Re: Limit to googles search?

["Charlie" <charlied@NOSPAMbboard.com>]

"Geo3" <grent@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> > > > Hi,
> > > >  Trying with NetScape 4.7 and google an Apple IIgs search. It says
> > > > that there are 21500 hits. But in trying to look at them all it will
> > > > not go beyond 753. That is everytime I try to go and look at 750-760
> > > > it stops at 753. Any attemps to go futher bring up a page saying there
> > > > is nothing. I will try this with I.E. and see if I can further than
> > > > 753.
> > > > Take Care,
> > > >       George from Michigan
> > >
> > > Google limits the display of sites by not showing the duplicate or
similar
> > > sites.  When you get to the end (in this case 753) there is a statement
saying:
> > >
> > > "In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some
entries
> > > very similar to the 753 already displayed.
> > > If you like, you can repeat the search with the omitted results
included."
> > >
> > > If you click on the last part of this statement Google will display all
the
> > > sites.  At least that is how it works with IE 5.5.
> > >
> > > Charlie
> >
> > Hi,
> >  I checked last 2 pages, the first page only has listing 750-753 The
> > display says 750-760. No statement about omitted entries. Just a
> > smaller window of listings. Pushing it further, It say your search has
> > produced no results. There is no number in that screen at the top. But
> > one or 2 times it came up 760 of 1 which I thought was weird.
> >  Is there any kind of time limit or date limit for the search? I did
> > not do all 753 searches in one sitting.
> >
> > Take Care,
> >        George From Michigan
>
> Hi,
>  Well it has nothing to do with a time limit or how long you do a
> search. But there is a limit. Something like a freeway to divided
> highway, dirt road then a path that stops.
>  I went on I.E. and the same thing happened. It now showed a few more
> entrys, up about a hundered from 210500 to 210600 or was it 21500 from
> 21600. I tried going back from the beginning to were I was stopped
> with Netscape. Well around when I started to hit 500 it was slower,
> and would start to come up with the no results page coming up. But a
> quick go back and then on to the next results would move me forward.
> After 700 this was happening a lot more. After 730-740 it took about
> 25 -30 times before I could move forward on to the next 740-750. But I
> could not get beyond 750. I must have have went back and and forth
> between clicking on the Back arrow and the next results a 100 times.
> It kept coming up NO RESULTS FOUND, check spelling ect.
>
> Take Care,
>       George from Michigan

I just tried again with IE 5.5.  An Apple IIgs search lists 32,800 entries for
me.  As I go deeper into the entries it does slow down but not much, 0.14
seconds for the first 10, 1.07 seconds for 990 - 998.  At that point it ends
but you also have a link with nearly every entry on every page that says
"similar pages" if you click on that you will see, well, similar pages.  For
instance one of the entries (number 991) is "FAQ.csa2.4" if you click on
"similar pages" you get another 24 entries.  I believe that if you were to
click on all these you would eventually see all 32,800 entries.

Charlie