popularitystatus.com

PopularityStatus.com is releasing the beta version of it’s MySpace popularity rating tool on March 27th 2008.  This service will allow users to keep track of the relative popularity of MySpace profiles using a neutral third party service.   Each profiles popularity score is not only based on the number of friends but also on who considers that profile to be a top friend and the relative popularity of those who consider the profile to be a top friend.

 The proprietary ranking algorithm helps prevent artificial pumping of friends and gives a truer picture of popularity and influence of a profile.  Number of friends might just be hype, but popularity rank is a true measure.

By having this tool available those doing myspace promotions will be able to freely evaluate their efforts to determine which activities are producing the best results in terms of acquiring influential friends.  The true popularity of competitors and rivals can also be determined.