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There's nothing real-time about it. The data (http://hawttrends.appspot.com/api/terms/ http://hawttrends.appspot.com/api/terms/) is pulled from Google Trends, b

by ekr 13y ago

There's nothing real-time about it. The data (http://hawttrends.appspot.com/api/terms/ http://hawttrends.appspot.com/api/terms/) is pulled from Google Trends, but it's certainly not real-time, more like hourly updated.

tunnuz 13y ago
Yet it's a pretty awesome way to get a snapshot of the trending topics of the day.
aniketh 13y ago
And it looks like everyone in India is searching for only a few terms continuously : http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends/visualize?nrow=5&ncol=5&pn=p3 http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends/visualize?nrow=5&ncol...
snorkel 13y ago
I figured as since most people don't type in Title Case.
- bobsoap 13y ago
  Whether it's real time or not doesn't have anything to do with the letter case.
  - dsl 13y ago
    Real time implies natural searches as entered by users. These have been normalized.
    - TeMPOraL 13y ago
      Well, what stops them from displaying String.titleCase(fetchRealSearchQuery()) ? ;).
- pitchups 13y ago
  Actually you will be surprised by how many do type in Title Case. I have seen many non-techies do that. I have also noticed they do this in almost every movie and TV show, when someone is using a search engine.
  - pseut 13y ago
    That may be, for lack of a better word, muscle memory/reflex for some people. I found out last semester, when I wrote out lecture notes on an ipad that there are many words I literally forgot how to spell. I can type them, and I can write them with a pen, but writing with a stylus is different enough that it took several seconds of concentration before I could write it down. I wouldn't be surprised if there are words or phrases at I always capitalize.