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Re:Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in ... by AlexAndScripts on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:48AM (#28927210)
I wish there was a mode for "do as I ask"
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Re:Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in ... by DeathArrow on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @02:05AM (#28927295)
They have it. It is called verbatim search. Just that it doesn't do what it is supposed to.
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Re:Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in ... by gremIin on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @02:12AM (#28927333)
So they don't have it.
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Re:Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in ... by skinkestek on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @02:51AM (#28927582)
> I wish there was a mode for "do as I ask"

There is verbatim and back in the day this is also what doublequotes meant.

Google has gotten away by blaming it on spam since back when matt_cutts was here, but I fail to see how spam can possibly be the reason why neither doublequotes nor verbatim works (edit:) unless spammers have found their way into Googles ranking algorithm to neuter all exact match operators.

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Re:Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in ... by toyg on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @06:40AM (#28929103)
They should call it sudo. It would be an absolute hit.
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Re:Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in ... by 1_player on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @03:06PM (#28934764)
They had it. The fact it doesn't work anymore is probably because some big brains at Google strongly believe that their AI knows better. Such hubris is the reason why Google sucks today and it absolutely rocked 20 years ago.
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