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For me it's when they stopped showing results that include your keywords and instead a random smattering of anything broadly related to the topic being searched
by brianshaler 3y ago
For me it's when they stopped showing results that include your keywords and instead a random smattering of anything broadly related to the topic being searched for.
- jvolkman 3y agoYou can use quotes around keywords. https://blog.google/products/search/how-were-improving-search-results-when-you-use-quotes/ https://blog.google/products/search/how-were-improving-searc...
- geraldcombs 3y agoThis shifted from "can" to "absolutely have to" a long time ago for my use cases.
- jdgoesmarching 3y agoI’ve had google searches disregard my quoted query.
- dekhn 3y agoeven quotes don't work 100% of the time- if there is strong signal to show another result, it will be shown even if it isn't a quote-match. Previous user clicks are the top ranking signal. IIUC "verbatim mode" is supposed to do something like this. https://search.googleblog.com/2011/11/search-using-your-terms-verbatim.html https://search.googleblog.com/2011/11/search-using-your-term...
- zbrozek 3y agoWhen I use Google search-which is rare these days-I exclusively use verbatim mode.
- otabdeveloper4 3y agoOften it's not even related at all. For example, Google often prioritizes obscure music bands or albums even for generic or well-known terms.