Hi there,
First of all, to get beyond the 450th result, when you get to the last
page of search results, click on the link at the bottom that says:
In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted
some entries very similar to the 480 already displayed.
If you like, you can repeat the search with the omitted
results included.
By doing so you can see a total of 990 results, the maximum that
Google provides for any query.
Results 961-990:
://www.google.com/search?q=surepayroll&num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&start=960&sa=N&filter=0
Seeing all of them
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There is no set way of doing this, but there are a few tricks that can help.
1) Some results are not .com
By doing this search we can see 362 pages that are not .com
surepayroll -site:.com
://www.google.com/search?as_q=surepayroll&num=30&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=e&as_sitesearch=.com&safe=off
That leaves 3010 to find (NOTE: Google's number of results is always
an approximation, and not necessarily exact, which is why they use the
word "about").
2) Now we need to add/subtract some search terms
email surepayroll site:.com
://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&as_qdr=all&q=email+surepayroll+site%3A.com+
That gives us 872 results, with 1860 remaining. A few more good
keywords will do it...
3) -email provider surepayroll site:.com
://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&as_qdr=all&q=-email+provider+surepayroll+site%3A.com+
570 more results
4) processing surepayroll -email -provider site:.com
://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&as_qdr=all&q=processing+surepayroll+-email+-provider+site%3A.com
240 more results
5) -processing surepayroll -email -provider site:.com
://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&as_qdr=all&q=-processing+surepayroll+-email+-provider+site%3A.com
The 834 remaining results
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362 non .com results
872 results with the keyword email
570 results with the keyword provider, and not email
240 results with the keyword processing, and not email or provider
834 results without any of processing, email or provider
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2878 individual results containing the keyword surepayroll
Remember that the numbers are approximations. Although the fifth
search says 834 results, I could only see 694. Also, search results
can vary from day to day, they are in a constant state of flux.
Best wishes,
robertskelton-ga |
Clarification of Answer by
robertskelton-ga
on
30 Mar 2004 18:36 PST
Hi again,
It is rare for the number of results given at the top of the first
search page to be accurate, which is why Google use the word "about".
There is a book called "How to Do Everything with Google" (written and
reviewed by Google employees), and on page 66 it says:
"For the sake of efficiency, Google only estimates the number of
results; it would take considerably more time to compute this number
exactly."
As a random example, compare the search result for the following
phrase with the number of results actually returned:
Results 1 - 30 of about 646 for "as a random example".
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22as+a+random+example%22
Results 631 - 636 of 636 for "as a random example".
://www.google.com/search?q=%22as+a+random+example%22&num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&start=630&sa=N&filter=0
Well, it was a random example. In my search experience a difference of
about 5-10% is more normal, with discrepancies growing with the number
of results.
Compunding the problem is that Google uses thousands of servers, and
they do not necessarily produce the exact same results at the same
time, let alone on different days. It is best to treat Google results
as being in a constant state of flux.
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As a comparison - if Mr. Bush told us there were about 1,000 WMDs in
Iraq, when the precise number was 952, finding 1,000 would be
completely impossible.
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