In Could, Google moved the search results estimated count (the about X outcomes) part to solely show it after you click on on the “instruments” search choice. Properly, now, in some browsers, for some folks, that outcomes rely is totally lacking since final week.
Google advised us after it might not remove the site command from Google Search, Google stated the identical in 2017. Google even stated they might fight to keep it regardless of the site command’s flaws.
However we have seen bugs and checks the place Google has removed the estimated rely, numerous times and it appears it’s taking place once more.
Glenn Gabe wrote about it going lacking on some variations of Chrome, Firefox and different browsers final week on X. He stated, “Heads-up, a web site question is not yielding the variety of outcomes anymore. Clicking the “Instruments” hyperlink was the best way to proceed to see the variety of urls after Google carried out modifications final 12 months. I hope that is a bug. See earlier than and after beneath.”
I nonetheless see it on and off in Safari and Chrome – right here is my screenshot with it displaying and never displaying on Safari in regular mode versus non-public mode:
So possibly Google is testing eradicating it or possibly there’s a type of bug with some browsers not rendering it?
It’s within the code:
Barry, except for my foolish jokes… It is presently nonetheless there, however hidden. pic.twitter.com/r8b4GaQIF6
— John Kirker (@jkirker) November 5, 2024
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