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Unless you paged thru these and manually counted yourself, do not trust Google’s number of returned results. It’s effectively a random number generator. Source
by azinman2 5y ago
Unless you paged thru these and manually counted yourself, do not trust Google’s number of returned results. It’s effectively a random number generator.
Source: I’ve worked for Google.
- jakeva 5y agoSurely it's closer to an estimate than purely random?
- azinman2 5y agoDo not use it for any comparisons. It is not what you think it is. It's largely there to impress you with how big Google is, and at this point, more historical inertia than anything else. Here's a bit of outside analysis that's fun to read: https://blog.xkcd.com/2011/02/04/trochee-chart/ https://blog.xkcd.com/2011/02/04/trochee-chart/
- anm89 5y agoOf course it is not very rigorous but those results seem to indicate a pattern to the contrary.