Something Fishy

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Something Fishy!!

Here is some data
Index size

* ~ 1998: ~ 25,000,000
* August 2000: 1,060,000,000
* January 2002: 2,073,000,000
* February 2003: 3,083,000,000
* September 2004: 4,285,000,000
* November 2004: 8,058,044,651 web pages, 880,000,000 images, 845,000,000 messages, 4,500 news sources

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  • http://deydas.com abhi

    may be they are posting just approximations…

  • http://deydas.com abhi

    may be they are posting just approximations…

  • http://www.thinkmantra.com Gaurav

    yeah…thats fine, they must b approxing it, but then y don’t they approx for the webpages?

    It would b interesting 2 know y do they have different reporting practices!

  • http://www.gsharma.com Gaurav

    yeah…thats fine, they must b approxing it, but then y don’t they approx for the webpages?

    It would b interesting 2 know y do they have different reporting practices!

  • http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp Poonam

    That is kinda odd..i don’t really understand why they would do that. :???:

  • http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp Poonam

    That is kinda odd..i don’t really understand why they would do that. :???:

  • http://www.thinkmantra.com Gaurav

    yup it is…. may b because each webpage is different from others but….some images found @ same site or different site can be same….with may be size difference…so they approxed…its just a guess

  • http://www.gsharma.com Gaurav

    yup it is…. may b because each webpage is different from others but….some images found @ same site or different site can be same….with may be size difference…so they approxed…its just a guess