January 18th, 2010
Now Tracking 15 Sources
Over the weekend we released a handful of updates to Next Big Sound. We’re now tracking a total of 15 services, profile editing is back in action, and we’ve made it a lot easier to login and signup.
Tracking 15 Sources
You can now track fan interactions on 15 services (that’s 10 more, and there’s another on the way!) across the internet. Our goal with adding more services is to provide a comprehensive picture of the quantifiable actions fans take when interacting with artists online. For a guide to what we track check out nextbigsound.com/#track.
We’re now showing the date we started tracking each network for each artist. On Britney Spears’ page if you look below the graph of her fans you’ll see each network we’re tracking for her fans along with the date we started tracking it.
The number of profiles we’re tracking varies depending on artist. Many artists we’re tracking don’t have profiles on all these sites, and in some cases we’re not tracking profiles that do exist. We’ve made it easy for anyone with a Next Big Sound account to add profiles or edit incorrect ones.
Edit Profiles
Above is the edit profile screen for the Lady Gaga. You can see we’re tracking 6 of her 15 profiles. Here you can edit and add additional profiles. The edits and additions go into a queue and are checked for accuracy.
New Login and Signup
A few areas of Next Big Sound require a (free) account to access. These include subscribing to email reports, seeing all-time graphs, editing profiles, adding artists, and verifying accounts. The new login and signup system make it so you’re automatically redirected back to where you started after you login or signup. Signup for an account here.
We’re Hiring
We’re growing our engineering team. If you’re awesome at manipulating huge amounts of data and building usable software send us an email.