[gxx]

For me Google "verbatim" is the best way to get focussed results although it's too bad it doesn't allow date ranges. Bing search with appropriate use of guotes, + and - operators and date ranges usually beats non-verbatim Google search, and it can sometimes be better than Google verbatim.

[diegocg]

The verbatim mode is exactly what most people here are missing. But, for some reason, it's something that can't be configured - you need to set it in every new search. Three freaking clicks.

I don't understand what goes on corporations. I guess power users aren't a target demographic anymore.

[numpad0]

I’m suspecting that they generate results from statistics ahead of time and just serve you the closest cached result, unless it is strictly necessary to do an actual search.

[tablespoon]

> For me Google "verbatim" is the best way to get focussed results although it's too bad it doesn't allow date ranges.

One word of caution: I use verbatim mode and I regularly (but not always) get Wikipedia clones as my top result. It must be skipping some of their anti-spam filtering.

[dgellow]

I had no idea "Verbatim" was a thing!

For those who don't know, after a search, click on "Tools", then "All results", and select "Verbatim".