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I saw a news report yesterday talking about Google Trends, and how you can see what countries and cities search for particular terms the most. I thought it would be fun to find out what countries/cities rank highest for some ColdFusion related terms:ColdFusion:

Regions
1. United States
2. India
3. Australia
4. Canada
5. Switzerland

Cities
1. Washington, DC
2. Denver, CO
3. San Francisco, CA
4. Atlanta, GA
5. New York, NY

ColdFusion is popular in Switzerland? Never new that…BlueDragon:

Regions
1. Hungary
2. Finland
3. Thailand
4. Japan
5. Italy

Cities
1. Szolnok, Hungary
2. Debrecen, Hungary
3. Szeged, Hungary
4. Torokbalint, Hungary
5. Budapest, Hungary

Apparently those Hungarians really love BlueDragon!Adobe:

Regions
1. India
2. Australia
3. Chile
4. Austria
5. Poland

Cities
1. San Francisco, CA
2. Tokyo, Japan
3. Sydney, Australia
4. Toronto, Canada
5. Los Angeles, CA

Interesting that the US isn’t even in the top 10 for Adobe.CFEclipse:

Regions
1. Australia
2. United States
3. Switzerland
4. Canada
5. United Kingdom

Cities
1. Washington, DC
2. Sydney, Australia
3. London, UK
4. New York, NY

Dreamweaver:

Regions
1. Thailand
2. Taiwan
3. China
4. Australia
5. Belgium

Cities
1. Bangkok, Thailand
2. Guangzhou, China
3. Beijing, China
4. Shanghai, China
5. London, UK

Apparently NOBODY in the United States likes Dreamweaver! 😉Object Oriented:

Regions
1. Pakistan
2. India
3. Malaysia
4. Philippines
5. Indonesia

Cities
1. Pune, India
2. Bangalore, India
3. Hyderabad, India
4. Chennai, India
5. Mumbai, India

A lot of these terms might return results for different things than we’re thinking about, but it’s interesting anyway. Do you have any ideas for other CF related terms to plug into Google Trends?