What's Hot Online

Is it important for you to stay informed of daily news? Do you try to always be up-to-date with what people are talking about throughout the world?

If "yes" is the answer to both of the questions, then today's post on what's hot online and how to spot internet hot trends is right for you!

  • Google Blogsearch [Broken URL Removed] that was turned into a meme tracker only a few months ago tracks memes throughout all topics and naturally has the biggest index to check.
  • Megite separates memes into categories (technology, entertainment, business, science, etc) and often publishes completely irrelevant memes in each.
  • [NO LONGER WORKS] Techmeme is the most popular technology meme tracker which is known to be the fastest to catch hot tech news.
meme tracker - what's hot on the web
  • Technorati Popular gives the list of top searches and top blogs (that have become hot in the past 48 hours).
  • BlogPulse key phrases allows for a "trend this" option that graphically represents the hot trend history.
  • Yahoo Buzz. Besides giving a list of the most popular terms, the service reveals the daily buzz score (i.e. "the percentage of Yahoo! users searching for that subject multiplied by a constant to make the number easier to read") and the move (i.e. how fast this has become popular).
  • Google hottest trends gives a huge list of the most popular search terms. The best thing about the service is that it is constantly updated throughout the day.
  • MSN A-list lists daily popular headlines, top videos and movies and even most searched people and sport stories.
  • Aol.com hot searches shows you its "hot searches" of the previous day. They also add their own commentary to each search term explaining what the buzz is about.
  • Top Ask.com updates you on the most popular terms in general search, news search and even on most searched movies (past week). It will also show you top advancing searches (those that are the fastest to get popular).
what's hot on the web right now
  • [NO LONGER WORKS] Tweet Meme, as the domain name suggests, tracks and displays Twitter memes in a handy threaded style.
  • Twit Scoop shows "what's hot right now" in the form of a tag cloud and the "Hot trends" list.
  • TwittUrly [NO LONGER AVAILABLE] displays hottest memes in a Digg-like style (where Tweets = Votes).
  • Amazon tag cloud shows which tags Amazon customers use to classify products.
  • EBay pulse displays popular eBay searches.

Have I missed anything? Please add your method of spotting popular internet trends!