Over at SitePoint, Josh Catone lists the Top 10 Ways to Track Buzz. Trackur is the only paid service receiving Josh’s endorsement and he explains why:

Trackur is the only commercial service in our roundup. It keeps tabs on blogs, video sites, image sites, news sources, and more to track buzz about any keyword you input. Think of it as Google Alerts on steroids. The reason we’re including Trackur in this round up is because for $18 per month (for one keyword), Trackur can track any keyword. With Trackur you can keep an eye on any keyword or phrase no matter how obscure. Most of the free services in this round up will balk at giving you data on terms that aren’t mentioned often enough to keep regular records about, which is why Trackur will be worth the cost for anyone tracking trends in less popular niches.

Thanks Josh!

We’ve just created the official Trackur t-shirt with the slogan “I hear web people.” We’ll use these t-shirts as future prizes and giveaways, but anyone spotted wearing one at a conference (we need a photo) will get 3 additional saved searches added to their account–so you might want to pick one up.

There are two shirt designs, each with the same back print:

The spooky version:

And the alternate version:

Here’s the back print for both:

Trackur’s great for monitoring your reputation, but you can also use it to monitor industry trends and conferences.

We’ve already provided a “watch all” RSS feed for all SXSW 2008 news and we’re now working on some other partnerships.

In the meantime, you can sign-up for Trackur and monitor your favorite events.

We know you’re dying to know what trackur is and what the heck does it do. You’ll just have to wait until early January 2008–when we’ll reveal all!