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https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?rd=1

Based on the above link, I am able to see the indexed pages. However, I see varying results as below.

Are they supposed to return different results based on http protocols and/or trailing slashes as in example below?

site:https://www.desiza.com returns 26,800 results
site:https://www.desiza.com/ returns 21,000 results
site:www.desiza.com  returns 9640 results
site:www.desiza.com/ returns 4290 results

Which version is appropriate version? Thank you

Faiz Mohamed Haneef
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    The number of results Google returns is misleading - do not pay attention to it. You will never see more than 300-500 results. – Irina Shamaeva Mar 17 '20 at 16:33

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Google considers url with "/" and without "/" as two different urls. Similarly the case for http and https. Since the way it considers it returns different result sets for different queries. you can solve it either using rel="canonical" or doing a 301 redirect.

minion
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