searchLogs.py

import re
import urllib

reg = '[\&|\?]q=(?P<terms>[^\?\&$]+)'

rx = re.compile(reg)

tests = [
    'http://www.evernote.com/about/kb/search?lang=en&q=test',
    'http://www.evernote.com/about/kb/search?q=foo+bar&lang=en',
    'http://www.evernote.com/about/kb/search?lang=en',
    'I AM A FAKE URL',
    'http://www.evernote.com'
        ]

results = {}

for t in tests:
    mo = rx.search(t)
    if(mo):
        terms = urllib.unquote(mo.group('terms'))
        if terms in results:
            results[terms] += 1
        else:
            results[terms] = 1

print results