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I have a regular Google alert search set up for myself and my clients for key words (my name and key brands).  This chucks a weekly email to me with a summary of metnions.  

Today I read this one from a link in Samepoint.com  In a search for my surname it came up with my Grandfrather, my Great Uncle and lots of me!

So I read about the site.  It describes itself as a 'conversational search engine".  Neat idea.  I have written before (and here) about conversations being increasingly important for online business development. It claims to count negative and positive words in each post logged.

Here's what they say about themselves.

SamePoint.com is presently tracking millions of conversations, taking place across in more than tens of thousands blogs and social media sites. User-generated discussions are typically not indexed by major search engines, such as Google, as they do not reside on static pages. SamePoint.com converts these discussions into web pages, or permalinks, and organizes them within a tag cloud. As an aggregator, we are able to serve as the nexus where these conversations meet, providing a common point, or samepoint, of all discussions on a specific topic.

And so I'm going to run a few  searches myself. "Heinz" was too wide-ranging but "Heinz Baked Beans " came up well with mentions on Maholo and blogs. David Clulow also turned up Linked in entries, and Trip Advisor (!). 

1. I did one which found a few Wikipedia pages, a Digg review page and lots of blog mentions including a Facebook group dedicated to that brand.
2. its predictive text search is good completing words for me.
3. You have to do the assessment yourself about what the 'conversation' is saying
4. But I've yet to find a negatively rated page. 
5. Compare the David Clulow search on samepoint with the one on Google which has links to Plebble and Ciao review sites… quite a range of difference references.
6. The list of key words that it finds in each entry is helpful.  I used it to compare with the ones I'd used to tag certain posts
7. And the Trends page is nice – is you are looking for a story, this could be a very good resource.
8. But the best bit is the ability to create your own RSS feeds based on search terms relevant to you.  This is FAB,  Far better than Google Alerts, IMO.,

And so, on balance, it seems to be building up its search database but probably worth book marking so that you can check your status from time to time. 

It is called Dynamo London and it is a site promoted (and presumably funded) by the lovely NMK, London Development Agency and a couple of notable quangos and private businesses. 

it has three major areas: Projects , Discussions and Events .  Self-explanatory and handily colour co-ordinated for the hard of hearing. It claims to be "your online interactive media showcase".

Here's what Malcolm Garrett the Creative Director says in his welcome email

This is a site for its members, and for sharing knowledge, so I sincerely hope you'll participate and offer your comments and opinions. We'd like to hear about anything that you see on the site, that you like, or don't like, or have an opinion about.

It's very easy to upload more projects, or to post your own discussion topics. Project texts remain editable so this can be done quickly, and you can come back and add more detail at any time. You can also add extra information to other projects that are already uploaded.
 

in fact it prompted me to sign up for the Beers and Innovation party on 27 May… maybe see you there? 

Afterthought… if you want to get in touch with a particular agency or individual, the list of members is a pretty powerful grouping with people from Foster + Partners, Burston Marstellar, AIG