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> figures like "110,000 results" were an estimate, and if you kept hitting Next, you'd only get about 1,000. Sounds like they're using biased estimators for th
by c7b 4y ago
> figures like "110,000 results" were an estimate, and if you kept hitting Next, you'd only get about 1,000.
Sounds like they're using biased estimators for the number of search results. If the estimates weren't biased, the underestimated numbers would balance out the overestimated ones, so for every query where they fall short by 2 billion there would be one that has two billion more hits than shown by the UI (or two billion with one hit more).
> The word "lie" is kinda hysterical, don't you think?
If it's true that they show biased estimates, I'd say that's a pretty adequate description.