Klout has never not been controversial, but recently, users got their unmentionables in a twist over algorithm changes that caused just about every score to drop, some more significantly than others. Some people were upset about the changes, but I saw even more people upset that others care about the changes. In the past few ...

Read More: The Klout Debate: Should You Stay or Should You Go and Does It Matter?

The measure of how influential you are on the web used to be measured by how many fans or followers you had.  Today it’s measured by Klout—the standard for online influence on a scale of 1 to 100 by Klout.com that factors in elements such as how many people you influence and how much of an impact you make on your fans and followers.  Don’t know much about Klout?  A new infographic from KISS Metrics is a one-stop-shop for everything you need to know about how online influence is measured and how [...]

Read More: 5 Simple Ways To Increase Your Klout [Infographic]

Klout announced a new scoring model today which they state "represents the biggest step forward in accuracy, transparency and our technology in Klout’s history." This new scoring model may have changed your Klout score. I noticed mine went down a little, but there wasn't a huge change. For those of us who did see our ...

Read More: Klout’s New Scoring Model Shows You Why Your Score Changed

It was only five days ago that Google+ launched the first part of its application programming interface. The available API was launched just before Google+ finally opened itself to the public following its 90 day beta testing period, no doubt to get developers started in the right direction and prepped for the more robust API in Google+'s future.In the five days after Google+'s API launch, Klout actively worked on using the available data to integrate G+'s service onto its own platform. Now, les [...]

Read More: Klout CEO Joe Fernandez talks with us about the future of social influence scoring

A few weeks ago I hopped on Klout and claimed their Topic Pages perk. They just announced today they've opened their Topic Pages beta to a wider audience, which now gives me access. Here's a look at my topics. (Lower on the page it also says I'm influential about Elmo, which I think is pretty ...

Read More: Klout Introduces Topic Pages

The idea of social influence scoring appears to tickle some folks the wrong way. After reporting on the Fashion's Night Out event hosted by Bal Harbour Shops where only the socially-high-scored elite could attend, both my inbox and Twitter feed flooded with surprised feedback. Some social media junkies were genuinely excited about the news, while others were simply dumbfounded.Klout, the social analytics tool behind the controversy, appears unaffected by the reaction one way or another and is, i [...]

Read More: Social analytics tool Klout rolls out Topic Pages

The idea of social influence scoring appears to tickle some folks the wrong way. After reporting on the Fashion's Night Out event hosted by Bal Harbour Shops where only the socially-high-scored elite could attend, both my inbox and Twitter feed flooded with surprised feedback. Some social media junkies were genuinely excited about the news, while others were simply dumbfounded.Klout, the social analytics tool behind the controversy, appears unaffected by the reaction one way or another and is, i [...]

Read More: Social analytics tool Klout rolls out Topic Pages

Social media truly is taking over. From communicating with friends, staying updated with family members, and even to networking opportunities with potential employers or business contacts — if you haven't gone social, you're living in the past.Even the world of fashion seems to be caught up in the trend. Popular fashion retailer Saks 5th Avenue just launched their massive interactive Apple storefront that sources tweets hashtagged with #StylelistatSaks, streaming them over several displays [...]

Read More: You must have a Klout score of 40 or more to get into this Fashion's Night Out party

There are dozens of quality indexes of social media influence out there, but Klout has separated itself out as the leader over the last year. Yesterday, they reached a major milestone by accumulating 100 million Klout scores in their database. That's not to say they have 100 million "users" but Klout is one of those [...]

Read More: Klout Hits 100 Million Scores. Now When Is Google Going to Buy Them?

Stephen King’s latest book, “Mile 81,” will be available strictly online as an ebook from Scribner. The ebook will be available this Thursday, September 1, 2011 unless you have perks with Klout.

Read More: Stephen King Offers Early Access to ‘Mile 81′ for Power Klout Users

Klout and Funny Or Die have formed a very clever and wise strategic partnership. The partnership starts with a program called Klout Perks. The program is offering special rewards for the most influential people throughout the social web. It will enable brands to connect with influencers in their area of expertise.


Read More: Funny Or Die: 3.4 Million Facebook Fans, 2.2 Twitter Followers and Now, Klout Perks

Hot on the heels of Klout‘s recent integration of Foursquare and Instagram, another social influence measurement service, Empire Avenue has announced that it is adding support for both those services.Empire Avenue is similar to Klout and PeerIndex, in that it measures influence of its users on social services like Twitter and Facebook, but throws in the twist of letting others buy and sell stock in users, speculating on their future value. It uses virtual currency, but brands are getting i [...]

Read More: Social stockmarket Empire Avenue follows Klout, tracks Foursquare and Instagram influence

I've been on a little bit of a Klout kick lately, which you may have noticed if you follow me on Twitter. As more brands start taking notice of your Klout score, I want to make sure I am ahead of or at least even with the game. Klout isn't showing any signs of slowing ...

Read More: Klout Now Integrates a Total of 10 Social Networks, More Coming

Social network influence-measurement service Klout doubled its pleasure by doubling the total number of networks it factors into its ratings system, announcing the addition of Blogger, Tumblr, Flickr, Instagram, and Last.fm.

Read More: Klout Adds Blogger, Tumblr, Flickr, Instagram, Last.fm to Influence-Measurement Mix

What’s Trending, the CBSNews.com web show that launched earlier this year to explore the hottest online trends, has an exciting new announcement—they’ve partnered with Klout, the standard for measuring online influence, to invite top influencers in the fields of Tech, Media/Entertainment and Social Media to be a part of the show’s live audience.  I had the opportunity to talk to host Shira Lazar, as well as a representative from Klout, to find out more.


Read More: You May Be Able To Join The What’s Trending Live Audience…If You’ve Got Enough Klout

That funny cat video you just uploaded to YouTube might earn you some Klout, as the social influence measurement outfit added the Google-owned video site to the list of sites that make up its scores.

Read More: Klout Adds YouTube to Influence Measurement Mix

Klout is on a roll! They now factor in YouTube as part of your social influence. This new feature rolled out Monday evening. For those of you still trying to figure out Klout and if it has any importance, it's basically a service that measures how influential you are in social media. Do you interact ...

Read More: Klout Now Factors in YouTube for Your Score

Add foursquare to the list of social networking sites that factor into the Klout scoring system, as the location-based mobile app joined Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, the latter added in June.

Read More: Pinch of foursquare Added to Klout Recipe

Towards the end of June, it was announced that Klout had come to Facebook, which gave brands a new way to engage with fans. It also results in brands offering rewards to their fans based on their Klout score. Ever since this bit of news hit the web, the big question has been "How do ...

Read More: Foursquare Check-ins Help Play a Role in Your Klout Score

Social network measurement service Klout has unveiled a new metric to better calculate its users' overall social reach, adding Foursquare checkins alongside its existing Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn metrics.Klout measures social influence by using data collected from supported social media accounts, incorporating following counts, follower counts, retweets, list memberships and the influential people that interact with those accounts – combining them all to award the user with an o [...]

Read More: Klout adds Foursquare checkins to better measure your social influence