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I know gmail is different than search, but if you do a quoted search for a string in gmail that has zero matches, it will return a few "close" matches. This re
by acranox 8y ago
I know gmail is different than search, but if you do a quoted search for a string in gmail that has zero matches, it will return a few "close" matches.
This really confused me, because I was trying to find something specific, and it found a few emails, so I read them, and then was confused that they didn't actually take about the specific thing I was trying to remember. Then I realized that they I included one of the words from my string.
In this case, a close match was completely useless, and ended up wasting my time reading irrelevant results. A message saying "we didn't find that, but here's a few close matches" would have been more helpful and avoided wasting my time.
The reasons in this thread about non precise search results are half the reason I stopped using Google Search about a year ago. I get why they've done it, but I don't like it.
- 0xADEADBEE 8y agoI try to wean myself off Google search every few months but I've never managed to stick. What do you like for an alternative? I'm probably due another attempt.
- smileypete 8y agoI just added www.google.com###main to my uBlock filters, to remind me about falling down googling inspired rabbit holes :) I either use duckduckgo or google in another browser that I don't normally use.