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Re:Google search takes 7 seconds on certain queries by crummy on Sunday August 04, 2019 @03:14AM (#20604922)
That's my biggest frustration, when I search for "X Y" and they return me results without "Y" at all, and even call that out in the results.

I end up having to put everything in double quotes just to get results that I'd expect.

Re:Google search takes 7 seconds on certain queries by mort96 on Sunday August 04, 2019 @03:28AM (#20604975)
"I" "miss" "the" "times" "when" "I" "didn't" "have" "to" "type" "like" "this".
Re:Google search takes 7 seconds on certain queries by DanBC on Sunday August 04, 2019 @03:46AM (#20605029)
I also find that annoying. I wonder if it started because Google favour "fresh" content, and so people keep changing the content of their pages and Google keeps that page even when Y has been removed. Here's MattCutts from 10 years ago saying this is sometimes useful:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=902999#904784

> Your "Red Room" query is hard in a couple ways. First, it looks like that root page used to have the words on the page: "The Red Room Doors open 6pm $18 Pre-Booked" And it's also tough because it looks like the name changed to the "2nd Degree Bar & Grill" at some point. The fact that you can type [red room] and get a suggestion for [red room st. lucia] is actually pretty helpful in my book because it leads you to the answer that the name changed.

Re:Google search takes 7 seconds on certain queries by netsharc on Sunday August 04, 2019 @05:58AM (#20605487)
Can't believe how dumb it is. Imagine a surgeon asking an assistant for a specific type of scalpel, and that assistant bringing an assortment of scalpels.. "I specifically specified X scalpel, god damn it!".