Trendwatcher is back!

After a month of not-updating i've finally got around to fixing up trendwatcher, the free service that graphs the google-search result numbers for any term/phrase/keyword set, trendwatcher has been around since 2004, some interesting items it has captured the growth of -

• Youtube - just 39,000 hits were returned in google if you searched for "youtube" in March 2005, however now it returns just over 175 million, not bad for 14 months growth!
• Blogging phenomenon - just 8.3 million hits in July 2004, now over 4.1 billion, not bad!

The growth of these terms are provided in a graph..

• XMLRPC client for updating trends - This script is executable over the web using the 'links' browser and python 2.4, it helps to break up the load of updating trends so google doesnt get hit from the same machine.
• AJAX search method for finding and adding new trends, see the entry box on the left hand side of the page
• An open, wiki style way of adding new trends, just search for it, if it doesnt exist, it will be added, no registration required