What are “Primary Search Results”?

Primary Search Results (PSR) are the subset of all results returned by a search for a given keyword phrase.

When I do a search on Google (for anything) and Google reports, say, 100 million results, what gets returned is more in the range of 500 to 600 results (give or take), as the actual results you see. You may see repeats beyond that.

I had a recent experience where I was trying to resolve a chirping sound coming from the serpentine (accessory) belt in my car. The chirp only happened when the car was cold and disappeared when it warmed up. Very annoying, so I was determined to find out if there was a solution on the web. My wife calls it the “Answer Box”.

In the process of searching for a remedy, I was willing to view hundreds of pages  of search engine results. The chirp was annoying!

After clicking the next page a couple of dozen of times (getting into  page 60 and 70), (more…)