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Smiley vs. smiley

For my first WebGrepper request, I wanted to pick something universal, yet difficult to "grep" as these characters inevitably end up having special meaning and involve complex escape codes - I'm especially interested in how well the Kannada letter used in the third example. This is fun! Thanks Blekko! You're the coolest.

grep pattern	Number of Urls	Number of Domains
:-) -the classic sideways smiley	34,054,370	1,581,904
^_^ -upright smiley, more popular in Asia	3,712,131	321,683
ಠ_ಠ -the look of disapproval	67,865	11,687

List of top 100 domains in rank order:

:-)
(the classic sideways smiley)

URL	Site Rank
1. twitter.com	23,048
2. www.adobe.com	17,911
3. www.youtube.com	17,228
4. www.facebook.com	16,071
5. www.microsoft.com	15,371
6. maps.google.com	15,232
7. www.google.com	14,530
8. en.wikipedia.org	14,034
9. www.amazon.com	11,080
10. www.myspace.com	11,069
11. sourceforge.net	11,059
12. www.apple.com	10,675
13. validator.w3.org	10,402
14. www.flickr.com	10,297
15. www.addthis.com	9,794
16. vimeo.com	9,210
17. www.linkedin.com	8,716
18. creativecommons.org	8,492
19. www.geocities.com	8,149
20. www.nytimes.com	7,833
21. news.bbc.co.uk	7,691
22. www.imdb.com	7,651
23. sites.google.com	7,643
24. wordpress.org	7,614
25. www.bbc.co.uk	7,330
26. www.w3.org	7,156
27. picasaweb.google.com	7,155
28. www.guardian.co.uk	7,134
29. itunes.apple.com	6,929
30. www.cnn.com	6,918
31. www.gnu.org	6,766
32. www.wunderground.com	6,724
33. www.pbs.org	6,600
34. www.surveymonkey.com	6,567
35. www.usatoday.com	6,418
36. www.cdc.gov	6,417
37. feeds.feedburner.com	6,374
38. www.washingtonpost.com	6,083
39. bit.ly	5,986
40. www.paypal.com	5,942
41. online.wsj.com	5,909
42. groups.yahoo.com	5,839
43. ec.europa.eu	5,814
44. www.epa.gov	5,592
45. twitpic.com	5,558
46. www.mozilla.org	5,554
47. www.ibm.com	5,546
48. code.google.com	5,535
49. github.com	5,511
50. www.whitehouse.gov	5,472
51. www.wired.com	5,472
52. mashable.com	5,356
53. www.telegraph.co.uk	5,328
54. www.slideshare.net	5,315
55. digg.com	5,289
56. www.time.com	5,285
57. www.reuters.com	5,235
58. www.scribd.com	5,224
59. www.npr.org	5,154
60. www.weather.com	5,105
61. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov	5,079
62. www.cisco.com	5,035
63. www.amazon.co.uk	5,035
64. slashdot.org	5,032
65. www.nasa.gov	4,991
66. www.un.org	4,991
67. www.bloomberg.com	4,987
68. openoffice.org	4,984
69. issuu.com	4,952
70. www.forbes.com	4,928
71. technorati.com	4,905
72. www.angelfire.com	4,860
73. www.businessweek.com	4,776
74. groups.google.com	4,751
75. abcnews.go.com	4,751
76. www.blogger.com	4,730
77. www.freewebs.com	4,727
78. www.msnbc.msn.com	4,722
79. www.php.net	4,673
80. spreadsheets.google.com	4,663
81. www.mozilla.com	4,649
82. www.foxnews.com	4,557
83. members.tripod.com	4,519
84. www.apache.org	4,489
85. drupal.org	4,484
86. office.microsoft.com	4,480
87. www.latimes.com	4,424
88. java.sun.com	4,416
89. msdn.microsoft.com	4,408
90. www.huffingtonpost.com	4,378
91. yfrog.com	4,320
92. web.mit.edu	4,311
93. soundcloud.com	4,298
94. www.boston.com	4,282
95. europa.eu	4,280
96. support.microsoft.com	4,277
97. www.loc.gov	4,270
98. video.google.com	4,264
99. news.yahoo.com	4,254
100. arstechnica.com	4,229

^_^
(upright smiley, more popular in Asia)

