Google search takes 7 seconds on certain queries

Re:Google search takes 7 seconds on certain queries by DanBC on Sunday August 04, 2019 @03:50AM (#20605045)

> For me it began with their removal of the + search operator (to boost google+ organic traffic from google).

Google say they removed it because most searches that included a plus operator were using it wrong.

https://search.googleblog.com/2011/11/search-using-your-term...

> In most cases, Google’s algorithms make things better for our users - but in some rare cases, we don’t find what you were looking for. In the past, we provided users with the “+” operator to help you search for specific terms. However, we found that users typed the “+” operator in less than half a percent of all searches, and two thirds of the time, it was used incorrectly. A couple of weeks ago we removed the “+” operator, encouraging the use of the double quotes, which are more likely to be used correctly.

I'd be intersted to know how often the "quotes" are used correctly.

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Re:Google search takes 7 seconds on certain queries by rightbyte on Sunday August 04, 2019 @06:37AM (#20605614)

0,5% of the queries used "+" so they removed it? Feels like a dogmatic "data driven" UX change for the sake of change. The interesting number would be how much it was used when the first queries failed and gave to much answers.

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Re:Google search takes 7 seconds on certain queries by dTal on Monday August 05, 2019 @05:56PM (#20619479)

"We removed the seatbelts because we found they were used in less than 0.5% of car journeys."

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Re:Google search takes 7 seconds on certain queries by DanBC on Sunday August 04, 2019 @07:21AM (#20605785)

So, I'm not saying I agree with Google here. I'm just providing links to google information about why they said they removed it.

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