tiobe D remains at 14 but is losing ground for the second month

[Kyle Furlong]

Kyle Furlong wrote:
> Georg Wrede wrote:
>> Bill Baxter wrote:
>>> Georg Wrede wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bill Baxter wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Does google do that kind of per-user jiggering of rankings with all 
>>>>> that search history they hold onto?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'd be surprised if they do, but I'd welcome something like that. Maybe
>>>> this should be suggested to them? OTOH, searching from your office 
>>>> and home computers would then give different results (because 
>>>> statistically your search profiles would end up being different), 
>>>> which might be awkward for many people. (Imagine remembering 
>>>> something you found at the office, and then trying to find the same 
>>>> thing from home.)
>>>
>>>
>>> I was thinking more specifically of the case where you have a google 
>>> account and have it set up to log you in automatically.   The google 
>>> page I see usually has 'wbaxter at gmail.com' at the top.  For those of 
>>> us crazy enough to do that, google can watch our every step, and 
>>> could be using those steps to recommend other steps.
>>>
>>> I agree that it's very unlikely they do anything like that for 
>>> anonymous users.
>>
>> For account users, this would obviously be nice!
> 
> Its called "Web History" its on by default if you keep your google 
> account open.

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