MSN search, little different?

Discussion in 'Bing' started by schlottke, Jan 25, 2005.

  1. #1
    Sifting through my traffic reports, I found myself looking at different SERPs on MSN... Interesting that they show different search results #'s for different terms... for example:

    Wrestling shows "#6" results on the first page: http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=wrestling&FORM=QBRE

    while Wrestling Shoes shows "9". http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=wrestling+shoes&FORM=QBRE

    a search for Ben Sherman's shows "10"
    http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=Ben+Sherman%27s&FORM=QBRE


    I've been trying to understand why they would do this, perhaps to narrow the choices and appear more accurate? What are your opinions?
     
    schlottke, Jan 25, 2005 IP
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    Not to mention if you keep clicking to the next page, not only does it cahnge but it seems to skip results:

    1-6 of 32,628,832 - Page 1
    11-18 of 32,628,832 - Page 2
    21-30 of 32,628,832 - Page 3

    It seems it is screwed up just like when you use the link: command and it changes after 10 pages.

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    They must be doing some type of weening where they are using older results still?
     
    keywordguru, Jan 25, 2005 IP
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    Well i have noticed that when your search local per country , the results that are then displayed differ enormous..
     
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    Schlottke -

    It seems we are the only two that realize this error. Maybe it is only a few datacenters :D

    It has nothing to do with the fact that they rank differently or the results arent right etc....It has to do with the fact that it shows 6 results on a page where it clearly thinks its displaying 10.
     
    yfs1, Feb 1, 2005 IP
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    Ok ok you two, put your tin foil hats back on. ;)
     
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    I have noticed the same things, number of results is constantly changing. Also, a few sites rank for completely different keywords, no relevance to each other or the sites themselves.
     
    Design Agent, Feb 10, 2005 IP