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If Googlebot is doing its job then there are around 28,700 registered users on Hacker News.

• cryptoz 15y ago
  If someone creates an account but never posts, will there ever be a public-facing link the the userid page? If not, then Googlebot could be doing its job perfectly but have a totally inaccurate number of registered users using this method. I'm curious what the actual number is now...
  • ComputerGuru 15y ago
    Yes, somehow. See this: http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&source=hp&q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com%20inurl%3A%22user%3Fid%3D%22%20karma%3A%20%200&pbx=1&oq=&aq=&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=1a5f98edd9bbd4cd&biw=1222&bih=683&pf=p&pdl=3000 http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&source=hp&#...
    • robertk 15y ago
      All of those people have posted comments. That's how. If you have never posted a comment or submitted a link, yet have an account, Google won't find you/
• jaredmck 15y ago
  the result counts shown on google are not accurate, however.
• lojack 15y ago
  An accurate count is a documented non-feature of Google.