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The biggest problem I've had recently is that verbatim results can't be combined with a date range. Quoted text seems to be real hit or miss now, so if I'm look

The biggest problem I've had recently is that verbatim results can't be combined with a date range. Quoted text seems to be real hit or miss now, so if I'm looking for something narrowly defined and date limited, well...good luck!

_delirium 10y ago
Unless I'm missing it, there's no date range option at all on the mobile search page, which is even worse. I find the mobile search hard to use as a result, especially for tech-related subjects. I'll search for how to do something on Android, and the results will be a bunch of blog posts that give me information about how to find the option I want in the Android settings... of Android circa 2011.
- magicalist 10y ago
  The UI affordance is terrible, but it's there if you scroll over the search categories, under "Search Tools" at the end (also, not sure if the GP is in some test or something, but date range and verbatim are still there for me on desktop and mobile)
  - alphonsegaston 10y ago
    If you try switching the results to verbatim and then change the date range, you'll see that the one setting overrides the other. You can only return date limited results OR verbatim results, not a set with both.
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  - _delirium 10y ago
    Oh, weird. I had no idea what you were talking about, but just tried in mobile Chrome on the off chance it rendered differently, and I do see it there. In mobile Firefox the toolbar has many fewer options, and Search Tools isn't one of them. Looking around a bit, it seems that's been the case for years now: http://www.ghacks.net/2015/11/22/google-search-results-on-firefox-mobile-limited-in-comparison-to-chrome/ http://www.ghacks.net/2015/11/22/google-search-results-on-fi...