[Hidden-tech] Number of Google search results for a phrase - NOT the number of searches

[Marcia Yudkin]

 Hey Dave,

Thanks so much - that's the key clue to this issue!

I normally use the browser Firefox, and when I went looking in Google for how to find the number of search results, there were a lot of articles saying that Google was testing removing the number of search results. I didn't try Chrome. I assumed that a Google search was a Google search, regardless of the browser.

You are right, the numbers show up in Chrome. Problem solved.

Thanks again,
Marcia


Marcia Yudkin / Goshen
Introvert UpThink
https://www.introvertupthink.com
     On Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 10:49:16 AM EST, David Ruderman <david.ruderman at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Odd, because when I search Google Chrome for "catfish hunter" (who BTW is an old ball player and not a famous fisherman), I clearly see info at the top of the search results:
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22catfish+hunter%22About 356,000 results (0.57 seconds) 

The same is true for me for other queries.

-dave
Dave Ruderman (he/him)
david.ruderman at gmail.com



On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 10:24 AM Shel Horowitz via Hidden-discuss <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:

Oh, bummer! I mostly use Ecosia.org these days so my internet searches plant trees. I hadn't realised they had stopped. I only talk to Google when I don't get useful results there or when I want some statistical information like that. What were they thinking?
On Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 11:56 PM Marcia Yudkin via Hidden-discuss <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:

 David,

Thanks, but Google trends gives the number of times people have searched for a term.

Instead, I am looking for the number of pages that Google says contain a phrase. Google used to always show this.

For instance, you could put in "walk the talk" and Google would say there were 5,367,897 pages containing that exact phrase.

All best,
Marcia


     On Monday, January 30, 2023, 04:06:46 PM EST, David Ruderman <david.ruderman at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 You can try looking at Google trends.Always fun too.https://trends.google.com/trends/?geo=US
-dave
Dave Ruderman (he/him)
david.ruderman at gmail.com

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 3:04 PM Marcia Yudkin via Hidden-discuss <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to find out how to discover the number of Google search results for a specific phrase.  (It's for an article I'm writing, not for SEO purposes.)  

Google used to show this routinely but apparently they stopped doing so in 2022.  I'm wondering if there's some roundabout way to still get this information.  Anyone know?

Thanks,

Marcia Yudkin / Goshen
Introvert UpThink
https://www.introvertupthink.com
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