Flattening the blogosphere. Now. findmo.de founder: Ryan Graves

Everyone knows... who. what. when. Nobody knows where the blogosphere is.

Happy Blogger Where is this post about Blogger enters ZIP We stored Zip Connect query with data We stored link Display geographical information Search for blogs by location Searcher chooses blog Display blog posts by location by topic findmo.de knows where the blogosphere is.

Big sites have widgets we collect on leads. We know where people are talking about what. That is valuable information. Its better than screen scrapping. Bloggers volunteer their location for us.

To Start: We will use a Wordpress plug-in to gather location information. To Start: We will mash Google maps to display data. To Start: We will collect when large entities use these widgets/data on their sites.

Ligit pulls IP information. Google pulls IP information. Your mom pulls MY information. We get first hand data from the content creator.

We have determination. So do they. We have ideas. So do they. We have tech-studs. So do they. We have the bloggers . They don't.

Currently We have a wp plug-in and a prototype at: http://findmo.de Next We'll have widgets and plug-ins for typepad blogger other