November, 1 2011: As of today you can request complete opt-out of your Klout account! Login your Klout account —> profile settings —> if you would like to delete your account press here! Your account will be removed, note that will take up to 7 days to get removed from Klout API. It is recommended that you still revoke all access of Klout as well. It clearly shows that Klout is not disabling the accounts but, only masking the accounts with a landing page, which advises the user that his account was disabled. Klouts disabling is deceptive. MORE >>

Until this week, online influence rating service Klout failed to earn the respect of media influentials, which obviously is more than a little embarrassing. The Klout Controversy. Klout measures online influence via such actions as comments, likes, and shares, depending upon the respective social media channel. You can learn more about how your Klout score is calculated here. One inherent challenge for Klout is that not all measured actions carry the same weight. For The reason is that just like Google, Klout now favors content creators. MORE >>

Last week I wrote, “Klout Story Part 1 – Are you reading between the lines? ” , which concentrated on some of Klout’s privacy issues. Klout’s Marketing Manager, Ms. In her reply she said that Klout gathers public information to create a Klout profile and that they don't breach any privacy issue by doing so. ” This means that protected accounts cannot be read, ranked or categorized by third parties such as Klout. Are Klout’s statements accurate? Widikidiw – Klout. AA_DF – Klout. MORE >>

The tool that’s making the most rounds these days, it seems to me, is Klout. There have been blog posts ad nauseam by online influencers (and I don’t mean to use that term in a belittling way, so please don’t anyone take it that way) on online tools such as Klout. If you use HootSuite to manage your social platforms, every time you click on someone’s profile, you’re hit in the face with their Klout score. Now, I have no axe to grind with Klout. Klout does actually have real impact on people’s lives.&#. Who we are-are! MORE >>

A couple of months back, I wrote about online influence tool Klout , and their approach to how they build their membership (they use opt-out profiling, versus the more widely-used opt-in). The main concern I had was the fact it was so difficult to leave Klout if you didn’t want to be seen as endorsing their product. While the likes of Twitter, Facebook and Empire Avenue allow you to delete your account with one click, Klout has a bunch of hoops to go through – and even then, it would appear it doesn’t make much difference. Insights klout privacy MORE >>