Me.dium has no where near Google’s query volume either, but its users vet half billion web pages a month. This technique lends itself very well to trend type data.

I would argue Me.dium could do as good, if not a better job than Google at predicting trends.

The feedback has been great since launch – crowd powered search is definitely something the people need and we’re busting our butts to bring you organic “hot” results. Let people tell you what’s interesting, not corporations and ad $$!

What’s really unique is that as the interest of the crowds change, so do your Me.dium search results so we’re creating a new lens based on what’s going on now. e.g. do a search for John Edwards on Google or Cuil, and you get johnedwards.com and wiki/johnedwards. Do the same search on Me.dium and you learn that today people care about his love child, pictures of his mistress, etc.

The difference is real-time (what people are browsing now) vs. historical (what they browsed in the past). Social vs. Old School. Check it out and let us know your thoughts. http://me.dium.com/search.