Sites in position 8-9-10 not in SERPS when 1st page shows 7 entries

[CaptainSalad2]

I noticed today that my personal project to get me away from working for "clients" has had a boost today and sits at page 1 position #10.

I was very happy initially but then I checked from a couple of other browsers and 50% of the time page one consists on 7 results only, if you click to page 2 you would expect to see results 8-9-10 correct? No not the case page two goes to position 11-12-13 and cuts out 8-9-10 on the times page one display 7 results.

If I refresh the page sometimes I get 7 results on page 1 and sometimes I get 10 but clicking page two doesn't take into account the previous result set count of the last page, sort it out google this is a simply programming fix!
Anyone else see this, unless your ranking 8-10 you have probably never noticed it before as I didn’t until 2day!

[aakk9999]

Are you saying that if you are (for example) usually a position #8 in SERPs, and the search shows 7 results on the first page, that you will not see your site ranking on page 2 because entries 8,9,10 are cut off from SERPs ?

Are you sure in this? I mean, it could be that on some searches your site just does not feature in results?

[lucy24]

When I first saw the subject header I though it was a more abstract philosophical question. Do human searchers start zoning out when they get near the bottom of a page? If so, it might be to your advantage to come in at exactly #11 rather than 9 or 10, because then you're the first new thing to hit the searcher's eye.

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Thank you Lucy, adjusted the thread title so that it is clearer what the thread is about.

[edited by: aakk9999 at 7:28 pm (utc) on Oct 4, 2013]

[CaptainSalad2]

aakk9999 I am 100% positive, I’m still ranking number 10 on page one for a major national key phrase but some visits it only shows 7 slots and others 10 slots. When I hit page two on the 7 slot SERP it skips straight to 11-12-13 and cuts off 8-9-10. Page 2 looks like it assumes page one delivered a set of 10 results!

annoying!

[aakk9999]

What else is different on the SERPs with 7 results? Here I mean the layout - for example, are there more local listings or anything like that? Or is it plainly the same SERPs without the last three results?