Google Page Index

Explain Google Page Index

[sviba]

I have used the following query to find the total page index in google

Total pages in the site = 400,000

1. site:example.mysite.com
It shows 192,000 in [64.233.189.104...]
Other dcs shows 93,100

2. inurl:example.mysite.com site:example.mysite.com
It shows 21,600 in [64.233.189.104...]
Other dcs shows 324,000

Please explain this difference.

[tedster]

Data centers sometimes vary widely in what they report, and different DCs sometimes even run different versions ofthe code. Since page counts are estimates, especially for larger sites, there's not much more that can be said definitively.

I would say let it go and focus on traffic as your primary concern. If traffic begins to show signs of trouble, then start digging. But still, different data centers would not be the area I choose as fertile for research. Esepcially do not make changes based only on what you see at specific DCs. We can have literally no idea what the engineers at a give DC are up to.

[sviba]

Hi tedster,

Thank you so much for your response. The suggestions given by you is certainly helpful. Your response has also raised a few doubts which i would like to clarify with you :

What would be the appropriate command to use for knowing the total pages indexed in google?

site:mysite.example.com

or

inurl:mysite.example.com site:mysite.example.com

[tedster]

I use site:example.com without any subdomain. That way I can see the total of all indexed urls, whether they contain a subdomain or not.