Google search has been ignoring quotes and verbatim for several years. It also seems to try to interpret what you typed, then search for that interpretation. If you want something that’s slightly obscure, but similar sounding to something popular, you have no chance of ever finding it with Google. I’ve had to switch search engines to start finding things again.
15+ years ago I used to be able to find anything I wanted using Google search with 3 or fewer words. I miss those days.
sorry perhaps I misunderstood…
I’m thinking of older systems which actually used the AND keyword, as opposed to Google which used + to mean “this word must appear in the search results”.
Google search has been ignoring quotes and verbatim for several years. It also seems to try to interpret what you typed, then search for that interpretation. If you want something that’s slightly obscure, but similar sounding to something popular, you have no chance of ever finding it with Google. I’ve had to switch search engines to start finding things again.
15+ years ago I used to be able to find anything I wanted using Google search with 3 or fewer words. I miss those days.
Ask us how they screwed up the AND operator.
The AND operator sucked anyway.
Nay nay - the and (+) operator worked perfectly for searching for [search term] and only showing results that included [AND other search term].
If it didn’t have the other search term it wouldn’t appear. Brilliant.
Until . . .
*scary music*
sorry perhaps I misunderstood… I’m thinking of older systems which actually used the AND keyword, as opposed to Google which used + to mean “this word must appear in the search results”.
Back in the day, you could also type ‘AND’ and Google would interpret it the same as it later did the plus symbol.