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The change from + to "" as a restriction option removed no "agency" from users. It provided exactly the same functionality, allowing anyone to require that a pa
by dannysullivan 4y ago
The change from + to "" as a restriction option removed no "agency" from users. It provided exactly the same functionality, allowing anyone to require that a particular word or phrase be present in Google Search results.
- criddell 4y agoDoes Google document all of the current search operators? When I search for that I'm only finding secondary sources and have no idea if they are correct or not.
- dannysullivan 4y agoWe have a long-standing page here: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433 https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433 Also explained here: https://www.google.com/advanced_search https://www.google.com/advanced_search Hopefully we'll get these even more detailed in the future.
- Jtype 4y agoAnd removing "-"?
- LegionMammal978 4y agoThe `-` operator has never been removed? If I search for `athens`, I get results for Athens, Greece. If I search for `athens -greece`, I get one map result for a random "Athens Greece", followed by web results for Athens, AL, Athens, GA, and Athens, OH. At most, the issue is that the widgets don't respect the `-` operator as well as the web results do.