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Noticed this as well. I've gotten so frustrated with poor results for things I need, I've been using "Verbatim" mode to force Google to stop interpreting my ter

• A_D_E_P_T 3y ago
  Recently, I searched "(-)-BPAP" -- with the quotes -- looking for the chemical benzofuranylpropylaminopentane, which is typically referred to as (-)-BPAP. EVERY result was for a BiPAP ventilator. So I tried verbatim. It still didn't work. Verbatim + quotation marks. Still nothing. I guess New Google Search simply doesn't recognize the "(-)-" part of the search term. But this is characteristic of its recent performance. I can't even count the number of times Google disregarded part of my search term and gave me an inane result.
  • junar 3y ago
    Per the grandparent comment: "Young people often use full sentences today because that is what works." Searching "BPAP chemical", "BPAP chemistry", etc. seems to work fine.
  • smcin 3y ago
    > Google Search simply doesn't recognize the "(-)-" part of the search term. AFAIK, Google search has always ignored parentheses and most punctuation symbols (other than ones that are special to it, like +require_term -exclude_term "...") https://support.google.com/websearch/thread/71287971/does-google-now-use-parentheses-didn-t-use-to-how-different-is-it-from-using-the-or-operator?hl=en https://support.google.com/websearch/thread/71287971/does-go...