Search Trends and Hot Topic Hit Lists
Millions searches are going on right now from Google to Bing and everything in between. If only we knew what they were searching for, we could increase traffic to get the best impact with every article or blog post. Several major search engines provide a way to look at the search stream to find the most popular search topics, keywords and or tags. Here are a several resources that will help you increase your search rank along the way.
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Weekly updated hot search lists. - Dogpile SearchSpy
Up to the minute search information. - Google Trends
Hottest 100 searches on Google. - Google Insights for Search
Compare search terms against each other for a better keyword effect. - Google Trends for Websites
Google Trends for website traffic data. Type in a website address to see visitors by region and related sites visited. - Google Hot Trends
The top 100 fastest-rising search queries right now (U.S. only). Updates throughout the day. - The Lycos 50
Top searches at Lycos each week. - Yahoo Buzz Index
Hourly update of the top searches throughout Yahoo.
Additional Resources:
- Yahoo Keyword Selector Tool
Advertise your business in search results on Yahoo! and other popular sites. - Google Adwords Keyword Tool
Use the Keyword Tool to get new keyword ideas. - dWoz Search Phrase Lists
Compiled lists of keywords and search phrases, sometimes with commentaries and ternds. - Search Engine Watch
Great resource for all things search engine.

GREAT sites for good information. Thanks so much for gathering them up for us to use
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thanks for the lists. I always using google but I never know about another list
That’s a great list. If I could remember to check it BEFORE I write a blog post I could probably stick a couple of the most searched for words in the post somehow and then get more traffic.
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