I totaly agree. On 10/19/2008, Tiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Obviously it's just an estimate so a relatively minor variation from > 273M to 272M is perfectly reasonable and expected. But the issue is > that the API sometimes gives vastly different results from the web > search (sometimes by a factor of 10 or more) and in this case of sarah > vs. "sarah" the results are not even consistent within the API. > > On Oct 19, 2:31 pm, Jeremy Geerdes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Well, as I mentioned before, there is a known bug with the >> estimatedResultCount returned from the API such that it can be wildly >> inconsistent and inaccurate. That said, the estimated result tally >> for Google itself does vary, from 273 million for sarah to 272 million >> for "sarah". >> >> Jeremy R. Geerdes >> Effective website design & development >> Des Moines, IA >> >> For more information or a project quote:http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this >> communication are given in US dollars. >> >> If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights >> Wesleyan Church! >> >> On Oct 19, 2008, at 4:17 PM, Stealth wrote: >> >> >> >> > Here's an example using purely the API: >> >> >http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web?v=1.0&q=sarah >> > gives 275M results >> >http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web?v=1.0&q="sarah"; >> > gives about 36M results >> >> > But perhaps tomorrow they may return the same estimatedResultCount. >> >> > You can also do this comparing the API to the Google website. Using >> > the API will return a different number than the site. >> >> > On Oct 19, 1:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Can you please provide us w/a link? >> >> >> On 10/19/2008, Stealth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> No, there is no error message. The results are sometimes different >> >>> using the API rather than using Google itself, but there is never an >> >>> error. >> >> >>> On Oct 18, 7:18 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>>> Do you have an error message that I can run? >> >> >> -- >> >> Xavier A. Mathews >> >> Student/Developer/Web-Master >> >> GG Client Based Tech Support Specialist >> >> Hazel Crest Illinois >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> "Fear of a name, only increases fear of the thing itself." >> >> > > >
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