standing by along the people vs standing by with the people

Some examples from the web:

• And to see all the people coming out to greet me and standing along the cliff tops and clapping and cheering, I just felt like a movie star.
• It is essential that the people of Egypt should know that we are standing by them.
• Somewhere along the line, I started hurting the people closest to me.
• The people living along the transit routes are in despair.
• All the people he's lost along the way.
• The people of Uzbekistan would also like to see real progress along the road to democracy.
• It also depends on the will of the people along the Mediterranean.
• We marvel at the desire of the people there for freedom, we encourage them to continue along the path towards the European Community of values.

Some examples from the web:

• WALT: Now, listen, I already got people standing by to take the horse off our hands.
• Tell that to all the people standing in line.
• Time, and people standing by that care about them and believe in them.
• I've got people standing by waiting to cut off your funding, freeze your assets, empty your accounts...
• Bringing PetroFex to book and standing up for the people of Scarrow.
• We've set up a Council of Public Awareness that I lead, and is chaired by the people standing here next to me.
• Bringing PetroFex to book and standing up for the people of Scarrow.
• If you were reaching out for help, wouldn't you want people standing by you?