BackType

At BackType, we’re constantly experimenting and prototyping – to help us explore new ideas, learn and have fun. BackType Labs is another place for us to show you some of the stuff we’re working on.

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Yesterday, using the BackType Connect API Wesley from ImprovingTheWeb (who also created the My Comments Elsewhere WordPress plugin) released a new web application called, ConvoTrack.

ConvoTrack lets you view all the conversation surrounding a particular page as you browse it, through the service or a bookmarklet that’s offered. It also lets you shorten URLs that preload the accompanying conversation so you can post them to Twitter. Additionally, bloggers can place a small button on their websites that, when clicked, will show related comments from other blogs, Twitter, FriendFeed, Digg, Reddit, and more.

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