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> 1) Google no longer respects search operators so that users can get fine-grained results They do. Search for "javascript vscode" and "javascript -vscode" com
by tiborsaas 6y ago
> 1) Google no longer respects search operators so that users can get fine-grained results
They do. Search for "javascript vscode" and "javascript -vscode" completely different results.
- Mediterraneo10 6y agoToday Google kinda, sorta respects minus signs. You are right that you can often get a different set of results by including one. However, Google does not strictly interpret those operators anymore, which you can verify for yourself by trying to search for exact strings in pages from a range of times.
- TACIXAT 6y agoThat is an odd example. You are comparing the search for js with the search of js vscode. Everyday I run into a Google hell. Tonight I was trying to find info on how Github uses let's encrypt for https on custom domains. The only thing that comes up are questions about how to enable it. I switched my default search to duckduckgo. I always thought DDG would never catch Google, but never realized Google would make their results so useless as to make DDG competitive. (Sorry DDG, I love you.)
- tiborsaas 6y agoNo, I wanted to get results which doesn't mention vscode and it worked just fine. Try "pandas" and "pandas -python" If on some rare occasions I don't find what I want in Google, I just assume either my mental model is broken or the topic doesn't exists. I also try other engines in same cases, but when I'm that lost it doesn't help, I change something else.
- thomasahle 6y agoYesterday I was trying to find code examples using the d3 join() and each() functions. I tried searching "join(" "each(", but apparently Google completely removes parenthesis, even when inside quotes. Github's code search does the same thing :-(