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Google search started to decline in quality since the release of GooglePlus (since they removed the + operator and replaced it with double quotes).

• eitland 6y ago
  Double quotes existed before as well. + and " had different meanings but were combined into one. And yes, it was around that time that search quality took a nose dive for me.
  • pavlus 6y ago
    AFAIK "+" is just space replacement, and quotes don't work anymore, verbatim flag is now used instead.
    • eitland 6y ago
      Note that I use past tense in my post above. Also unless you work at Google or have done extensive research: I think you are still wrong.
    • coronadisaster 6y ago
      you must be a teenager for not remembering the + operator... it was really useful for finding what you want.