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I'd say that Google's job is to show the search results that _each_ user is actually looking for. (Not an aggregate user with 2.5 children.) Come to think of i
by greghendershott 11y ago
I'd say that Google's job is to show the search results that _each_ user is actually looking for. (Not an aggregate user with 2.5 children.)
Come to think of it, doesn't Google aspire to personalized search? But in any case, at least I'd like old-fashioned quoted search -- i.e. I want "this phrase" exactly -- to give useful results.
- jader201 11y agoI didn't think phrase matching (quotes) was ever broken? I know Google dropped the "+" filter a while back, but I still continue to use phrase matching quite heavily, and it seems to still work as it always has.
- deleted 11y ago[deleted]
- 82xx 11y agoThe string matching is fuzzy though. It is case insensitive and it ignores at least some non-alphanumeric characters. For example, "twenty-four" will return results about the TV show "Twenty Four" as well as results for "twenty four" and "twenty-four". There's some other maddening exceptions for those who would prefer exact string matching, but I can't remember them all and it's changed over the years too.
- cdcarter 11y agoI think it does. After clicking this article, my top four search results for Paul Rand (without quotes) were the designer.