I noticed recently that the estimate of how many links Google has found is wildly inaccurate. I have had situations where Google said "about 10,000 hits" but then when I kept clicking through, in reality there were only a few hundred. Sean On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Roger, in Bangkok wr= ote: > I guess they REALLY don't want you figure out their algorithm :-) > > RiB > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 22:26, RussellMc wrote: > >> It's REALLY broken. >> This might make a good exam question. >> I, so far, can't see a pattern >> >> 119,000 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0"flying spaghetti monster" >> 443,000 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0"flying spaghetti monster" =A0the >> 449,000 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0"flying spaghetti monster" =A0+the >> >> 2,520,000 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0"flying spaghetti monster" -"the fsm" >> >> >> =A0 =A0 88,900 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0"flying spaghetti monster" "the fsm" >> 1,080,000 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0-"flying spaghetti monster" "the fsm" >> did not match any documents =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 -"flying spaghetti monst= er" >> 260,000,000 =A0 =A0 -"flying spaghetti monster" flying >> 120,000,000 =A0 =A0 =A0flying >> >> etc. >> >> > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .