Google has openly stated the first "number of results" numbers are literally made up, and have no relevance to actual things. It was way too expensive to calculate for every query when the vast majority of them ended after the first page, so they don't even try.
Nothing is being "deleted" especially not actively. This is also why you shouldn't use "number of results" as data in research, because it is meaningless.
This video is worse than misinformation and clickbait.
I can't edit anymore but to anyone looking, I found stackexchange references to un-named googlers and other third hand accounts. I am wrong, Google is NOT open about this fact, but I am still confident in stating you cannot use the "estimated results" for anything.
My bet is that you can compare the original "estimated" results number to the actual number google gives you at page tenish for thousands of search terms and queries and find no relation between the two.
If you are still concerned about things google is ACTUALLY fucking with when it comes to search results, check out the Mozilla organization's research into the matter.
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Google has openly stated the first "number of results" numbers are literally made up, and have no relevance to actual things. It was way too expensive to calculate for every query when the vast majority of them ended after the first page, so they don't even try.
Nothing is being "deleted" especially not actively. This is also why you shouldn't use "number of results" as data in research, because it is meaningless.
This video is worse than misinformation and clickbait.
I can't edit anymore but to anyone looking, I found stackexchange references to un-named googlers and other third hand accounts. I am wrong, Google is NOT open about this fact, but I am still confident in stating you cannot use the "estimated results" for anything.
My bet is that you can compare the original "estimated" results number to the actual number google gives you at page tenish for thousands of search terms and queries and find no relation between the two.
If you are still concerned about things google is ACTUALLY fucking with when it comes to search results, check out the Mozilla organization's research into the matter.
So Google making up the information they present to users is not Misinformation and clickbait, but this youtube video is.
citation please
Yes, this requires a source. I've never heard anything like it, especially considering all I hear from Google about AI.