I’ve noticed something over the years. When I blog about things that just happen to be trending, my traffic soars, especially on those occasions when my article somehow winds up on the front of Google’s blog search or another similar site. Blogging about trending topics doesn’t necessarily fit every niche, but it fits most in one way or another. Here are five ways to do it…

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I just read an article at Mashable about how a guy with a cell phone broke the news of the San Francisco Bridge being shut down after pieces of the bridge fell, using Twitter and Twitpic. It’s a different world! The same happened when the plane landed in the Hudson River in New York – Twitter, on the scene!

Why are Mashable, ReadWriteWeb, and TechCrunch such popular sites for social medialites and tech junkies? Because they all have an uncanny knack for capturing the news which is truly breaking. Then the rest of us sponge off of them for our second minute content.

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