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I agree, this is extremely annoying, Google should add an option - for their users who know what they are doing - to always do a verbatim search. I also still d

I agree, this is extremely annoying, Google should add an option - for their users who know what they are doing - to always do a verbatim search. I also still detest their mobile first format on iPad, again why on earth don’t they let their users choose Desktop format, if they prefer this. I have to use slower than Safari iCab Browser to get around this.

fastball 9y ago
Perform Google search -> Tools > All results -> Verbatim.
- hrktb 9y ago
  It’s not sticky though. And there’s no way to force it on every search on safari for instance
  - selllikesybok 9y ago
    Depends on your browser, but for example, in Chrome, you can set your default search in chrome://settings/searchEngines for the omnibox search. Mine is: https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&filter=0&num=100 https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&filter=0&num=100 You could easily add the verbatim parameter as well. Nothing similar for safari?
    - hrktb 9y ago
      Not on iOS at least (chrome app and safari). Sadly ddg doesn’g have a clear verbatim mode either, but it’s not as bad as google search yet.
      - selllikesybok 9y ago
        Ah - yeah, mobile search sucks, right now. I mean, in some ways, it's great. I can get a song lyric or a football score or a movie ticket very easily. But research? Forget it.
prepend 9y ago
I swear that google once supported minus as a search term, but can find no evidence to back up my memory.
- zentiggr 9y ago
  The minus option did once filter out results with that word, and could be amazingly helpful to find less used meanings of primary search terms. But it did go away about the same time as the + operator.
  - latexr 9y ago
    The minus operator still works for me. I use it frequently to exclude domains (`html -site:w3schools.com`).
- DanBC 9y ago
  https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en > Exclude words from your search > Put - in front of a word you want to leave out. For example, jaguar speed -car - seems to still work for me. roses -flowers returns chocolates and a theatre. roses returns the flowers.
dingaling 9y ago
&tbs=li: is the magic incantation to insert into your search bookmark parameters to force verbatim every time

fastball 9y ago

Perform Google search -> Tools > All results -> Verbatim.

hrktb 9y ago
It’s not sticky though. And there’s no way to force it on every search on safari for instance
- selllikesybok 9y ago
  Depends on your browser, but for example, in Chrome, you can set your default search in chrome://settings/searchEngines for the omnibox search. Mine is: https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&filter=0&num=100 https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&filter=0&num=100 You could easily add the verbatim parameter as well. Nothing similar for safari?
  - hrktb 9y ago
    Not on iOS at least (chrome app and safari). Sadly ddg doesn’g have a clear verbatim mode either, but it’s not as bad as google search yet.
    - selllikesybok 9y ago
      Ah - yeah, mobile search sucks, right now. I mean, in some ways, it's great. I can get a song lyric or a football score or a movie ticket very easily. But research? Forget it.

prepend 9y ago

I swear that google once supported minus as a search term, but can find no evidence to back up my memory.

zentiggr 9y ago
The minus option did once filter out results with that word, and could be amazingly helpful to find less used meanings of primary search terms. But it did go away about the same time as the + operator.
- latexr 9y ago
  The minus operator still works for me. I use it frequently to exclude domains (`html -site:w3schools.com`).
DanBC 9y ago
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en > Exclude words from your search > Put - in front of a word you want to leave out. For example, jaguar speed -car - seems to still work for me. roses -flowers returns chocolates and a theatre. roses returns the flowers.

dingaling 9y ago

&tbs=li: is the magic incantation to insert into your search bookmark parameters to force verbatim every time