Trending news stories is nothing new. All the major online news sources have a "most read" section, sites like Digg run entirely on the whims of the crowd, as does Twitter. However the fact that the Guardian is experimenting is worth a mention. Their new
"Zeitgeist" section visualizes the most popular stories of the day, colour coding them depending on their genre. It also seems to be doing some clever things with how it chooses the stories; taking into account popularity of articles in that section, links and comments.
At the moment it seems less advanced than
Newsmap, which has been around for a while, but we are excited about the possibilities. We also trust the Guardian to create something innovative, after being impressed with their Iphone app and
data visualization. If traditional news sources are going to survive they need to start looking at the Guardian and New York Times for tips.
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