13 September 2011: We are upgrading our services and this may impact on use of the VOSON software. Please contact us if you are having problems. Also, please see below for important information on accessing the VOSON software.

We provide software and consulting services to help you track, measure and understand the online social and organisational networks that are important to you. We specialise in the quantitative analysis of inter-organisational hyperlink networks and the blogosphere.

VOSON System

The VOSON System is web-based software for the collection and analysis of hyperlink networks. It incorporates web mining, data visualization, and social network analysis (SNA).
VOSON+NodeXL

The VOSON Data Provider for NodeXL allows VOSON account holders to access VOSON System functionality (data collection and processing) from within NodeXL (a free template for Excel 2007/2010).
VOSON 2 degree

NodeXL visualization of the VOSON 2 degree hyperlink network created by crawling http://voson.anu.edu.au plus 15 additional seed sites that link to it
VOSON SNA hyperlink network

Filtered NodeXL visualization of seed sites focused on "social network analysis" plus important sites (sites with degree greater than or equal to two). The favicon (where available) is displayed for the seeds, while red discs are used to represent non-seed sites.
VOSON SNA hyperlink network - 2

Filtered NodeXL visualization of network of sites focused on "social network analysis", using the favicon (where available) for the graph vertex.

Online social and organisational networks are built by humans and this simple (but often forgotten) fact is reflected in our approach for creating business intelligence from these networks. We use a unique combination of methods and associated technologies drawn from the social, information and computer sciences, allowing us to provide valuable insights into the interaction of consumers, brands and businesses in the networked economy.

If you would like to use a free trial version of our software, please apply for an account.

13 September: User accounts from the VOSON project website (http://voson.anu.edu.au) at the Australian National University have been moved here. If you had an account on the VOSON site, you can login here with the same username and password. However, please note that for the time being, you will continue to access the VOSON software services hosted by the ANU (VOSON@ANU). So, during this transition period you need to know what VOSON service you have access to (either VOSON@ANU or VOSON@Uberlink). If you are confused as to which service you can access, look at the bottom of your profile on this site.

As a registered user you can:

User login

Software releases

  • November 2011: Netbadges social media badging service launched. more

  • November 2011: VOSON training sessions successfully run at Northwestern University and University of Manchester. more

  • September 2011: VOSON System User Forum and VOSON+NodeXL User Forum are launched.

  • August 2011: Uberlink is now a participant in the Australian eGovernment Cluster. more

  • August 2011: Uberlink featured as "an Australian ICT company to watch" in the Rust Report. more

  • July 2011: New accounting system helps VOSON users to monitor their use of the VOSON web crawler. more

  • June 2011: The VOSON System now supports unicode! more

  • June 2011: Dr Jamsheed Shorish joins Uberlink as Chief Technology Officer! more

  • January 2011: New VOSON+NodeXL training videos are available!

  • January 2011: VOSON+NodeXL tutorial in Korean! more