Google search results vary on pc's.

[Ora]

Not sure I am on the right forum so bear with me or redirect.

I do geneaology research for people and have recently noticed that when I tell a person to search for a particular family member via Google, the work that I have done does not show up on the same page that I see when I Google the name. That reads confusing but don't know how else to explain it.
In fact, it may not even show up at all no matter how many pages they are scrolling through and I might see it on page one!

This happened again and the person I was instructing lived across town.
Also the search results for that name were 1240 on my search and 2050 for the other party.

How can we all get on the same page, so to speak?
Thanks, Ora

[oracle128]

I believe Google will alter searches slightly based on the user's country. This could explain cross-country differences.
Google also has several search preferences that will alter results; language options, safe search, number of results per page.
If a user is getting a lot of dodgy results, they may have spyware on their PC. Some are known to mess with search results and display spam links etc.
Finally, there's always the possibility that the person is not entering the exact same search terms. Spelling errors, regional spelling differences (color vs colour), addition of punctuation, even the order of search terms will all affect results.