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Do you have an example where adding quotes doesn't work? As far as I can tell, it always works for me (yeah, we may be getting different personalized results, b

Do you have an example where adding quotes doesn't work? As far as I can tell, it always works for me (yeah, we may be getting different personalized results, but still...)

prepend 8y ago
It’s kind of hard to share links because google personalizes results against our wishes. But a search for ‘"monkeys" burritos san diego “fries”’[0] returns a first link [1] that doesn’t include ‘monkeys.’ There are also other results [2] that include ‘monkey’ not what I asked for. It’s infuriating. I just want to grep the internet. Is that too much to ask? [0] https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&ei=P1oHXIK8FNee1fAPvaqMuAc&q=%22monkeys%22+burritos+san+diego+%E2%80%9Cfries%E2%80%9D&oq=%22monkeys%22+burritos+san+diego+%E2%80%9Cfries%E2%80%9D&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-serp.3..33i22i29i30.9381.13230..13512...0.0..0.381.2078.2-6j2......0....1.........0i71j33i160j33i21.IFT8IIfOgZk https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&ei=P1oH... [1] https://www.pinterest.com/pin/481463016388903842/ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/481463016388903842/ [2] https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g55543-d4580159-r298090202-The_Proudest_Monkey-Bryan_Texas.html https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g55543-d4580159-...
- jonas21 8y ago
  In your first example, >90% of the text on the page is in the "More Like This" section which is heavily personalized by Pinterest. So I'm seeing different content than you are, and Googlebot saw different content than either of us. Given the complete randomness of the content in there, I wouldn't be surprised at all if "monkeys" appeared on the version that was indexed. In your second example, the word "monkeys" does appear on the page, in the "Show reviews that mention" section. More importantly, did you have a result in mind for this query that isn't showing up? It seems somewhat nonsensical.
  - andrewprock 8y ago
    As loathe as I am to invoke Inception, having an advertising platform index advertisements and then sell my traffic to advertisers feels like a recursive death I don't want to die.
  - prepend 8y ago
    Thanks for the reply. I’m on mobile and searched on mobile and I don’t see “show reviews that mention.” I do see “read reviews that mention” but that includes stuff but not monkeys [0]. The Pinterest page perhaps has monkeys at some point, but doesn’t now. This isn’t a real search, I just added something whimsical (and I miss San Diego burritos). This is behavior I remember but don’t typically track so it’s hard to remember on command. Note you can use search tools | verbatim and it will return pages will all terms. The Pinterest page is still there, but the trip advisor page is missing [1]. [0] https://imgur.com/gallery/Xlp8lsk https://imgur.com/gallery/Xlp8lsk [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=%22monkeys%22+burritos+san+diego+%E2%80%9Cfries%E2%80%9D&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=inmv&source=lnt&tbs=li:1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiA7cCViYjfAhWJF8AKHWTPBaAQpwV6BAgNEBM&biw=375&bih=635#ip=1 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22monkeys%22+burritos+san+d...

Do you have an example where adding quotes doesn't work? As far as I can tell, it always works for me (yeah, we may be getting different personalized results, but still...)

prepend 8y ago

It’s kind of hard to share links because google personalizes results against our wishes. But a search for ‘"monkeys" burritos san diego “fries”’[0] returns a first link [1] that doesn’t include ‘monkeys.’ There are also other results [2] that include ‘monkey’ not what I asked for. It’s infuriating. I just want to grep the internet. Is that too much to ask? [0] https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&ei=P1oHXIK8FNee1fAPvaqMuAc&q=%22monkeys%22+burritos+san+diego+%E2%80%9Cfries%E2%80%9D&oq=%22monkeys%22+burritos+san+diego+%E2%80%9Cfries%E2%80%9D&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-serp.3..33i22i29i30.9381.13230..13512...0.0..0.381.2078.2-6j2......0....1.........0i71j33i160j33i21.IFT8IIfOgZk https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&ei=P1oH... [1] https://www.pinterest.com/pin/481463016388903842/ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/481463016388903842/ [2] https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g55543-d4580159-r298090202-The_Proudest_Monkey-Bryan_Texas.html https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g55543-d4580159-...

jonas21 8y ago
In your first example, >90% of the text on the page is in the "More Like This" section which is heavily personalized by Pinterest. So I'm seeing different content than you are, and Googlebot saw different content than either of us. Given the complete randomness of the content in there, I wouldn't be surprised at all if "monkeys" appeared on the version that was indexed. In your second example, the word "monkeys" does appear on the page, in the "Show reviews that mention" section. More importantly, did you have a result in mind for this query that isn't showing up? It seems somewhat nonsensical.
- andrewprock 8y ago
  As loathe as I am to invoke Inception, having an advertising platform index advertisements and then sell my traffic to advertisers feels like a recursive death I don't want to die.
- prepend 8y ago
  Thanks for the reply. I’m on mobile and searched on mobile and I don’t see “show reviews that mention.” I do see “read reviews that mention” but that includes stuff but not monkeys [0]. The Pinterest page perhaps has monkeys at some point, but doesn’t now. This isn’t a real search, I just added something whimsical (and I miss San Diego burritos). This is behavior I remember but don’t typically track so it’s hard to remember on command. Note you can use search tools | verbatim and it will return pages will all terms. The Pinterest page is still there, but the trip advisor page is missing [1]. [0] https://imgur.com/gallery/Xlp8lsk https://imgur.com/gallery/Xlp8lsk [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=%22monkeys%22+burritos+san+diego+%E2%80%9Cfries%E2%80%9D&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=inmv&source=lnt&tbs=li:1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiA7cCViYjfAhWJF8AKHWTPBaAQpwV6BAgNEBM&biw=375&bih=635#ip=1 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22monkeys%22+burritos+san+d...