Memeorandum

Although many on-line services track the number of links a story/blog gets, memeorandum looks like a powerful new blogging tool, a great way to see who's blogging about what in the "Political Blog" world. According to the sites "about" page:

memeorandum organizes commentary around headlines drawn from both traditional print/online publications (e.g. Washington Post) and web-only sources (e.g. SpinSanity). No attempt is made to separate so-called "straight news" from op-ed, editorial, or other pieces that disclaim objectivity. Any judgment of fairness is left solely to the reader.

The headline ordering is determined by the tally of weblog sources linking to an article, which boosts an article's ranking, and the length of time the article has appeared on memeorandum, which sinks an article's ranking.

memeorandum quotes some — but not most — weblogs and other publications, emphasizing the influential and popular. From an editorial point a view, this approach has both an upside and downside. The advantages are clearer from a technical viewpoint, as computing resources and manpower are limited. In any case, expect the roster of quoted publications to grow and evolve over the time.

I first found this site (like I find most sites these days) in my referral logs. Shortly afterward I swapped e-mails with memeorandum's creator (who does not run a blog, by the way):

"...I created this site after noticing that blogs identify news stories that are much more interesting to me than what appears on typical news portals. (Politically) ...I'm trying to strike a balance on the site."

And doing a fine job of it. The result is a great resource for bloggers and non-bloggers alike. Check it out.