jomaxx - 5:01 pm on Oct 5, 2007 (gmt 0)

I'm still seeing a difference, but it's much smaller today -- only about 1% (6,220,000 vs. 6,280,000). It's possible that this particular search is common enough to be pre-cached, which could explain the difference.

As for the other thread, I don't recall and in fact only skimmed over the comment briefly. In might have been in one of those endless "SERP changes" threads.