How do I go to the last Google Search result?

Question

When I search on Google, the statistical estimate is wrong (e.g., 33600 results for the sentence "scala di lunghezza d'onda", instead the actual number is 23; 1190 results for the sentence "scala delle lunghezze d'onda", actual number of results: more than 60).

I use the extension SEOquake to see the number of the result on the left side (1. result one, 2. result two, etc.). Is there a way to go to the last result on Google? If yes, in that case, the above extension can tell me the number corresponding to the last result.

My question is not a duplicate of the question Why on the first page Google says there are thousands of results but on the last page there are less than a hundred? because I know that number is an estimate, I'm asking how to scroll until the last result. Before Google introduced the scroll modality, I was able to do it by jumping from page 1 to page 10, etc.; it didn't take much time—less than 1 minute. Instead, now it's like you go from page 1 to 6 and then from to 7, 7 to page 8...

Answer 1

Immediately after you search, add &start=300 (or another somewhat large multiple of ten) to the URL. (For a fresh search, before you click on "More results", it shouldn't already been in the URL, but replace it if it is.) If you chose a sufficiently large number, you should see a page with no results, but at the bottom (after it loads) it will tell you how many results the search should return:

According to my testing, that number in "the ### already displayed" seems to be a very close approximation, not always the real number of results. Change &start=300 in the URL again according to that number, fiddling around as needed. In my case, start=230 had results but start=240 did not. (Unfortunately, this technique breaks the pagination and probably interferes with some extensions, so you can only navigate by changing the URL when using this technique. Also, clicking on "repeat the search with the omitted results" will take you back to the start of the search but prevent you from seeing the close estimate of results again with this technique, and for my search that option only showed results up to page 210—less than the original search.)

Note: For some searches (such as the first one in your post), it was faster to hold down the space bar and click on "More results" (if it even appears) instead of messing with the URL. (This seems to load results 10 at a time.)

Answer 2

The only legitimate reason to skip to the last search results in a business/professional setting is for search engine optimization purposes. Before Google changed the search results page design/layout from paged to infinity scroll, it might be "easy" to jump to the last page by using the corresponding paging URL parameter. Still, nowadays, that doesn't work anymore. However, that was a hack, a good one, but it was still a hack.

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Resources

• Understand & manage your location when you search on Google,
• Personalization & Google Search results