Google top 1000 sites: Interesting stats about them

Google said that the list excludes, "adult sites, ad networks, domains that don't have publicly visible content or don't load properly, and certain Google sites".

See: http://www.google.com/support/adplanner/bin/answer.py?hl=en&...

Re: Google top 1000 sites: Interesting stats about them

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Post by rokhayakebe » Thu, Jun 03, 2010, 12:43 AM UTC

2- Programming language in use: PHP: 15.3% ASP.net: 14.4% Java: 1.6%

Re: Google top 1000 sites: Interesting stats about them

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Post by ShardPhoenix » Thu, Jun 03, 2010, 1:13 AM UTC

rokhayakebe wrote: post #5

2- Programming language in use: PHP: 15.3% ASP.net: 14.4% Java: 1.6%

How do they even tell, given that sites can avoid having .php/.asp/.jsp in their URLs if they want to?

Re: Google top 1000 sites: Interesting stats about them

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Post by rbranson » Thu, Jun 03, 2010, 1:13 AM UTC

How can they detect the programming language in use other than by looking at .php, .aspx, .jsp, etc? You won't see this on a most professionally-authored sites that use a router and RESTful URLs.

Re: Google top 1000 sites: Interesting stats about them

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Post by sorbus » Thu, Jun 03, 2010, 2:15 AM UTC

ShardPhoenix wrote: post #6

rokhayakebe wrote: post #5

2- Programming language in use: PHP: 15.3% ASP.net: 14.4% Java: 1.6%

How do they even tell, given that sites can avoid having .php/.asp/.jsp in their URLs if they want to?

Well, given that those stats add up to a lot less than 100%, one assumes that they cannot in most cases.

Re: Google top 1000 sites: Interesting stats about them

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Post by mscarborough » Thu, Jun 03, 2010, 3:29 AM UTC

rbranson wrote: post #7

How can they detect the programming language in use other than by looking at .php, .aspx, .jsp, etc? You won't see this on a most professionally-authored sites that use a router and RESTful URLs.

I believe via HTTP headers. Sometimes (or maybe by default?) PHP installs will add something PHP-specific to the Server: line. I remember having to go in and disable that at one point...

Re: Google top 1000 sites: Interesting stats about them

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Post by sucuri2 » Thu, Jun 03, 2010, 3:33 AM UTC

ShardPhoenix wrote: post #6

rokhayakebe wrote: post #5

2- Programming language in use: PHP: 15.3% ASP.net: 14.4% Java: 1.6%

How do they even tell, given that sites can avoid having .php/.asp/.jsp in their URLs if they want to?

We checked the extensions, the "Server:" option in the header and the "X-Powered-by" option. We tried our best:)