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Re:Google search results have more human help than you think... by shrubble on Monday November 18, 2019 @10:38AM (#21565103)
I have certainly been disappointed recently by Google search results when searching for certain information on microcontrollers and the Forth programming language. Forth gets corrected to fourth and/or is found in the idiom 'back and forth'
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Re:Google search results have more human help than you think... by shadowgovt on Monday November 18, 2019 @10:58AM (#21565304)
Out of curiosity, do you do your searches with JavaScript disabled or logged out of your Google account?

The engine should generally pick up relatively quickly that when you specifically search for "Forth," you usually mean the programming language and not a typo. Catching these differences in use case is why customized search is a feature.

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Re:Google search results have more human help than you think... by giardini on Monday November 18, 2019 @12:12PM (#21566026)
This.

FWIW I will use "Forth language" or "Forth programming language" instead of "Forth" to delineate more precisely what I'm seeking.

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