Setting Google to Show You More Results Per Page: how and why
Note: This blog post is from 2009. Some content may be outdated--though not necessarily. Same with links and subsequent comments from myself or others. Corrections are welcome, in the comments. And I may revise the content as necessary.In a recent entry, I made mention of the fact that I have Google set to show me 30 results per page, rather than the default of 10.
Some may read this and say, "big deal, I've been doing that for years", but it's one of those little things that some just never notice or think of. If you've not considered the option, why not check it out?
(Update on 9/30/2010: Others may have noticed that they DID have it set to more than 10, but recently they lost that functionality. I have the solution for that, as well.)
Thanks, Jeff
I can only recommend that you ask your question/feature request in the google support forums. Hope you get some resolution.
Turns out it's related to the new "instant search" feature, where Google does searching as you type. If you want to get back to seeing more than the default 10 results, use the same settings page referred to in the entry here, but turn off the instant search option (below the "number of results" setting).
I found that I had to turn off instant search, save the settings, and then change the number of results. (In other words, I couldn't change both settings at once.) You may even need to close and reopen the browser if it still doesn't seem to stick.
Hope that helps someone.