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

[Bill Baxter]

Kyle Furlong wrote:
> 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.
> 
> http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/topic.py?topic=10470&hl=en

"""
Web History helps deliver more personalized search results based on what 
you've searched for and which sites you've visited.
"""

Oh... ok so my experience with D popping up a lot in search results may 
be very atypical then.

--bb