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Re:Dorking: the use of search engines to find very specific ... by jon_richards on Sunday August 09, 2020 @07:08PM (#24103721)
I think it’s primarily for people copying and pasting something like an error message, which may have user-specific data in quotes. That should be what “not many results for...” is for, but Google is always trying to optimize away those clicks. Maybe they could add a “programatic” search feature with documented syntax for power users.
Re:Dorking: the use of search engines to find very specific ... by hwillis on Sunday August 09, 2020 @08:58PM (#24104378)
A moderate-length string of quoted words (>5?) used to return zero or near zero results and a suggestion to try without quotes- imo ideal
Re:Dorking: the use of search engines to find very specific ... by echelon on Monday August 10, 2020 @10:05AM (#24109351)
Power users aren't where the money is.
Re:Dorking: the use of search engines to find very specific ... by mcswell on Sunday August 09, 2020 @11:37PM (#24105250)
Maybe they should go back to +
Re:Dorking: the use of search engines to find very specific ... by hoseja on Monday August 10, 2020 @08:31AM (#24108536)
Add? They used to have one and actively removed it.
Re:Dorking: the use of search engines to find very specific ... by rozab on Monday August 10, 2020 @11:28AM (#24110327)
I am always surprised that these systems are not more friendly to engineers, since they were built by them. You'd think for their own sakes they'd stick in a system like xkcd.com/806/