Google Tutorial - Understanding Google Search Results

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Statistics about the search itself (both the number of sites found and the number of seconds taken to find the cites) top off the search results:

EX: Results 1 - 10 of about 18,800 for "the world made straight". (0.39 seconds) 

Each link listed provides:

  1. a page title
  2. a snippet defining the site
  3. a URL address
  4. a cached (stored) link
  5. links to similar pages

EX: 1CALDWELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE and Technical Institute

2Campuses in Watauga and Caldwell, North Carolina 3www.caldwell.cc.nc.us/ - 16K 4 Cached - 5 Similar Pages

Thankfully, any advertising shown on the results page is included as an unobtrusive sidebar.

For more information, see Search Results Page at Google's Help Center.

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