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You can add a plus (+) before a word you require to be in the search results. Eg. "+VBS array loop". You can filter out word by prepending a minus (-). You can
by Cort3z 9y ago
You can add a plus (+) before a word you require to be in the search results. Eg. "+VBS array loop". You can filter out word by prepending a minus (-). You can surround exact phrases in quotes (") and you can even allow synonyms by prepending a tilde "~"
Example query: +vbs array ~loop "magic number"
If Google does not find anything it will remove some parts so that you will get any results at all
- haraldooo 9y agoDidn‘t they drop the + operator when they launched Google+? I thought now you have to surround your term with „“ instead of +?
- Cort3z 9y agoYeah, you are right; https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en They even dropped tilde :( But you might be able to achieve the same things with their advanced search; https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en
- GordonS 9y agoYes, you're right, they did this a looong time ago... BUT, sometimes Google still insists on showing you results that don't contain the word or phrase that you've explicitly requested must be in the results - utterly infuriating!
- krisdol 9y agoYou now have to go into Search Settings -> Verbatim. Unfortunately you’d have to do this for each search session as it doesn’t persist.
- FroshKiller 9y agoIn Chrome, I've set up Google Verbatim as a search engine and made that the default address bar search. Here is the URL format: {google:baseURL}search?{google:RLZ}{google:acceptedSuggestion}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:instantFieldTrialGroupParameter}sourceid=chrome&ie={inputEncoding}&q=%s&tbs=li:1
- WalterSear 9y agoEspecially when that word is 'not'.
- culerawo 9y agoUnfortunately Google dropped + when they introduced Google+ social network. Nuff said Google+ is a ghost down nowadays but the + operator hasn't returned yet. And even written "search term" doesn't work consistently anymore, Google thinks to know better and semi-randomly omit words and show results no one asked for.
- Steve44 9y agoThat stopped some time and and it's now extremely frustrating as the main article describes. I'm sure I read that putting the search in quotes is like the old + but it doesn't seem to be, rather just priority to that search. I feel this is more a case of Google thinking it knows better. I have a similar problem with ebay, if I'm looking for an "HP Z430" then I'll get pages of other items where Z430 isn't even in the description. I can see some value in searching for alternative spellings and related items but there should still be the ability to be exact in your search terms.