Google Search may bring back the num=100 parameter, letting users view 100 results per page
TLDR
Google Search may bring back the num=100 parameter, which lets users see 100 search results per page, after dropping it in September 2025.
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SERoundtable reports that Google Search may be restoring the ability to display 100 results per page through the num=100 parameter. Google removed the feature in September 2025 as one of several measures to stop crawlers from scraping its search results, and the outlet notes that third-party tracking tools have been struggling since then.
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