: Site: search shows 2 different amounts of indexed pages I did a Site: search for a website and Google told me it had about 1,000 indexed pages. Looking through these pages, Google only goes
I did a Site: search for a website and Google told me it had about 1,000 indexed pages.
Looking through these pages, Google only goes up to 15 pages (150 URLs).
If Google says it found 1,000 results, why will it only show me 150 of them?
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When I'm on page 14 of the SERP I can see pages 15-18. When i'm on page 15 of the SERP, pages 16-18 are no longer there. Trying to click on page 16-18 results in this error message
Your search - site:MyDomain.com - did not match any documents.
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Search engines usually show an estimate of the total number of documents matching your search criteria.
To provide an exact answer they would need extremely complex indexes, requiring a lot more of hard disk space.
Its an long established concept that most people in the industry know of. For example, see this video from 2012
Why might the estimated number of results change when going from page 1 to page 2?
Search engines usually show an estimate of the total number of documents matching your search criteria.
To provide an exact answer they would need extremely complex indexes, requiring a lot more of hard disk space.
Granted, 1,000 vs. 150 is quite a bad estimate, but it's an estimate nonetheless.
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