{"id":24556,"date":"2024-05-07T12:18:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T12:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/?p=24556"},"modified":"2024-05-07T12:18:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T12:18:19","slug":"google-hides-the-search-result-count-in-the-tools-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/?p=24556","title":{"rendered":"Google hides the search result count in the tools section"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Google Search has now made it harder to find the number of search results for a search query.  Instead of being displayed in the search bar at the top of the search results, you now have to click the &#8220;tools&#8221; button to display the result count number.<\/p>\n<p><strong>how it looks <\/strong>Here&#8217;s a screenshot of the top of the search results page:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-bind--src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/context.core.image.imageCurrentSrc\" data-wp-style--object-fit=\"selectors.core.image.lightboxObjectFit\" src=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-440301\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-bind--src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/selectors.core.image.enlargedImgSrc\" data-wp-style--object-fit=\"selectors.core.image.lightboxObjectFit\" src=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-440301\"\/><\/p>\n<p>To see the results, you need to click on &#8220;Tools&#8221; at the top right of the bar, and then you&#8217;ll see Google show you the estimated result count:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"853\" data-wp-effect--setstylesonresize=\"effects.core.image.setStylesOnResize\" data-wp-effect=\"effects.core.image.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-init=\"effects.core.image.initOriginImage\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"actions.core.image.handleLoad\" alt=\"Google results are listed under Tools\" class=\"wp-image-440302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/google-results-count-under-tools.png.webp 2048w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/google-results-count-under-tools-600x250.png.webp 600w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/google-results-count-under-tools-800x333.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/google-results-count-under-tools-200x83.png.webp 200w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/google-results-count-under-tools-768x320.png.webp 768w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/google-results-count-under-tools-1536x639.png 1536w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/google-results-count-under-tools.png.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-bind--src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/context.core.image.imageCurrentSrc\" data-wp-style--object-fit=\"selectors.core.image.lightboxObjectFit\" src=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-440302\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-bind--src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/selectors.core.image.enlargedImgSrc\" data-wp-style--object-fit=\"selectors.core.image.lightboxObjectFit\" src=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-440302\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Here is what it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/google-drops-result-count-from-search-results-page-37348.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it seemed before<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1714\" height=\"840\" data-wp-effect--setstylesonresize=\"effects.core.image.setStylesOnResize\" data-wp-effect=\"effects.core.image.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-init=\"effects.core.image.initOriginImage\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"actions.core.image.handleLoad\" alt=\"Google Result Count 1685559664 1715079999\" class=\"wp-image-440303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/google-result-count-1685559664-1715079999.png 1714w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/google-result-count-1685559664-1715079999-600x294.png.webp 600w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/google-result-count-1685559664-1715079999-800x392.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/google-result-count-1685559664-1715079999-200x98.png.webp 200w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/google-result-count-1685559664-1715079999-768x376.png.webp 768w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/google-result-count-1685559664-1715079999-1536x753.png 1536w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1714px) 100vw, 1714px\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/google-result-count-1685559664-1715079999.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-bind--src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/context.core.image.imageCurrentSrc\" data-wp-style--object-fit=\"selectors.core.image.lightboxObjectFit\" src=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-440303\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-bind--src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/selectors.core.image.enlargedImgSrc\" data-wp-style--object-fit=\"selectors.core.image.lightboxObjectFit\" src=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-440303\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>previous tests <\/strong>Google has been testing the removal of result counting for years, as far back as 2016 and perhaps earlier.  Google also removed them from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/google-testing-dropping-results-estimate-22344.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SGE results<\/a> One year ago. <\/p>\n<p>So it looks like it&#8217;s on Google&#8217;s roadmap to remove the feature.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Google has said numerous times that the result count is only an estimate and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/google-site-command-counts-30109.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not a good figure<\/a> to base any real research and SEO audits on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why we care <\/strong>Many SEOs still use result counts to estimate keyword competitiveness, audit indexing, and many other purposes.  If this goes away completely, many SEOs will not be happy.  Although, I doubt Google cares too much if SEOs are happy.  <\/p>\n<p>If the result count is not accurate, Google may decide to remove it anyway. <\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/google-hides-search-results-count-under-tools-section-440299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Search has now made it harder to find the number of search results for a search query. Instead of being displayed in the search bar at the top of the search results, you now have to click the &#8220;tools&#8221; button to display the result count number. how it looks Here&#8217;s a screenshot of the top of the search results page: To see the results, you need to click on &#8220;Tools&#8221; at the top right&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24558,"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24556\/revisions\/24558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}