[bambax]

I often use Google to search for very specific phrases -- error messages, for example, in quotes -- and that doesn't help. It actually hurts.

What hurts even more is that Google returns documents that don't contain all the search terms, but where the missing search terms can be found in incoming links (or so it says).

If you try to use the allintext: parameter you're almost always considered a bot (why??!?) and your queries get delayed or you're shown an indecipherable captcha (they're getting harder, or maybe I actually am a bot, because nowadays I fail to solve every other one).

It seems Google is aiming at some lower common denominator of the general public, someone who can't spell, can't type, can't be bothered to learn a basic search syntax and just wants to know where to buy the latest gadget.

There is a space to be filled for a "Google for grownups".

[moultano]

This isn't a great solution, but prepend words that aren't showing up with a + sign to enforce that they appear on the document.