URL	Site Rank
1. twitter.com	23,048
2. www.adobe.com	17,911
3. www.youtube.com	17,228
4. www.facebook.com	16,071
5. www.google.com	14,530
6. maps.google.com	14,371
7. en.wikipedia.org	14,023
8. www.microsoft.com	12,820
9. www.amazon.com	11,077
10. www.myspace.com	11,069
11. sourceforge.net	11,059
12. www.flickr.com	10,188
13. www.addthis.com	9,788
14. vimeo.com	9,148
15. www.linkedin.com	8,714
16. creativecommons.org	8,492
17. www.imdb.com	7,651
18. sites.google.com	7,628
19. wordpress.org	7,614
20. news.bbc.co.uk	7,595
21. www.bbc.co.uk	7,329
22. www.w3.org	7,156
23. www.guardian.co.uk	7,133
24. picasaweb.google.com	6,996
25. www.cnn.com	6,918
26. itunes.apple.com	6,914
27. www.gnu.org	6,753
28. www.wunderground.com	6,723
29. www.pbs.org	6,600
30. www.usatoday.com	6,418
31. feeds.feedburner.com	6,359
32. www.surveymonkey.com	6,344
33. groups.yahoo.com	5,838
34. github.com	5,511
35. www.wired.com	5,472
36. www.slideshare.net	5,314
37. twitpic.com	5,300
38. mashable.com	5,293
39. digg.com	5,289
40. www.reuters.com	5,235
41. www.scribd.com	5,224
42. code.google.com	4,998
43. www.amazon.co.uk	4,972
44. issuu.com	4,952
45. www.telegraph.co.uk	4,926
46. ec.europa.eu	4,916
47. technorati.com	4,905
48. www.time.com	4,904
49. www.angelfire.com	4,860
50. www.businessweek.com	4,776
51. groups.google.com	4,751
52. www.freewebs.com	4,732
53. www.blogger.com	4,730
54. www.msnbc.msn.com	4,568
55. members.tripod.com	4,519
56. www.foxnews.com	4,433
57. msdn.microsoft.com	4,408
58. www.huffingtonpost.com	4,369
59. spreadsheets.google.com	4,353
60. www.npr.org	4,341
61. www.php.net	4,334
62. web.mit.edu	4,311
63. soundcloud.com	4,298
64. www.boston.com	4,281
65. www.latimes.com	4,277
66. news.yahoo.com	4,239
67. arstechnica.com	4,229
68. photobucket.com	4,125
69. slashdot.org	4,097
70. www.vimeo.com	4,082
71. www.archive.org	4,078
72. www.sfgate.com	4,027
73. homepage.mac.com	4,017
74. gizmodo.com	3,998
75. apps.facebook.com	3,969
76. www.cbsnews.com	3,954
77. chronicle.com	3,909
78. pbskids.org	3,894
79. docs.google.com	3,882
80. news.cnet.com	3,882
81. web.mac.com	3,823
82. addons.mozilla.org	3,815
83. www.economist.com	3,815
84. www.last.fm	3,808
85. php.net	3,778
86. www.lulu.com	3,763
87. finance.yahoo.com	3,760
88. www.cafepress.com	3,699
89. www.epa.gov	3,685
90. www.etsy.com	3,678
91. www.engadget.com	3,659
92. money.cnn.com	3,612
93. www.fda.gov	3,594
94. home.earthlink.net	3,592
95. yfrog.com	3,578
96. www.dailymotion.com	3,562
97. www.pcworld.com	3,553
98. www.amazon.de	3,545
99. www.symantec.com	3,508
100. earth.google.com	3,499

ಠ_ಠ
(the look of disapproval)

URL	Site Rank
1. twitter.com	23,040
2. www.youtube.com	16,681
3. en.wikipedia.org	14,023
4. www.google.com	12,714
5. www.myspace.com	11,069
6. www.flickr.com	10,187
7. www.linkedin.com	8,711
8. www.amazon.com	8,601
9. vimeo.com	8,189
10. sites.google.com	7,628
11. itunes.apple.com	6,903
12. feeds.feedburner.com	6,333
13. www.usatoday.com	6,270
14. www.guardian.co.uk	6,261
15. github.com	5,511
16. www.wired.com	5,472
17. twitpic.com	5,300
18. digg.com	5,255
19. www.reuters.com	5,235
20. www.slideshare.net	5,089
21. www.scribd.com	5,041
22. mashable.com	4,982
23. groups.google.com	4,746
24. www.blogger.com	4,562
25. www.huffingtonpost.com	4,368
26. arstechnica.com	4,229
27. news.yahoo.com	4,193
28. soundcloud.com	4,193
29. code.google.com	4,158
30. gizmodo.com	3,998
31. www.last.fm	3,805
32. www.economist.com	3,721
33. www.engadget.com	3,659
34. technorati.com	3,602
35. www.etsy.com	3,597
36. lifehacker.com	3,327
37. gawker.com	3,216
38. www.answers.com	3,102
39. www.businessinsider.com	2,931
40. www.livejournal.com	2,792
41. www.boingboing.net	2,619
42. kotaku.com	2,575
43. www.urbandictionary.com	2,514
44. friendfeed.com	2,473
45. blogs.wsj.com	2,359
46. stackoverflow.com	2,314
47. scienceblogs.com	2,293
48. boingboing.net	2,238
49. voices.washingtonpost.com	2,200
50. feeds2.feedburner.com	2,136
51. www.nj.com	2,098
52. www.reddit.com	2,057
53. perezhilton.com	2,000
54. www.metacafe.com	1,961
55. current.com	1,951
56. io9.com	1,935
57. consumerist.com	1,919
58. getsatisfaction.com	1,904
59. www.vimeo.com	1,891
60. en.wiktionary.org	1,860
61. community.livejournal.com	1,847
62. reason.com	1,835
63. www.zazzle.com	1,832
64. www.popsci.com	1,804
65. www.newsday.com	1,731
66. plixi.com	1,722
67. icanhascheezburger.com	1,703
68. www.goodreads.com	1,669
69. www.nola.com	1,636
70. sports.yahoo.com	1,635
71. answers.yahoo.com	1,604
72. www.viddler.com	1,596
73. vodpod.com	1,588
74. imgur.com	1,568
75. identi.ca	1,566
76. www.wikihow.com	1,549
77. jalopnik.com	1,539
78. www.tuaw.com	1,516
79. www.tomshardware.com	1,512
80. userscripts.org	1,509
81. www.icq.com	1,502
82. www.ipetitions.com	1,501
83. www.joystiq.com	1,483
84. www.dailykos.com	1,456
85. failblog.org	1,454
86. steamcommunity.com	1,451
87. www.discogs.com	1,442
88. timesofindia.indiatimes.com	1,441
89. www.nme.com	1,438
90. gothamist.com	1,406
91. www.crunchgear.com	1,404
92. www.tumblr.com	1,404
93. jezebel.com	1,366
94. www.bebo.com	1,349
95. www.buzzfeed.com	1,337
96. www.theinquirer.net	1,328
97. blogs.discovermagazine.com	1,318
98. www.newsvine.com	1,311
99. hotair.com	1,304
100. www.cracked.com	1,280

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