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I haven't tried the "+" operator in a while but I know the "-" operator has continued to work. I always use it to filter out commercial or store results when a
by criley2 13y ago
I haven't tried the "+" operator in a while but I know the "-" operator has continued to work.
I always use it to filter out commercial or store results when a query triggers some over-zealous SEO and throws up pages of junk. A quick "-buy" or "-store" usually cleans the results up.
- pbhjpbhj 13y agoI find now that the minus operator doesn't work half the time either. Google results are getting worse and worse IMO and there don't appear to be any tools left in the available query language to rectify it.
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- saraid216 13y ago> I find now that the minus operator doesn't work half the time either. I honestly suspect Google is A/B testing search results somehow.
- criley2 13y agoI honestly suspect no power users or technical users are included in A/B testing, or if they are, they're a realistic minority whom does not have changes made for them....
- madeofpalk 13y ago> Google results are getting worse and worse IMO They're optimising for normal people who don't formulate query strings in Google, but they ask questions or just search.