Backtype is a very good service for those who would like to keep track of their comments. In an age when blog hopping seems to be the only excercise some folks get and leaving a comment is considered a social undertaking, a site that monitors all those places you’ve left a comment on comes very handy.

I have written about comment monitoring via Commented On a while back here. Backtype however is even more easy to use. It does not involve any sort of download or installation on the blogger’s part. All one has to do is register and fill in the username and url you use when you comment. Backtype will then track your tracks all over the internet and when it finds your comment, it checks with you whether the comment made under your name is really yours.

This service is now very popular with big bloggers that the big names are already in there. Another good feature about Backtype is that you can follow your favorite bloggers and see where they have been leaving their comments. I have followed Darren Rowse of Problogger for example and have been to some of the posts that he found interesting enough to leave a comment. It may be encouraging stalking but hey, for those making their living on the internet, you can never have enough stalkers.

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