New Herdict Features: The Time Graph

This week, we’re spotlighting some of the new features of Herdict 2.0. Each day, expect an exploration of our new visualization tools, combined with interesting data.

Today, we’ll look at the time graph. This is the default graph, which shows reports by time for all countries, URLs and types of reports.

These are all the reports Herdict has received since it began, but let’s dive in a little deeper. You can change the time interval that the graph shows. By selecting the “week” calender icon, all the way to right, we can see reports aggregated by week.

We can also focus on just one country. By selecting the country drop down (the one in the middle), and scrolling down, we pick Egypt. (Note:  the first ten countries in the drop down are the most reported for this timeframe.)

Here, we can see not only when reports came in, but also the top reported URLs and from which ISPs the reports are coming.

But wait, there’s more! By dragging the handles on the mini-timeline above the scrollbar, you can narrow down on a specific moment in time. You can also type in the dates you are looking for into the date dropdown menu (the first one on the left). Here we’ve narrowed our Egypt timeline down to the month of January.

You can get even more specific, by adding a URL. Go to the third dropdown menu from the left and type in www.facebook.com. Here’s Egyptian reports for facebook.com for January 2011.

Finally, you can compare two different sites over the same country and time period. Here’s a comparison of Facebook and Twitter for January in Egypt.

You can link to the specific graph you made by using the URL that appears at the top of the screen. Also, you can print, download, tweet, facebook or share via RSS using the buttons on the right hand side of the toolbar.

And that’s the timeline feature- full of endless options for customizing your Herdict view. Play around here and leave us your creations in the comments!