Google play website search problem

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fatboy

62 posts

Master Geek

#106120 18-Jul-2012 11:32

Hi All,

I'm having an annoying problem, whenever I search for anything on the Google Play website on a computer, I can not go past first page of results. If I click on an arrow or a page number at the bottom of the first page I get "We couldn't find anything for your search".

Tried on Mozilla and Chrome, with any combination of search words. I did a quick search but couldn't find anything relevant in an avalanche of results to "google play website search not working" :D

Any suggestions?

Cheers

nzgeek

618 posts

Ultimate Geek

#658076 18-Jul-2012 22:52

It's working just fine for me. I searched for something that's guaranteed to have a lot of results (podcast) and I had no problems going to the 2nd or 8th pages of results.

dontpanic42

1574 posts

Uber Geek

#658082 18-Jul-2012 23:01

I definitely remember having that problem a few times.
Don't know what caused it though.

It hasn't happened to me as of late.

Maybe try clearing your browser cache.
I run CCleaner every so often, so that may have been what fixed it for me.

fatboy

62 posts

Master Geek

#658469 19-Jul-2012 14:19

Thanks guys!

I can replicate the behaviour on two computers and on my GS3.

Can you try and search for "tripit"? When I do it says I have 90 results and can see 4 pages at the bottom, but clicking on any page/arrow gives me the "We couldn't find anything for your search".

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=tripit&c=apps

Something to do with region-restricted apps?

dontpanic42

1574 posts

Uber Geek

#658471 19-Jul-2012 14:22

Yip. Same result here.

Pages 2, 3, 4 all have the same result:

We couldn't find anything for your search - tripit.
Suggestions:

Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
Try different keywords.
Try more general keywords.

nzgeek

618 posts

Ultimate Geek

#658797 20-Jul-2012 00:05

I get the same issue for that search term. It's almost certainly a bug, where the database query that figures out which items to display gets a different set of results than the query that figures out how many pages there are.

I wouldn't worry about it too much. I've had similar problems with Google itself, where searches show that there are more pages of results than it can actually show.

fatboy

62 posts

Master Geek

#658955 20-Jul-2012 10:51

nzgeek: I get the same issue for that search term. It's almost certainly a bug, where the database query that figures out which items to display gets a different set of results than the query that figures out how many pages there are.

I wouldn't worry about it too much. I've had similar problems with Google itself, where searches show that there are more pages of results than it can actually show.

That makes sense.

Cheers