Trendpedia - tracking trends on blogs

Just found a new resource for bloggers looking for content inspiration and who want to stay on top of the trends in their niche...Trendpedia.

This looks like a great site for finding out what's hot, what bloggers are writing about. You enter the keyword or search time you want to track and click the Search button.

The system works on your query and then pops up a graph showing you how many posts with your search term and provides a list of links to the blog posts. Very cool. Here's a sample search I did using the term running AND marathon:

This is a great way to find new bloggers who may be influencers in your niche; a great way to stay on top of what's going on, as well as to keep your content pipeline full of new ideas and other posts you can link to and share.

I'm always fascinated at how I find useful resources like this by following the rabbit trails. In this case, Michael Stelzner tweeted a link to an article called 13 Pragmatic Social Media Marketing Approaches.  Trendpedia was not mentioned in the article...it was mentioned in a comment on the post.  Another good reason to read and comment on other blogs in your niche!

Comments

[Eric Myers]

Good post. It is important to track our data an understand how your business interacts with clients to know what works and what doesn't. My company is all about tracing this interactions and doing whatever we can to engage and build relationships with our customers.

[Kevin Warhus]

Very cool website. I work for a digital marketing agency and am often advising my clients on what to blog about. I will definitely use this site as a resource for inspiration to help guide my clients. Thanks for sharing!