Do you ever wonder why there is always a blogger or a website that is always one step ahead of the news? Have you noticed that some everyone has a friend who is always in the know?

Don’t be frustrated. I’ll show you how to do that.  

Ever wonder how they do that? It’s really more of a skill than intuition. Though being Radar O’Reilly from M.A.S.H. is also quite helpful. Here are a couple of websites to watch live trends on the internet.

• Trendrite
• Google Trends

So, looking for a quick way to grab cheap traffic to your blog? Simply write about something in the top 5 every day and you’ll draw bucketloads of traffic. It may not be the type of traffic you are looking for… but it is a simple way to attract traffic.

That’s just for news trends. There are a myriads of trend watching websites that cover things like music, clothing, colors, and pretty much anything else the media cares about. So if you are blogging in a category you would be wise to figure out which website to bookmark. If nothing else, trend watching is fascinating.