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Big variation in the number of search results. (person's name)
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Hi,
I have been noticing a really dramatic variation in the number of results Google is returning for the name "Carolyn Hadlock." Most of the time it seems to be around 2000. But then it will jump up to over 10,000.
Does anyone know why there would be such a big jump? And then why it would go back?
If tested both logged into Google and then not - as well as having others log is as themselves. That does not seem to be it.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
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Is this the actual total number of results or the just the numbers it's showing at the top of the first page? The best way to tell how much Google really has indexed is do your search, go to the last page of results, choose to have omitted results included, get to the last page again, and multiple out how many results that is. I got 1,910 results using that method.
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