Over a year ago, I had the opportunity to hang out with some young startups when visiting TechStars. One of the guys was Arron Kallenberg of
DandyID.org, and he let me have a test run last week of their new pro accounts. DandyID is a simple web application that allows you to organize, track and analyze your social network.
DandyID has integrated nearly 300 social networks into their system. By building out your profile and adding the social networks you are a part of, they provide a
nice profile page.

This week they have released pro accounts for users that really want to understand and increase the impact of their online identity. With DandyID's extensive API, there are several ways to share your DandyID profile with the world. When sharing your DandyID profile on other sites, DandyID provides analytics allowing you to track and analyze who is visiting your on your various social network profiles. For instance, I included my DandyID on my
personal blog with their handy
wordpress plugin.

Whenever someone is visiting my blog and clicks on my Twitter account I can see the results in the analytics section of my DandyID account broken down by which links are clicked (Twitter in this case), which site it was visited from (my blog) and who the visitor was (if they are a DandyID member).

The DandyID pro accounts also give you a breakdown of what social networks your DandyID contacts are using.

Lastly, of your contacts on DandyID, you can see a simple list of all the changes your contacts are making on their public profiles that they have listed on DandyID, all wrapped up in a nice RSS feed.

DandyID is a great way to keep track of all of your social networks, especially while managing a brand. I highly recommend the service, so if you want to give it whirl, go
sign up for a free account today.
Arron and the
DandyID team are very open to users' thoughts and suggestions. Be sure to connect with them if you have feedback.
Have you used DandyID? Let me know your thoughts by commenting below.
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Hi Chad,
I wrote the DandyID plugin in Dec 2008. Ran into Arron Kallenberg in Boulder, and said "hey you all have an api, right? show me how it works..." It was a fun project, and I think people are finding it useful.
I enjoyed reading your article. And very cool to see the plugin running on your blog!
Best, Neil
DandyID will not die because of it's utility, but it is not going to be a site that makes millions upon millions of dollars. I do believe DandyID is capable of a business model. The business model chosen, however, is going to be targeted to a very small and specific niche that is already served by other analytics tools (Google Analytics being a strong pick.) that offer a greater capability with no cost.
Dunno what you guys are talking about. DandyID is dead inside of 6 months. Their service is essentially a 'feature', not something you build a business around. And the service itself is even questionable.
I think DandyID is a great service when it comes to tracking your social presence on the Internet. However, paying $4.99 a month to send messages to people who are not my contacts, get RSS updates, and stats/SEO enhancements seems ridiculous. The pro accounts would be a bit more appealing if the pricing was different.
RESPEEEKKK! Nice article. If anyone reading this hasn't checked this thing out you need to - It's awesome. AND it looks awesome (especially recently) Holler.
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