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[frik]

A bit off-topic, I would like to view the hype-trend of programming languages on Google Trends. The new Google Trends interface allows one to search for "Ruby" the programming language and not Ruby the mineral.

Google Trends - programming languages:

http://www.google.com/trends/explore?hl=en-US&q=/m/060kv,+/m...

But I have troubles with Python, as the search suggestions show me Python molurus, Monty Python, Python reticulatus, Burmese python but sadly "Python" the language is missing. Maybe someone found a solution how to input Python (the language).

[frik → frik]

I got a good trend chart by using the category-filter:

http://www.google.com/trends/explore?hl=en-US&q=/#cat=0-5&q=...

Btw. when I input "Python programming language", I get Java and C++ as suggestions... funny as Google itself uses Python ;)

[romanovcode → frik]

> I get Java and C++ as suggestions... funny as Google itself uses Python ;)

I don't see anything funny here. They use C++ as well and they definitely use Java a lot more than Python.

[frik → romanovcode]

Screenshot: http://s18.postimg.org/yl55zwebd/gootrend.png

It's a Google Trends bug, Python (albeit heavily used within Google) is not recognized as programming language.

[route66 → frik]

When I search for "Scala" the programming language in that interface, I still get the majority of the results from Italy, specifically the region of Milan (and the Teatro alla Scala). Might be, because "making a program" is an activity in music too, and google is unable to filter that?