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Is It Just Me Or Did Google Get Rid Of Page 2 and On while Instant is Turned On?

by Jacob Martus
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Quick question guys.

I've done a few searches today and after scrolling to the bottom of the SERPS there is no option to go to page 2 or beyond when Google Instant is turned on.

Are you guys seeing this as well.

Do a search with Instant on, and scroll to the bottom of the SERPS. Can you go to page 2 and beyond? If so, go to page 2 and scroll down the bottom. Is the option there to go to page 3?

It's not for me and it's kind of startling. On several search result pages I can't go to the next page of results. Some of them the option is there, some of them it isn't. I just did a search for baseball and I was able to go to page 2. But on page 2 there was no option to go any further in the SERPS.

Here's a screenshot of what I'm seeing:
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  • Profile picture of the author Tom Goodwin
    If you redo the search, then does it look "normal"?

    I have experienced something similar over the past couple of days, and it goes even further. sometimes I don't even get 10 results. I may just see something like 4 results (and there are like 1 million search results).

    But, If i redo the search, it typically goes back to normal.

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    Originally Posted by Jacob Martus View Post

    Quick question guys.

    I've done a few searches today and after scrolling to the bottom of the SERPS there is no option to go to page 2 or beyond when Google Instant is turned on.

    Are you guys seeing this as well.

    Do a search with Instant on, and scroll to the bottom of the SERPS. Can you go to page 2 and beyond? If so, go to page 2 and scroll down the bottom. Is the option there to go to page 3?

    It's not for me and it's kind of startling. On several search result pages I can't go to the next page of results. Some of them the option is there, some of them it isn't. I just did a search for baseball and I was able to go to page 2. But on page 2 there was no option to go any further in the SERPS.

    Here's a screenshot of what I'm seeing:
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    • Profile picture of the author Jacob Martus
      Originally Posted by Tom Goodwin View Post

      If you redo the search, then does it look "normal"?

      I have experienced something similar over the past couple of days, and it goes even further. sometimes I don't even get 10 results. I may just see something like 4 results (and there are like 1 million search results).

      But, If i redo the search, it typically goes back to normal.

      Tom
      Yeah. I tried it on several different searches. For some of them I don't even get the option to look past page 1. Some searches there is more pages of results but if I was to click to page 2 for example, it won't let me go past there.

      I think they may be experimenting with several different data centers or maybe just on people with Chrome. After all, that was the point of Instant wasn't it? To help people 'refine' their searches.

      Either way it won't have a major effect on us, but I thought it was pretty strange.
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      • Profile picture of the author Adam H
        Yeah yesterday i got this so much that ive switched of instant , it was a pain in the arse imo anyway with the constant flicking of results as i type. It might be a revolution in search but i really personally cant see the point for a usage point of view.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jordan Kovats
    I have had that happen on my blackberry...haven't seen it anywhere else, then again, I don't use Google Chrome.
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  • Profile picture of the author IndigoJack
    Yesterday & today I noticed something odd happening on Google so just put it down to them doing something major.
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  • Profile picture of the author thebitbotdotcom
    If Google ever tried to limit their search results to one page, they would become irrelevant at light speed and you would see a mass exodus. Surely, they would never be that foolish.

    That will be the day, a search engine that returns five results..
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    • Profile picture of the author Jacob Martus
      Originally Posted by thebitbotdotcom View Post

      If Google ever tried to limit their search results to one page, they would become irrelevant at light speed and you would see a mass exodus. Surely, they would never be that foolish.

      That will be the day, a search engine that returns five results..
      Well, if they are really trying to push this 'new' way to search that Google Instant introduced, then this might be where they are headed. I can say that they are certainly testing it. I tried it on several different computers at several different Ips and I'm seeing the same thing on all of them.

      For any keyword, both local and global.

      Here's a search for Google from a different IP:

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    • Profile picture of the author Jacob Martus
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      I get 6 pages for the keyword baseball (Chrome).
      Haha. I'm getting 1 page with no option to go to page 2 for a generic keyword like baseball.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jacob Martus
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      Are you logged into your Google account?

      I see your running Chrome, try the same search in Chrome Incognito, see what happens.

      Well that did the trick. I'm not sure if it was because I used incognito or just because there is a different data center that I'm hitting now but thanks!

      - Jacob
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  • Profile picture of the author seopostman
    Not just you it appears to of happened to me as well. And i hate google instant.
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