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Seems like search engines are smart enough to distinguish them. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=oil+shell https://duckduckgo.com/?q=oil+shell

• bscphil 5y ago
  I can't tell if you're joking, all of the results except the top one show "Shell oil" results for me. Not hard to imagine that this impacts searchability if you're looking for something specific.
  • ironmagma 5y ago
    Heck, sometimes I search for oil shell when I’m looking for shell oil. I wouldn’t even want a search engine to know about order.
  • notriddle 5y ago
    Yes, but the first result for this one is oil shell, whereas if I search the other way around it isn’t even on page 1.