Do a search and look at the number of results just below the search box near the top of the page. A search for 'daffodil' for example, produced 16,900,000 results. But how many people will look beyond page 5? We tend to look at the first page, click to go to the next one if what we want isn't there, click again, but then we tire of clicking the next page link and people don't go beyond page 3, 4 or 5. There may be hidden gems on pages 30, 40 or 50, but they are so far down the results you will never see them.
Of course, you can click the page links at the bottom of the page and 1 to 10 are listed. Click 10 and you can see links to pages 11 to 14, click 14 and 15 to 18 are shown. It is so tedious to get to page 50 that most people give up after a few clicks.
So how do you get to page 50 or more, and is there anything worth seeing there? On many occasions going beyond the first few pages will return results that are interesting and useful. Websites and companies know that most people don't go past the first page or two of results and they use tricks and techniques to get to the top of Google search results. With enough money you can get on page one of Google, which means that some websites, which may contain exactly the information you are looking for, get pushed down the search results and end up so far down most people never find them.
Here is how to go beyond those initial first few pages and find hidden gems in the Google search results. Enter your search term and search for it. Go to the bottom of the page and mouse over one of the page links, such as page 4. Notice that in the URL is 'start=40' and this means that when you click the page 5 you will see search results 40 to 49. (Page 1 is results 0-9, page 2 is 10-19, page 3 is 20-29 and so on.)
Right click a page, such as page 5, and select Copy Link Address.
Click in the browser's address box at the top of the page and paste it in. Click in it and edit 'start=40' and change it to whatever you want, such as 200, 300, 400 and so on. Press Return and the search results start at whatever number you enter. You will see results from way down and setting 'start=500' for example, shows page 51. Who knows what you may find way down there in the search results. It could be just what you are looking for.
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