Yeah, the results page (usually) says "about" for a reason. :) It's publicly known to be close but rarely exact. A quick Google search for 'google results "of about"' will turn up a lot of discussion on the topic. For my own curiosity, what are you intending to do w/ the data?
Aaron S. Joyner On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Edward M. Corrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I received 38 hits after I asked Google to show all results. I'm not sure > how Google figures out its about, but I often fiind it off by a little > bit.... For example, I just did a search for > > "northville-lake placid trail" site:gov > > and am looking at records 21-28 of about 27. > > Edward > > > Karen Schneider wrote: >> >> I got curious, so I forced a small results set in Google with this search: >> >> sedaris corduroy site:gov >> >> Your results may vary, but I had 40 results until I got to the third page, >> in which case I suddenly had 25. ;-) >> >> Again, not saying this isn't something to look into, but at least for some >> search engines, the days when good old 40 was 40, and not 25, appear to be >> behind us (these are recessionary times, after all)... >> >> -- >> -- >> | Karen G. Schneider >> | Community Librarian >> | Equinox Software Inc. "The Evergreen Experts" >> | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 >> | E-Mail/AIM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com > >
