Everybody wants to be the authority on what's popular on the Internet. In fact, many companies are trying to make money off of it. Maybe compiling a list of lists is a good place to start. But check out the buzz aggregator for a hint of what comes next. Perhaps some day online discussions can be genuinely relevant.

Some interesting buzz wrap-ups from the Times: The Growing Web and For Your Information; and from Yahoo and Google (discussed, in turn, by The Global and Mail). (Maybe I should just make a blog for this breaking buzz news, huh?).

Related reading:


blogs

based on blogrolls
BlogStreet: Top 100

based on favorites
blo.gs most watched blogs

based on links
blogging ecosystem
Top 100
ecosystem weblog counts

based on subscriptions
Bloglines Most Popular Blogs

based on voting
BlogHop top blogs

based on XFN
XFN Top 10 List

books

based on blog links
Technorati BookTalk
onfocus.com Weblog BookWatch
BlogStreet: Top books
All Consuming

based on sales
Amazon.com Top 100 Bestsellers

concepts

based on search engine searches
Yahoo! Concept Discover

counties

based on news coverage
Global Attention Profiles

files

based on downloads
MSDN Top Downloads

games

based on blog links
1up Buzzometer

media

based on blog links
onfocus.com Weblog MediaWatch

meetups

based on registration
Meetup.com Top Topics

multimedia

based on search engine searches
Altavista multimedia search

music

based on listening
Audioscrobbler Charts

based on radio play and sales
Billboard Charts

news

based on blog links
BlogRunner Popular Articles
blogosphere.us trends

based on email
Top 25 Most E-mailed Articles
Yahoo! News Most Popular

based on links
NewsIsFree Popular News

based on page views
MSN Newsbot

based on saving
Clickability Savethis Most Popular

newsgroups

based on posts
MSR Netscan
Newsadmin.com Top 100

people

based on blog links
BlogPulse Key People

phrases

based on blog links
BlogPulse Key Phrases

posters

based on sales
Art.com Top 100

products

based on search engine searches
PCWorld Most Populars

based on wedding registry
Target.com top registry items

RSS

based on downloads
myRSS Top Channels

based on subscriptions
Feedster Top 100
Radio Most-Subscribed-To RSS Feeds

technology trends

based on various
Cnet Buzz Report

various

based on sales
Yahoo Shopping
Amazon.com Top Sellers
Amazon.com Movers & Shakers

web pages

based on blog links
Blogdex
Daypop
Popdex
Breaking Blogs
BlogPulse Top Links
Bloogz popularity index

based on bookmarking
del.icio.us popular

based on browsing
Alexa Top 500

based on links
Memufacture

based on search engine searches
Metacrawler Metaspy
Google Zeitgeist
Yahoo! Buzz Index
MSN Search Insider
Lycos Top 50
Ask Jeeves Peek
Jeeves IQ
Disturbing Search Requests
Galaxy Voyeur
AllTheWeb Recent Queries
Kanoodle Search Spy

words

based on blog links
Daypop Word Bursts
Waypath Buzz Maker

based on page views
Word Spy Top 100 Words

based on search engine searches
WordTracker Top Words

based on web pages
Recall

Email me if you have any suggestions.

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