Question for google experts

[mikesouth]

I found something interesteing

If I search Kayden Kross I get 1.8 million pages

If I search "Kayden Kross" I get 3.6 million

apparently I have a misunderstanding about how google works I would have thought the quotes was a more restrictive search and would return fewer results like it does with

Mike South

and

"Mike South"

What am I missing?

[d-null]

notice it says "about..."

and you will also notice if you try to scroll to the end, google will only show you about the first 600 or so either way


I guess it boils down to some sort of "glitch" in the way they show those numbers, because you are correct that the quotes are a more restrictive search


...and different datacenters will show different totals too

interesting to ponder what is going on in their reporting algorithm

[mikesouth]

notice it says "about..."

and you will also notice if you try to scroll to the end, google will only show you about the first 600 or so either way


I guess it boils down to some sort of "glitch" in the way they show those numbers, because you are correct that the quotes are a more restrictive search


...and different datacenters will show different totals too

interesting to ponder what is going on in their reporting algorithm

Interesting ...Thanks

[Ozarkz]

Google is much like a woman's vagina when it comes to "figuring it out" ...

[qxm]

Google is much like a woman's vagina when it comes to "figuring it out" ...

true dat...only that Google's vag is wired to a gazillion of hardcore data stripping/mining/storing/processing servers...

[RevTKS69]

Google is much like a woman's vagina when it comes to "figuring it out" ...

If only it liked chocolate...