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8 Sites that display Twitter Trends better

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Twitter is the most popular social networking web site most of the twitter users share their thoughts on Twitter. When more and more people share their thoughts or about an event on Twitter it becomes a hot trend on Twitter. Check these cool sites to know happenings and hot trends in the world of Twitter.

You can know what is happening around the world in real time by searching on these web sites. The best way to know the hot trends on Twitter is using officialTwitter search itself. In your Twitter page, you can find some of the hot trends in the sidebar just click on the trend to view the tweets related to that trend.

What the trend - In this site, you can find the top trends that are being discussed on Twitter. This site will attempt to search for repeated keywords in the tweets used by Twitter users and tries to give a reason why it is trendy. You can even edit the trend explanation and make other Twitter users know what exactly the trend is about.

NewsTrendz – This site brings all the latest tweets that are being made on a selected trend. Not only from the Twitter web site but also see the news on the selected keyword from various other sites like Yahoo, Live, Google and Twitter. This also will display the hot trends and its ranking on various sites. It will attempt to tell you why this is hot or you know for yourself by reading the live tweets. It’s handy to know the latest happenings and hot topics people talk about.

Tweets.ws – This site lets you know about the hot topics which people are discussing. It tries to display tweets based on your location such that you are sure to know what is happening at your location. You may select a subject, browse news by trends or see trends by topic. Just type in the keyword and watch all the real time tweets on that topic. Be sure that you collect all the information about what is happening around you.

Current.fm brings all the top and latest trends around the world on to your desktop. This site will recognize the repeated keywords in the tweets and if the word repeats more time then it will recognize it has a hot trend and try to give related new topics on particular keyword. You can also see what top and hot trends are in the past 24-hour’s time. Unlike the live tweets, you can have complete and clear information about the topic.

Twitterfall – In this site, you can see real time tweets from the Twitter website on a selected topic or you can choose to see all the tweets related to the top trends. You can really manage the settings how the tweets show up and choose how many new live tweets to add to the list. You can also view tweets coming from a given location by placing a custom search.

#hashtags – in this site you can view the top trends on Twitter you may select right now, today, this week or this mouth to view the trends in that time period. After that click on a tag of your interest to view, live tweets, which people are talking about that hot topic. You can even view the top tags that people select on Twitter. For every topic or tag you view you can also see a graph by hovering pointer over the graph will tell you how many tweets are made in that period.

Tweetmeme - If you are looking for a site that displays the popular URLs posted on Twitter then try Tweetmeme. This site monitors Twitter web site and all the tweets in to for the URLs and counts how many times particular URLs have been tweeted on the site. The more times a URL is been tweeted the more popular it becomes. You can find the hot trends and URLs related to that trends and directly go on to the business by clicking on the URL. You can retweet the URL directly from this site by clicking on the retweet button that is present at the bottom of the URL count number.

Twitturly – This is another site to know the popular URLs that are been tweeted on Twitter website. The interface of this site very clear and allows you to view the active tweets that share a particular URL. You can view how many times a particular URL has been tweeted and you can even tweet the URL for yourself if you wish by clicking on the tweet it button that is present below of every tired.

Guest blogger Srikanth writes on Tech Inspiration blog about tips, gadgets, and technology. Check out his blog or Linkedin profile for more information.

Posted on July 31, 2009 in Twitter