__/ [ Paul B ] on Sunday 21 May 2006 00:44 \__
> On Sat, 20 May 2006 21:51:48 +0100, "T.J." <no1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Paul B" <lamewolf2004@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:dmvu62d15pc9dhr5hnnaj61fso7iaugi8k@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> On Sat, 20 May 2006 21:38:35 +0100, "T.J." <no1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Could someone please try this out and see if
>>>>they are seeing the same as me.
>>>>
>>>>Using google.co.uk (pages from the UK)
>>>>
>>>>Try a search for
>>>>
>>>>trampolines
>>>>
>>>>refresh 5 or 6 times to see if results stay the same
>>>>then try a search for
>>>>
>>>>TRAMPOLINES
>>>>
>>>>again refresh to see if results stay the same
>>>>
>>>>I'm currently getting different results depending
>>>>on whether I use upper or lower case.
>>>>
>>>>Cheers
>>>
>>> Not tried, but what sounds like is happening is, when you refresh, you
>>> are hitting a different DC. And the DC's are rarely in sync.
Just dive into a specific IP address, e.g.: 64.233.183.103
where I see the following:
Saving each SERP as a page (search.html and search2.html)
-rw-r--r-- 1 roy users 144592 2006-05-21 05:53 search.htm
-rw-r--r-- 1 roy users 144508 2006-05-21 05:54 search2.html
Taking the diff(erence) of the two gives me a big mess that I can't
interpret, let alone paste here (it's a beast!).
>>That is what I thought at first, but it is doing it every
>>time. Strangely it is only doing it in IE and not in FF
>>Makes me wonder if it is cache related
Could be cookie-related, as well. Google filed a patent (*gasp*) for
cookie-based delivery of results some months ago. Whether they are using it,
I can't tell. The datacentres can somehow mask its effect or existence. The
gist of it: search for a lot of stuff on biology and then get results for
'bullfrog' that are not related to the company which goes by that name.
> If it is only doing it with one type of browser, then an educated
> guess would be the cache and how each browser handles it.
That's very probably as well.
Best wishes,
Roy
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