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it's unnecessary. if google can't give you your desired results within the first 10 results, they've failed. you should just retry your query instead of checkin
by jongleberry 14y ago
it's unnecessary. if google can't give you your desired results within the first 10 results, they've failed. you should just retry your query instead of checking the next 10 results.
also, infinite scrolling is more for "discovering" without a specific result in mind whereas "searching" implies you have a result in mind and is either hit or miss.
- danielgrieve 14y agoI wouldn't exactly say they've failed. Maybe I failed in that I wasn't accurate enough with my search terms, but I've found the results I was looking for on other pages countless times. Though it would be interesting to find out how many people do only check the first page before retrying their search.
- cheae 14y ago"Only 52% of Google users click on an organic search result found on page one" According to this research http://searchengineland.com/organic-click-thru-rates-tumbling-study-97338 http://searchengineland.com/organic-click-thru-rates-tumblin...
- subsection1h 14y agoif google can't give you your desired results within the first 10 results, they've failed. Yes, because there are no more than 10 useful sources of information in the world that relate to queries such as "health economics", "particle physics", etc.