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SERPS Question

Discussion in 'Google' started by john_loch, Jun 28, 2004.

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  1. #1
    Hi ppl,

    I've just noticed (what seems to me like) an anomaly in the SERPS regarding top 10 results. When searching with the number of on page results limited to 10 (default), I receive one set of results, while when searching with on page results limited to 100, I get a different set of results.

    ie:
    10 on page results
    and
    100 on page results

    Is this a common occurence ? (I've only just noticed it)

    Cheers.
     
    john_loch, Jun 28, 2004 IP
  2. T0PS3O

    T0PS3O Feel Good PLC

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    #2
    Weird! Never noticed that before. Can't see how it would improve relevancy from G's point of view...
     
    T0PS3O, Jun 28, 2004 IP
  3. SEbasic

    SEbasic Peon

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    #3
    I've never noticed that before either..

    Strange stuff. Must be some kind of glitch
     
    SEbasic, Jun 28, 2004 IP
  4. expat

    expat Stranger from a far land

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    #4
    slight differences are normal as you are unlikely to hit the same DC twice in a row.
    It is more noticable during a full update.
    You can try and force the same DC by using ip but there may well be additional load balancing behind the scene that rewrites ip.

    Check McDar tool for full view of what is going on.
    M
     
    expat, Jun 28, 2004 IP
  5. john_loch

    john_loch Rodent Slayer

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    #5
    Yeah I thought of that one too, but the results wind up the same for me. The same set for 10, and same set for 100 each time. Believe it or not, it would also explain some anomalies in SERPS tools I've seen around the place. I remember checking my results with Shawns tool (API) and a tool hosted elsewhere. I went back and manually checked, finding Shawns tool to be correct. I now see why the other tool was off by a few places. Scraping. :)
     
    john_loch, Jun 28, 2004 IP
  6. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #6
    Actually, the reason for it is because Google will take two results from the same domain and group them together. So if a domain has something that ranks #1 and #40, then if you request something with 40 or more results, then #1 and #2 will show the results from that domain, and push everything else down as an example.
     
    digitalpoint, Jun 28, 2004 IP
  7. john_loch

    john_loch Rodent Slayer

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    Aha !

    Thx Shawn :)
     
    john_loch, Jun 29, 2004 IP