BuzzCritic is a buzz aggregation service who’s goal is to track what’s buzzing around the interweb. BuzzCritic helps answer important questions like “Which is hotter, Paris Hilton or the 2007 Subaru Forester�. If your answer is “Who Cares?�, you would be correct! BuzzCritic is most valuable when comparing buzz worthy topics within a single category. In fact our algorithm does not compare things in different categories well (we don’t think this would be usefull). Instead we assign a relative BuzzRanktm to things within categories so that every buzzworthy item or topic is ranked relative to other similar things. BuzzRank is calculated based on 4 main factors: * Mentions in the blogosphere (We scour the web to see what’s being buzzed about). * ‘Buzzes’ by users to our site (Click ‘buzz me’ to buzz something). * BuzzRank Velocity (Fast rising topics increase BuzzRank exponentially). * ‘Trustiness’ (Ok, we’re not really sure if this is a word).