Actually Google Trends is a great measurement tool. You just have to know how to use it and understand what the measurements actually are ;-) Checkout these t

Actually Google Trends is a great measurement tool. You just have to know how to use it and understand what the measurements actually are ;-) Checkout these two instead.... http://www.google.com/trends?q=python+scripting%2C+perl+scripting%2C+ruby+scripting&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0 http://www.google.com/trends?q=python+scripting%2C+perl+scri... http://www.google.com/trends?q=python+programming%2C+perl+programming%2C+ruby+programming&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0 http://www.google.com/trends?q=python+programming%2C+perl+pr... In fact all languages have declined. Which isn't surprising because Google Trends is just showing you the frequency of these search terms used over time. There is a lot more things to search for now on the web compared to 2004!