Google quietly added a trending topics section to Google+ last night which comes up when you do a search on the Google+ network. Google+'s new “Trends” sectioncan be seen on the right-hand side of the user profile, and instantly lists the top 10 items under heavy discussion like “Kansas City Chiefs” and “Intel Corporation,” for example. This addition was first seen by а number of people who posted the same evening about the find. Suggestions have been made that “Trends” appears next to the homepage’s main stream, where the added feature would be more obvious. Sounds like a good idea, but for now that space is used to prompt users to add more friends via “Suggestions” and “Send Invitations.” This holds great possibilities for future integration into Google Search. Earlier this month, the company announced a change to its algorithm (the “freshness” update) which impacted 35% of searches. The update’s goal was to better highlight more current content, including things like recent events, hot topics, reviews and breaking news items. The increased focus on more recent content seemed to almost forgo the need for a specific “real-time” search vertical, like the one that Google made in July when its contract with Twitter expired. At the time, the company said it would re-open Google.com/realtime with Google+ search results in the future. The introduction of Google+ Trends could certainly be the first step towards that. Go google go! Credits to original TechCrunch article here :

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