[b112]

Use verbatim search too. All words must exist without aliasing.

(google aliases ubuntu and debian, john/jon/Johnathan for example)

[_nalply]

Sometimes even this doesn't work. I used verbatim search and got back results which didn't contain the word I looked for.

I then just sadly wonder how the heck this could be possible and resignedly slowly shake my head.

I could wish for a feature where I double-double quote the word to empathically indicate that this word must exist in the result and not left out under any circumstances. But then again I am sure that the search quality will continue to decline and even double-double, triple-quote, quadruple-quote words &c won't help anymore. Sort of a quote inflation.

[b112]

The + symbol used to mean this, then some lunatic woman from google explained to everyone it had been removed, but it was OK as quotes were the same.

She was either a highly incompetent buffoon, or a liar for PR purposes, as quotes are not the same.

Why the change? Because it caused issues with Google+ searches from their new fancy pants Facebook clone.

Soon after, due to protest, verbatim was introduced.

It was fine for at least 5 years, but someone keeps reducing its effectiveness.

Clowns. All I hear is clown music, when I Google search.

I mean, who rolls out a product so disjointed that the very search for its users is broken, then like a year later, rolls out a broken fix?!

Google, that's who. The product failure king.

[ghostly_s]

>google aliases ubuntu and debian,

WHAT the FUCK. Is there a more convenient way to bypass this than "quoting" "every" "word?"

[b112]

Yes verbatim search , under search tools after an initial search.

Google takes quotes as just stronger suggestions, fyi, but verbatim is supposed to prevent this.

[emmelaich]

click tools -> show all results -> verbatim

[dylan604]

i just tried this for: 48 * 6

the results after choosing verbatim are even worse

[b112]

Verbatim gives no aliasing, interpretation. 48 means 48, not forty eight.