Brand-Tracking in Forums and Communities

“Marketers and individuals know how important it is to track conversations in websites, especially where peers connect to each other (sometimes, where the highest trust occurs). A handful of new tools are starting to emerge that give specific tool based search, which I’ve started to list out below. This list is specifically for tools that track discussion boards, forums, and communities, for a broader reach, see this list of companies that measures brands on the social web. (more)

http://www.boardtracker.com/
http://www.linqia.com/
http://www.twing.com/