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Subject: too many search results
Category: Computers > Internet
Asked by: sweetwood-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 17 Oct 2002 02:31 PDT
Expires: 16 Nov 2002 01:31 PST
Question ID: 77650
When I do the following search:
Searched the web for jewish.   Results 1 - 10 of about 5,590,000 
I get +- 94 pages and then "In order to show you the most relevant
results, we have omitted some entries very similar to the 927 already
displayed.
If you like, you can repeat the search with the omitted results
included."
My question: how do I get the rest of the sites without changing the
original keyword "jewish".
What alternatives exist to see much more then the 927 pages.
Answer  
Subject: Re: too many search results
Answered By: willie-ga on 17 Oct 2002 03:45 PDT
Rated:1 out of 5 stars
 
Hi there

When you get to the message "If you like, you can repeat the search
with the omitted results included." the phrase "repeat the search with
the omitted results included" should be highlighted as a link.
Clicking the link will show all the results without changing the
query.

Alternatively, if you go to the advanced search either from the link
at the top of each Google page, or from here (
://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=Jewish ), you'll find you can
see all the results in blocks of 100 at a time by clicking on the
pull-down-menu beside the "Google Search" button.

You may want to consider narrowing your search eg 

- using Jewish, and History like this (
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&as_qdr=all&q=Jewish+history)cut
it down to 1.4 Million,

- and using just sites where the words Jewish and History occur side
by side ( by seaching on "Jewish History" with the quotation marks
like this ( ://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&as_qdr=all&q=%22Jewish+history%22)
cuts it down further to 162,000 sites.

- and by searching on "early Jewish History" like this (
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&as_qdr=all&q=%22early+Jewish+history%22)
you get down to just 391 sites so you can see that the search terms
you use can narrow your search very quickly.

You should also have a look at the extensive help Google provide on
searching at ( ://www.google.com/help/ ) This will help you in
your search strategies.

Hope that helps

Willie-ga

Request for Answer Clarification by sweetwood-ga on 18 Oct 2002 01:24 PDT
Thank you for your answer, however: I really want to see each and
every one of the 5.590.000 webpages which Google says they exist! What
 should I do? Because when I do as you suggested I got another +-
1.000 pages and that's it.
I do a research where I really need to see as many different pages as
possible as long as they are on separate websites. I mean if 2 pages
are on the same website then I need to see it only once.
Thank you in advance for your efforts! Please help!

Clarification of Answer by willie-ga on 18 Oct 2002 01:51 PDT
Hello again

I'm afraid I don't know how to get them all, but I now someone who
will help :)

Send an e-mail to help@google.com and they will tell you the best way
forward given the technology of their current search engine. ( And
remember to tell them you've already tried Google answers)

And if my answer wasn't satisfactory enough for you, please ask for a
refund from Google.

I still think you need to rethink your strategy though. 

Have a look at the figures

5.6 Million sites at (say) 30 seconds just to visit each one ( a very
conservative estimate)

= 2.8 Million minutes
= 46667 hours
= 1944 days, or more than 5 years, assuming you do it full time, with
no sleep. Assuming you're working an 8 hour day it would be 15 years,
full time.
And if you had to actually READ each one as well, it might take some
time.

Willie
sweetwood-ga rated this answer:1 out of 5 stars
the problem is not solved by the answer I got! Thanks

Comments  
Subject: Re: too many search results
From: aceresearcher-ga on 17 Oct 2002 04:12 PDT
 
In my experience, repeating the search with the omitted results
included rarely provides any additional helpful information -- the
omitted results really are that similar to the ones you got to see.
And even viewing 60 different pages to find the information you are
seeking can take a considerable amount of your time -- never mind 5
million pages!

Instead, I think willie's suggestion is the way you want to go. Add as
many relevant search terms as you can to narrow down your results, so
that the majority of pages you view will actually be helpful in your
quest for knowledge. For example:
Jewish wedding traditions
Jewish religious history
traditional Jewish foods

I hope this information is of assistance to you!
Subject: Re: too many search results
From: davidsar-ga on 17 Oct 2002 07:38 PDT
 
You might also want to have a look at the Google Directory under
Religion/Judaism, since they have already searched the web for you,
and divided the many thousands of relevant sites into appropriate
subcategories:

http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Judaism/

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