google question

[f69j69b]

can anyone tell me why if i launch IE go to google search for free porn it returns with
6,970,000 results and if i do the same thing in mozilla it returns with 9,410,000 which are different from the ones in IE

Fred

[MadMax]

It's as simple as the 2 search engines having different databases and search algorithms.

[Wazza]

Originally posted by MadMax
It's as simple as the 2 search engines having different databases and search algorithms. What? Hippy

:D

[MadMax]

How do you know I'm a hippie? |jester|

[spacemanspiff]

Mozilla/Netscape has always returned different results than IE. Maybe something to do with a hosts file, proxy servers, phase of the moon....

Whenever my IE is not infected with a virus, I try to use it to check SE results.

Sorry I couldn't give you a better explanation. It's just some techno gobbldy-gook. |rasta|

[f69j69b]

thanks spacemanspiff


Fred

[Sean416]

Originally posted by f69j69b
can anyone tell me why if i launch IE go to google search for free porn it returns with
6,970,000 results and if i do the same thing in mozilla it returns with 9,410,000 which are different from the ones in IE

Fred

|jester|

re-read the question buddy.

My guess would be that google times out after a certain amount of time. Perhaps IE is .00001x slower then IE and therefor returns fewer search results. Even though I always thought Mozilla was known to be a slower browser.

[spacemanspiff]

It's not just fewer results, it's different results, which shouldn't have anything to do with server timeout intervals.

I have noticed that with the newer versions of Mozilla, as opposed to the older ones like Netscape 4.7, etc, the results are a lot more in sync.