I wrote a code to find the position in google search result for a search keyword.

I also did the same with the browser.

Both the results are different.

Let me explain in detail here.

I have a website and i wanted to know on which page number my domain appears for a search string. Like when i search for 'code snippets' i wanted to find in google search on which page number a certain domain appears.

I wrote a php code to search page by page starting from page 1 to page n.

I did the same task using a browser.

The script returned page 4 and when browsed i can see the domain appearing in second page.

here is the search string i use in my code.

/search?hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=code+snippets&start=0&btnG=

and for each request i change the start=0 to start=1, start=2, etc... and in the response i will check whether my domain appears in it.

any idea for this different in search results?