{"id":690775,"date":"2025-09-19T00:45:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T21:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-search-confirms-it-does-not-support-the-results-per-page-parameter\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T00:45:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T21:45:19","slug":"google-search-confirms-it-does-not-support-the-results-per-page-parameter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-search-confirms-it-does-not-support-the-results-per-page-parameter\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Search confirms it does not support the results per page parameter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2920a232882\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2920a232882\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-search-confirms-it-does-not-support-the-results-per-page-parameter\/#This_change_does_not_seem_to_be_a_bug_but_rather_an_intentional_change_to_how_Google_serves_search_results\" >This change does not seem to be a bug, but rather an intentional change to how Google serves search results.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"This_change_does_not_seem_to_be_a_bug_but_rather_an_intentional_change_to_how_Google_serves_search_results\"><\/span>This change does not seem to be a bug, but rather an intentional change to how Google serves search results.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"bialty-container\">\n<p>A week ago, Google disabled the ability to see <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/google-search-drops-100-results-parameter-40097.html\">100 results per page<\/a> by using a URL parameter in the Google Search URL bar.  Since that change, rank-checking tools have become an absolute mess, and even Google\u2019s own Search Console data has seen a significant drop in data.<\/p>\n<p>Google finally replied to our questions on the removal of this feature, saying the URL parameter is not something they support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Google\u2019s statement. <\/strong>A Google spokesperson told us:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The use of this URL parameter is not something that we formally support.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What is Google not saying. <\/strong>Google did actually support this parameter for many many years, at least unofficially.  But in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/google-number-results-per-page-search-setting-gone-26289.html\">2018<\/a>, Google removed the interface to tell Google how many results you want to show on the search results page. But the URL parameter method stayed and has worked through last week. Then it abruptly stopped working late Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>I asked Google if this is a bug, like we <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/google-100-results-per-page-17572.html\">saw in 2013<\/a> or if this is a change in functionality. Google just responded with the above statement.<\/p>\n<p>Google did not say why the change was made. Was it because Google was trying to prevent unauthorized scrapers from scraping its search results. Google terms of service have <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\/archive\/20020906?hl=en\">said for ages<\/a> that this was against its terms of service.<\/p>\n<p>Was it to stop OpenAI from using Google\u2019s search results? I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>Can Google explain why it seems Search Console data is impacted? A massive number of sites are reporting losing a significant percentage of impression data after this change was made. Is it because that data was not real in the first place and bots caused a significant amount of inflation with Search Console data?<\/p>\n<p>Again, we have a lot more questions that remain unanswered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>num=100 gone. <\/strong>But from reading Google\u2019s statement, it seems like the num=100 parameter is no longer going to be supported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why we care. <\/strong>If you have been using that parameter, then you likely won\u2019t be able to do that going forward.  Your third party tools that track Google\u2019s search results will have to adapt to handle this change, many have already sent out statements to customers about this.  And Search Console data may end up being more accurate with real human data going forward.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Technology<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/google-search-confirms-it-does-not-support-the-results-per-page-parameter-462244\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This change does not seem to be a bug, but rather an intentional change to how Google serves search results. A week ago, Google disabled the ability to see 100 results per page by using a URL parameter in the Google Search URL bar. 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