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TechWatching.com v1.5 is Live

I mentioned earlier that I might spin off my relevance algorithm as a standalone site - which I’ve now gone ahead and done at TechWatching.com. TechWatching is a blog/news aggregator that competes squarely with TechMeme.

TW is divided into 4 sections:

Hot Topics: TW maintains a keyword index of the blogs it follows. When a keyword shows up more frequently than average, it can be promoted to a Hot Topic - in which case it will show up at the top of the page with closely related keywords and relevant stories.
New Stories: Immediately under the Hot Topics resides “new stories” - stories that are getting attention in the tech blogosphere, but that don’t fit into a specific Hot Topic. This area is analogous to the TechMeme presentation.
Below the Fold: Under New Stories resides BTF: Stories that have fallen out of the New Stories area because they are aging and haven’t gotten enough momentum behind them to stay “new” or to be promoted to a Hot Topic.
Must Read: The right-hand column contains a list of the most-clicked on stories of the last 24 hours, collected from the site and RSS readers. Presumably lots of people are reading these - and thus, so should you.

That’s it in a nutshell. Its only refreshing hourly right now, but I’ll be ramping up the rate tonite.

Below is a screenshot, or click over to http://techwatching.com to see the real thing. Feedback is welcome and appreciated!