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Google.com Showing Same URL on Page One & Two of Search Results

A Search Engine Watch Forums thread asks why a URL is showing up twice for the same search.

The example search is sheffield jobs. Result number nine is www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=49, but if you go to page two you should see the same exact URL in the second position (position twelve).

When has Google begun showing the same exact URL for the same search result in multiple positions? Of course, we know Google may show different URLs from the same site (domain) for a specific query. But the same exact URL, same exact page, multiple times for the same query?

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posted rustybrick in Google Optimization at October 19, 2007 6:52 AM Comments (4)

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This was also brought up in WebmasterWorld. The prevailing theory is that this is some sort of glitch resulting from universal search. Basically, it appears as if Google is pulling the superfluous listing from another search stream, like Google Maps.

 

Good insight Hugo. Do you have a link to that thread?

 

I've seen people discussing this a couple days ago within Google, so it's on their to-do list. It might take a week or two to be deployed, but I believe a change is already pending for this.

 

Cool, Thanks for the confirmation Matt!

 

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