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Is MSN inventing pages??

Discussion in 'Bing' started by fryman, Apr 25, 2005.

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  1. #1
    This is just ridiculous

    Google: Results 1 - 10 of about 7,780,000 for (my keyword)

    MSN: 1-10 of 233,974,060 containing (my keyword)

    WTF? Where does MSN get all these extra pages from??? :confused:
     
    fryman, Apr 25, 2005 IP
  2. bluemouse2

    bluemouse2 Well-Known Member

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    #2
    In the last days the MSN results became so large....
     
    bluemouse2, Apr 25, 2005 IP
  3. DangerMouse

    DangerMouse Peon

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    It's funny... I don't know why MSN thinks it's got so many results - I can never get past page 25
     
    DangerMouse, Apr 25, 2005 IP
  4. Dominic

    Dominic Well-Known Member

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    #4
    It is weird, this is what I get:

    Search: Homeless
    Google: 12,100,000
    Yahoo: 13,400,000
    MSN: 245,475,238

    Search: Life Coach
    Google: 12,900,000
    Yahoo: 16,900,000
    MSN: 241,972,635

    What the?
    Y and G must be ignoring files while MSN is counting every mention of the word or phrase.
     
    Dominic, Apr 25, 2005 IP
  5. mcfox

    mcfox Wind Maker

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    #5
    I think msn must have a decimal point issue. :)
     
    mcfox, Apr 25, 2005 IP
  6. Crazy_Rob

    Crazy_Rob I seen't it!

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    #6
    That's ridiculous!

    How can every search have around the same (outrageously high) number of results?
     
    Crazy_Rob, Apr 25, 2005 IP
  7. john_loch

    john_loch Rodent Slayer

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    #7
    Probably just a little house cleaning..

    I think you'll find those numbers are changing..

    Cheers,

    JL
     
    john_loch, Apr 25, 2005 IP
  8. stephenmunday

    stephenmunday Peon

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    Maybe MSN just shows more? After all, if you do a link: search in G and MSN, G will turn up a lot more, just because they choose to actually show the user what is in their database, which G doesn'.
     
    stephenmunday, Apr 25, 2005 IP
  9. roadies

    roadies Well-Known Member

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    #9
    perhaps its normalizing, or as john said, the numbers are just changing while they are house cleaning, but here is what I have today:

    Google: 6,480,000
    Yahoo: 7,750,000
    MSN: 974,786

    So, I'm getting the exact opposite for my keyword?? Odd.

    I tried several other unrelated keywords and they all seem to be consistant. MSN is significantly smaller result sets than the others. (at least for today)
     
    roadies, Apr 26, 2005 IP
  10. fryman

    fryman Kiss my rep

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    #10
    Using the same unitial keyword

    Google: Results 1 - 10 of about 7,970,000 for (keyword)

    MSN: 1-10 of 228,964,424 containing (keyword)

    Nope, still the same
     
    fryman, Apr 26, 2005 IP
  11. roadies

    roadies Well-Known Member

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    #11
    hmm, odd. Wish MSN would give us a dose of consistency. Perhaps its just the different terms we're using.

    I even checked to see if my advanced search settings were different than default.

    But then, I checked the same keywords just now and now I'm getting 225,608,744. I'm not on crack and I had my caffeine this morning. I pasted those results directly from MSN in my earlier post.
     
    roadies, Apr 26, 2005 IP
  12. wendydettmer

    wendydettmer Peon

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    #12
    A similar strange thing happens when i do the site: and link: command. MSN list way high numbers (more then what is in my site) then when i click on the last page, it goes to ther proper number again. Seems the original reporting number was being inflated.
     
    wendydettmer, Apr 26, 2005 IP
  13. murugan

    murugan Peon

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    #13
    MSN : Mad....Sad....Newbie
     
    murugan, Apr 26, 2005 IP
  14. Netizen

    Netizen Peon

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    Not only do they overestimate the number of websites, they still sometimes drop that last listing on the page - Showing 1-9 out of 250,000.
     
    Netizen, Apr 26, 2005 IP
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    whitedovecleaning Peon

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    #15

    awesome house cleaning thats my keyword ,im in luck!
    Im just going to sit back and watch my pr jump
    lmfao.
     
    whitedovecleaning, Apr 26, 2005 IP
  16. City2

    City2 Peon

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    Ya I noticed its always in 200 MILLION for most keyword I use.
     
    City2, Apr 26, 2005 IP
  17. stephenmunday

    stephenmunday Peon

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    When I do a link search on MSN, the total it gives is the same on up to page 7, but after page 7 it starts showing a lot higher total number. Which is true.... Neither, probably.
     
    stephenmunday, Apr 26, 2005 IP
  18. Solicitors Mortgages

    Solicitors Mortgages Well-Known Member

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    #18
    is it possible that msn lists the pages that contain the term,
    whereas google lists only the main domain?
     
    Solicitors Mortgages, Apr 27, 2005 IP
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    longcall911 Peon

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    #19
    M$N seems to have now settled down with more realistic numbers for total pages found.

    I guess they had some database issues :)
     
    longcall911, May 27, 2005 IP
  20. Design Agent

    Design Agent Peon

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    Yes, my numbers are similar to those before that flux
     
    Design Agent, May 27, 2005 IP
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