24. A system for tracking message activity levels in a plurality of electronic discussion forums, comprising: a database storing a series of topics, wherein each of the electronic discussion forums is associated with a topic from the series of topics; a computer implemented message collector for collecting messages from the plurality of electronic discussion forums; and a computer including a message categorizer for computing numerical relevance scores of the messages, wherein at least one numerical relevance score is computed based on the associated topic for a source forum of a collected message and wherein the numerical relevance scores are determined based on a set of rules, the rules having a plurality of conditions defining information relevant to the series of topics and having an associated weighting to indicate the strength a particular condition should have in determining the relevance of the messages with respect to the series of topics; and a computer implemented report generator for generating a report on the associated topic reflecting, at least indirectly, the numerical relevance scores; wherein the at least one numerical relevance score rates the relevance of the collected message to the topic on a numerical scale; wherein at least one of the message collector or the message categorizer is adapted to extract a pseudonym author of the collected message to track a plurality of pseudonyms; wherein at least one of the message collector or the message categorizer is adapted to compute a numerical influence score for the extracted pseudonym author, and wherein the influence score rates the influence of the extracted pseudonym author on a numerical scale, and the report at least indirectly reflects the numerical influence score; and wherein at least one of the message collector and the message categorizer is adapted to compute a numerical buzz score for a topic or group of topics from the series of topics, and the report at least indirectly reflects the numerical buzz score.
24. A system for tracking message activity levels in a plurality of electronic discussion forums, comprising: a database storing a series of topics, wherein each of the electronic discussion forums is associated with a topic from the series of topics; a computer implemented message collector for collecting messages from the plurality of electronic discussion forums; and a computer including a message categorizer for computing numerical relevance scores of the messages, wherein at least one numerical relevance score is computed based on the associated topic for a source forum of a collected message and wherein the numerical relevance scores are determined based on a set of rules, the rules having a plurality of conditions defining information relevant to the series of topics and having an associated weighting to indicate the strength a particular condition should have in determining the relevance of the messages with respect to the series of topics; and a computer implemented report generator for generating a report on the associated topic reflecting, at least indirectly, the numerical relevance scores; wherein the at least one numerical relevance score rates the relevance of the collected message to the topic on a numerical scale; wherein at least one of the message collector or the message categorizer is adapted to extract a pseudonym author of the collected message to track a plurality of pseudonyms; wherein at least one of the message collector or the message categorizer is adapted to compute a numerical influence score for the extracted pseudonym author, and wherein the influence score rates the influence of the extracted pseudonym author on a numerical scale, and the report at least indirectly reflects the numerical influence score; and wherein at least one of the message collector and the message categorizer is adapted to compute a numerical buzz score for a topic or group of topics from the series of topics, and the report at least indirectly reflects the numerical buzz score. 30. The system of claim 24 , wherein at least one of the message collector or the message categorizer is adapted to compute a numerical reputation score for the extracted pseudonym author, and wherein the reputation score rates the extracted pseudonym author's reputation on a numerical scale, and the report at least indirectly reflects the numerical reputation score.