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It often gets completely ignored.

shamshiel 13y ago
Yup, there have been plenty of times I've put quotes around my search terms and Google decided I didn't really mean to put quotes around them.
- nimble 13y ago
  What do you think Google should do with the following search: Who said, "To hair is human?"
  - mkr-hn 13y ago
    I would want Google to leave it alone and suggest what it thinks is correct as an option, like it used to.
    - nimble 13y ago
      I'd rather see: exact: Who said, "To hair is human?" Quotes are too easy to be used accidentally by laymen.
      - pbhjpbhj 13y ago
        Shift+2 just slips in their typing without any intention?
  - chimeracoder 13y ago
    Wow. I was definitely not expecting this: http://i.imgur.com/9Zpqota.png http://i.imgur.com/9Zpqota.png Thanks for pointing that out.
    - pbhjpbhj 13y ago
      That's a massive fail for Google IMO. Why isn't it matching phrases for the search recommendation? Surely "to err is human" popularised by Pope [a million plus results] should be suggested before "to heir is human" (a minor computer game) [60k results].
      - nl 13y ago
        Interesting! "heir" is a much closer match for "hair" in terms of Levenshtein distance[1] (which indicates a typing error) and soundex[2] (misheard). But clearly "to err is human" should be offered as a possibility too. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundex
  - eitland 13y ago
    I summarized the madness a while ago. I think today the situation is somewhat better but here it is: http://techinorg.blogspot.com/2013/03/what-is-going-on-with-search-results.html http://techinorg.blogspot.com/2013/03/what-is-going-on-with-... @nimble: what about when you intentionally search for a misspelling?
JTon 13y ago
I only recall it being ignored when the string in quotes returns no hits
- adanto6840 13y ago
  I get a lot of "Showing results for X instead" when searching for model numbers or similar. Usually you can click "search for {what I actually typed}" but it's still annoying. I liked it when +'s and double-quotes consistently did the same thing every time. Maybe there is a setting that does this still? I've tried playing with a few settings but have had mixed results / consistency...
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moultano 13y ago
If that happens it's a bug, and I'd love to have some examples to pass along. I'll make sure they get to the right people. Looking through your search history: https://history.google.com/history/ https://history.google.com/history/ might help you find them.
- ecuzzillo 13y ago
  Unrelatedly terrible results: https://www.google.com/search?q=mac+ros+pcl+download+hangs+forever&oq=mac+ros+pcl+downlo&aqs=chrome.4.69i57j69i60l3j69i59j0.5635j0&sourceid=chrome&espvd=210&es_sm=119&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=mac+ros+pcl+download+hangs+f...
  - moultano 13y ago
    Are these results better? https://www.google.com/search?q=ros+pcl+download+hangs+mac https://www.google.com/search?q=ros+pcl+download+hangs+mac
    - ecuzzillo 13y ago
      Yes, of course, but I and everybody I talk to find it incredibly obnoxious that it ignores the space.
      - moultano 13y ago
        I just wanted to confirm so I could document the issue properly. I wasn't sure what the original query was looking for. Thanks for reporting it.

Yup, there have been plenty of times I've put quotes around my search terms and Google decided I didn't really mean to put quotes around them.

nimble 13y ago
What do you think Google should do with the following search: Who said, "To hair is human?"
- mkr-hn 13y ago
  I would want Google to leave it alone and suggest what it thinks is correct as an option, like it used to.
  - nimble 13y ago
    I'd rather see: exact: Who said, "To hair is human?" Quotes are too easy to be used accidentally by laymen.
    - pbhjpbhj 13y ago
      Shift+2 just slips in their typing without any intention?
- chimeracoder 13y ago
  Wow. I was definitely not expecting this: http://i.imgur.com/9Zpqota.png http://i.imgur.com/9Zpqota.png Thanks for pointing that out.
  - pbhjpbhj 13y ago
    That's a massive fail for Google IMO. Why isn't it matching phrases for the search recommendation? Surely "to err is human" popularised by Pope [a million plus results] should be suggested before "to heir is human" (a minor computer game) [60k results].
    - nl 13y ago
      Interesting! "heir" is a much closer match for "hair" in terms of Levenshtein distance[1] (which indicates a typing error) and soundex[2] (misheard). But clearly "to err is human" should be offered as a possibility too. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundex
- eitland 13y ago
  I summarized the madness a while ago. I think today the situation is somewhat better but here it is: http://techinorg.blogspot.com/2013/03/what-is-going-on-with-search-results.html http://techinorg.blogspot.com/2013/03/what-is-going-on-with-... @nimble: what about when you intentionally search for a misspelling?

JTon 13y ago

I only recall it being ignored when the string in quotes returns no hits

adanto6840 13y ago
I get a lot of "Showing results for X instead" when searching for model numbers or similar. Usually you can click "search for {what I actually typed}" but it's still annoying. I liked it when +'s and double-quotes consistently did the same thing every time. Maybe there is a setting that does this still? I've tried playing with a few settings but have had mixed results / consistency...

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moultano 13y ago

If that happens it's a bug, and I'd love to have some examples to pass along. I'll make sure they get to the right people. Looking through your search history: https://history.google.com/history/ https://history.google.com/history/ might help you find them.

ecuzzillo 13y ago
Unrelatedly terrible results: https://www.google.com/search?q=mac+ros+pcl+download+hangs+forever&oq=mac+ros+pcl+downlo&aqs=chrome.4.69i57j69i60l3j69i59j0.5635j0&sourceid=chrome&espvd=210&es_sm=119&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=mac+ros+pcl+download+hangs+f...
- moultano 13y ago
  Are these results better? https://www.google.com/search?q=ros+pcl+download+hangs+mac https://www.google.com/search?q=ros+pcl+download+hangs+mac
  - ecuzzillo 13y ago
    Yes, of course, but I and everybody I talk to find it incredibly obnoxious that it ignores the space.
    - moultano 13y ago
      I just wanted to confirm so I could document the issue properly. I wasn't sure what the original query was looking for. Thanks for reporting it.