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Google puzzle for you (win an iPod Photo!)

Note the search results here and here.

1) [EASY]: What oddness do you notice when you compare the results pages?
2) [HARD]: What might explain the situation?

I should have a definitive and official answer for you within a week.

In the meantime, post your guesses below!

[And to the person with the best guess -- most accurate, most entertaining, whatever -- I'll provide you with a genuine photo of an Apple Ipod! :D]

UPDATED 6/5/2005
The puzzle is now, well, broken. But for the original answer, see my entry here

- Blathered by Adam on Friday, May 6, 2005 at 19:44 [ Permalink | Trackback ]
- Filed under Geekery • Google
- Commented on by 9 folks so far. Scroll down and see for yourself (and join in the conversation!)

Comment from Jflanger [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Heh. Adwords goodness! I presume you managed to snatch space up in the bidding war for mere pennies. Either that or you co-opted somebody at Googleyland. When do I get my iPod photo? - Posted on Monday, May 9, 2005 at 2:31 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from jorg [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	I don’t get it. What’s the surprise? In the first case, it found 6,000+ matches for Adam Lasnik. That is, more than 6,000 pages contain both words. In the second case, it found only 2,000+ matches for “Adam Lasnik”. That is only 2,000 or so pages had the words Adam Lasnik _in_that_order_. I got your ad on both pages, btw. Was there something else intriguing that I missed? - Posted on Friday, June 3, 2005 at 20:29 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member Adam San Francisco [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Oops, I forgot to update this entry. I’ll go do that now. In the meantime, you can find the answer here - Posted on Sunday, June 5, 2005 at 20:58 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member Adam San Francisco [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Grrr… even I forget that I have HTML turned off in comments. Anyway, you can check out the answer to the puzzle here: http://www.bladam.com/archives/0505182212.htm - Posted on Sunday, June 5, 2005 at 20:59 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from SAJIV [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	A)the oddness is that one result is faster and the other is slower .(.08-.79sec) B)the cause for that are the quotes which also decrase the number of search results. - Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 4:19 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from John Buy a Business [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Does Google every year announces these kind of offers? - Posted on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 4:43 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Chaitanya Jobs in Romania [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	1) for SE does not take to many time for results, 2) change of case may decrease or increase results - Posted on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 10:42 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member JJtheSmartGuy [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Google may be giving the preference to the exact phrase while search results, it may look on case of letters when there are similar weight of search. - Posted on Sunday, June 8, 2008 at 22:49 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from SEO Florida St. Petersburg FL US [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	lowercase and upercase are giving lot difference, i found it many times. - Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 2:44 [ Permalink to this comment ]

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Comment from Jflanger [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Heh. Adwords goodness! I presume you managed to snatch space up in the bidding war for mere pennies. Either that or you co-opted somebody at Googleyland. When do I get my iPod photo? - Posted on Monday, May 9, 2005 at 2:31 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from jorg [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	I don’t get it. What’s the surprise? In the first case, it found 6,000+ matches for Adam Lasnik. That is, more than 6,000 pages contain both words. In the second case, it found only 2,000+ matches for “Adam Lasnik”. That is only 2,000 or so pages had the words Adam Lasnik _in_that_order_. I got your ad on both pages, btw. Was there something else intriguing that I missed? - Posted on Friday, June 3, 2005 at 20:29 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member Adam San Francisco [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Oops, I forgot to update this entry. I’ll go do that now. In the meantime, you can find the answer here - Posted on Sunday, June 5, 2005 at 20:58 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member Adam San Francisco [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Grrr… even I forget that I have HTML turned off in comments. Anyway, you can check out the answer to the puzzle here: http://www.bladam.com/archives/0505182212.htm - Posted on Sunday, June 5, 2005 at 20:59 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from SAJIV [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	A)the oddness is that one result is faster and the other is slower .(.08-.79sec) B)the cause for that are the quotes which also decrase the number of search results. - Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 4:19 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from John Buy a Business [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Does Google every year announces these kind of offers? - Posted on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 4:43 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Chaitanya Jobs in Romania [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	1) for SE does not take to many time for results, 2) change of case may decrease or increase results - Posted on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 10:42 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member JJtheSmartGuy [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Google may be giving the preference to the exact phrase while search results, it may look on case of letters when there are similar weight of search. - Posted on Sunday, June 8, 2008 at 22:49 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from SEO Florida St. Petersburg FL US [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	lowercase and upercase are giving lot difference, i found it many times. - Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 2:44 [ Permalink to this comment ]