I think google still listens to the quote operator first, but if that would return no results, it then returns the results without the quotes.
That seems to be what I’ve seen from my experience, anyway.
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Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I thought Google was ignoring the quote operator these days. It always seemed to for me, until I quit using them.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
kungen@feddit.nu 3 weeks ago
Yeah. Or if it thinks that “you’ve spelled this word wrong”, but then you click the “search instead for…” link below it.
psud@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
The OP image shows Google prioritising the quoted search term, but also get the similar meaning results
Quotes tell the search engine you want that or something like it, don’t show stuff completely unlike it
sga@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
the image shows bing though
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It literally shows google.com my guy
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I think they are confusing Microsoft Edge (the browser) and Bing (the search engine). You can see the Copilot icon in the top right, so it’s probably the Edge browser.
sga@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
my bad. i did not look at url bar (in my browser, it is at bottom), and could only recognise the copilot logo at the top right, so I assumed it was bing. Sorry
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
All I know is that the URL says google.com, I don’t see what you’re seeing
towerful@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Google has a “search tools” drop down menu (on mobile it’s at the end of the list of images/shopping/news etc).
It’s default set to “all results”. I believe changing it to “verbatim” is closer to the older (some would say “dumber”, I would say “more predictable”) behaviour
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Fair enough! Not going back though, I’m doing just fine with maapl.net for now.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
SearX is pretty sweet honestly