-
Website
http://www.monien.net/blog -
Original page
http://www.monien.net/blog/index.php/2008/10/delphi-back-in-top-ten/ -
Subscribe
All Comments -
Community
-
Top Commenters
-
djuro
1 comment · 1 points
-
iheinacher
1 comment · 1 points
-
cornerskir
1 comment · 1 points
-
claudio68
1 comment · 1 points
-
sgingter
2 comments · 1 points
-
-
Popular Threads
http://www.flickdotnet.de/index.php/2008/09/del...
It's definitely on Delphi Programming, but it won't be counted, as it misses the phrase ....
You should add Delphi Programming to your page because Delphi is also a large Automotive conglomerate that has a lot of web pages and also is a place in Greece.
Probably TIOBE collection method cannot make the distinction easily.
It looks all pretty with these 4 green arrows, but you could have green arrows while actual losing overall percentage of market. This would happen when the place(s) directly above Delphi just loses more. So for Tiobe only read the ratings and delta column, and indeed this month it look fine.
Olaf, I have followed your idea and tried the search on some more sites. First column is searching for "delphi programming", second is just searching for delphi.
delphibasics.co.uk 2 1550
delphi.wikia.com 17 5660
delphi-treff.de 6 20100
nldelphi.com 19 8020
developpez.com 0 14300
So even if delphibasics have more than 1000 pages on Delphi programming it counts very little. Also notice the French site developpez which is a general programming site but writes a fair amount about Delphi will not be counted in. That show that the stats are skewed towards the programming languages position in English speaking markets, e.g. US, where Delphi never have been a strong player and hence end up with a lower score.
Until Tiobe fix up their flawed data collection methods, the best one can do is understand how limited this stat is and follow Olaf's advice to avoid that your Delphi site is not counted.
Did you notice in the October Newsflash at the TIOBE site:
"Some languages such as Delphi have extreme low scores for Google blogs. This will be figured out a next time. "
We may be in for yet another bit of a boost.