[ryanianian]

Sometimes you really do want exactly that "random" string. This is common with error messages, model numbers, build hashes, etc. If I'm searching for B9GDSIGH as the model number for my refrigerator, I really don't want to see B9GDSIGY.

[kimixa]

But if it links to the B9GDSIG series refrigerator, which has the 240v H and 120v Y subtypes, then it would be correct in suggesting that?

Same with error messages - they often have timestamps, or local object IDs/memory addresses, which you also want to be fuzzy-matched.

I think the issue is the de-emphasis of "power" modifiers for google - it's less obvious how to say "This part of the string needs exact match, this can be fuzzy"

[dylan604]

In that case, click the "must contain" link and it resubmits with the query wrapped in quotes. Or, just quote the query yourself on the first go if you know it must match

[ryanianian]

Google no longer (hasn't in a while) respected quotes. It's very hard to get Google to actually say there aren't any results even when in fact there are no matching results.

[dylan604]

They respect it when they submit it then, as every time I've used that function to see them update the query with quotes it comes back with different results. I've never cared to look at the search query in the URL, so maybe they also add and additional parameter that tells the back end specifically to obey the quotes on this resubmitting???? So at some point, the quotes aren't ignored

[fragmede]

that's not my experience.

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22kgirbudidndijrjjr%22 gives me "Your search - "kgirbudidndijrjjr" - did not match any documents.", at least it will until they index this comment and find kgirbudidndijrjjr

[thfuran]

Quotes are more like guidelines these days.

[aldousd666]

on the advanced search, there's still the option to specify that it 'must contain' something, but I'm not sure if it's just a suggestion like quotes or not.

[dylan604]

I "love" how we've reached a point where we so distrust this company specifically but dark pattern UIs in general where we almost anticipate placebo like buttons.