 24 hours for privacy reasons. Furthermore, you can also get a snapshot of your heat map and share it to your friends.

WhereDoYouGo is a cool tool to let you know where you mostly hang out using Foursquare, making it a great addition for fans of the app.

Features:

• Generate a heat map of your Foursquare check-ins.
• Find out where you have been the most using a visual representation.
• Heat map updates everytime you do another check-in.
• Create a snapshot of your heat map that you can share with your friends.
• Similar Tools: OpenHeatMap, BatchGeo and Mapalist.

Check out WhereDoYouGo @ www.wheredoyougo.net

Google Labs’ Books Ngram Viewer is a search tool that will allow you to see the development of how words have been used in books over the years. Entering a phrase will give you an idea on the trend of its usage over a defined period using a visual graph.

To use the Books’ Ngram Viewer, you need to enter the specific phrase that you want to learn more about. Keep in mind that they are case sensitive and must be separated by comma if you want to compare more than one search entry. You may also specify a period between the year 1800 and 2000 for a more specific timeframe.

You can also choose between English, American English, British English, Chinese, English fiction, English One Million, French, German, Spanish, and Russian. Finally, set a smoothing value in order to get a more significant pattern in the result.

Features:

• View a visual trend of the usage of words over a period of time.
• Compare the trend for more than one phrase.
• Specify a period of time.
• Set the smoothing value.
• Post the results of your query to Google Buzz or Twitter.

Check out Google Books Ngram Viewer @ www.ngrams.googlelabs.com

One cool tool is UN Data, a website that bring statistical databases from various United Nations agencies. Part of this initiative is to bring all the data that the US has, through a single entry point, so that anyone can search and download the data that they need without going to individual websites.

Start using UN Data by searching for databases in the search box. You can also sort through the various databases by looking at their metadata which is especially useful if you are looking for historical records. Data services from all UN member countries are available, totaling over 60 million data points. You can filter databases by topic from  Agriculture, Crime, and Education, to Population, Trade and Human Development.

UN Data is a great tool for all student researchers, professionals, and even policy makers to aid them in evidence-based policy and decision-making.

Features:

• All Statistics from United Nations available.
• Filter databases by topic.
• Glossary available.
• Search through 60 million data points.
• Similar Tools: Gapminder, KmlFactBook, and ConflictHistory.

Check out UNData @ http://data.un.org

Show World is a free and easy to use website that presents data on a world map. The site includes data that it has collected and indexed. The 5 main categories of data are People, Planet, Business, Politics, and Living; these then have subcategories such as People Demographics, Education, and Causes of Death. The sub-subcategory is where you will find the data types.

Clicking on any sub-subcategory will transform the world map into a data representing diagram; this transformation happens through an animation. A breakdown of the data can be seen on the right pane while the map is in the background; the map is zoom-able.

If you want to, you can share the data on social networks, download the animation, or embed it on your own website. You can also download the data as an image file or an Excel file.

In addition to its global data representation, the site provides country-specific data for USA and Japan too.

Features:

• A user friendly website.
• Represents various types of data on a world map.
• Offers an animation to shift from one map view to another.
• Lets you share the data links on social networks.
• Lets you embed the animation on your own site.
• Lets you download the data as an image file or an Excel file.
• Provides country-specific data stats for USA and Japan.
• Similar tools: ManyEyes and WorldClock.

Check out “Show World” @ show.mappingworlds.com//world/?lang=EN (by MOin from ThumbPress)

Gapminder makes highly complex data easier to understand so the general public can easily relate to it. The reason behind this is because the developers of this site believe that data will not make sense if you won’t be able to communicate it well to a large audience.

Gapminder makes use of Trendalyzer, an interactive tool for visualizing data. This tool is responsible for the playful and interactive way that data is presented. Moreover, you also have an option to choose a particular country that you would want to take a look on regarding a particular issue or topic. Most of the pre-designed presentations are focused on human development, but you have an option to pick your data.

Features

• View interesting world development statistics and trends online.
• No sign-up/registration needed.
• Flash based.
• Desktop app available.
• Find an explanation/description about the graph you are viewing.
• Easily reset the data.
• Share the data to your friends or colleagues by copying the short link and posting it on your blog or email.
• Similar Tools: KmlFactBook, ConflictHistory, and WorldClock.

Check out Gapminder @ www.gapminder.org

Comjuice provides a lot of useful information about any website. It provides a site description, details on its global traffic, its Traffic rank on Alexa, and its estimated ad revenue. It presents the number of backlinks and indexed pages of the site in the top search engines Google, Yahoo, Bing, and AOL. It also displays the standard web analytics of a site such as the traffic rank, reach, page views, user per page views, bounce rate, time on site, and search percentage.

The website obtains its data from third-party web services such as Alexa, Compete.com, and Quantcast.

This very accessible web analytics provider is very useful to any webmaster who needs instant traffic data without much hassle. They can also be helpful to website buyers, sellers and competitors who want to know more about a particular website.

Features:

• Provides instant and real-time website information and web analytics.
• Very easy to use, just enter the name of the site in the search box.
• Free, no signup is required.
• Install a Comjuice bookmarklet in your browser.
• Provides shortened links for easier linking.
• Similar Tools: AbouThiSite, AboutUS, Clicky, Dataopedia, and Reinvigorate.

Check out Comjuice @ www.comjuice.com

TrakkBoard is a nifty application that lets you log into multiple Google Analytics accounts, enabling you to monitor your websites from your desktop. This Adobe Air app provides you with a dashboard where you can run various Google Analytics widgets and lets you add tabs so you can organize your data.

To use TrakkBoard, you need to download the application, install it on your system, and register on the site with your email to obtain your license key. Then run the application and go to the control panel to integrate your Google Accounts with Trakkboard. This application allows you to track various data types of Google Analytics widgets such as visits, visitors, page views, medium, bounce rate, and many more. In addition, you can also run a Twitter Suchwort (searchword) widget to track tweets based on your search terms.

TrakkBoard is a useful data traffic management app that greatly enhances the utility of Google Analytics. This is a great application to have if you manage multiple websites.

Features:

• Track  multiple Google Analytics data in your desktop.
• Compare data of different accounts or profiles.
• Create as many dashboards using tabs.
• Adobe Air App.
• Switch between display formats and time spans with just a single click.
• Also runs a Twitter Suchwort (searchword) widget for tracking tweets and a notes widget.
• Similar Tools: Analytics360 and Clicky.

Check our Trakkboard @ www.trakkboard.com/en