A couple of days back Technorati released a new widget that counts the number of links pointing at any given blog post.
It’s called the Link Count Widget.
So at the end of a post you’ll get a little link and logo like this:
This is useful in that it gives readers (and you) a quick way to track the conversation that bounces off your posts. I’m sure it’ll also stroke a few egos and conversely leave a few bloggers feeling a little left out by the lack of numbers that the widget reports.