Tell HN: Google doesn't work anymore for exact matches

Re:Tell HN: Google doesn't work anymore for exact matches by braddeicide on Saturday January 29, 2022 @05:52PM (#30131424)

Google results are low quality unless you enable verbatim. Tools, all results, verbatim.

It blows my mind this isn't the default. I can only assume they've adopted the opinion of search engines before them that they could benefit from showing lower quality results to keep the users on their site longer.

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Re:Tell HN: Google doesn't work anymore for exact matches by kazinator on Saturday January 29, 2022 @07:53PM (#30132428)

Is this something accessible through the Settings, bottom right? I cannot find it.

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Re:Tell HN: Google doesn't work anymore for exact matches by clove on Sunday January 30, 2022 @06:50PM (#30142582)

DDG's !gvb bang is faster.

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Re:Tell HN: Google doesn't work anymore for exact matches by hnburnsy on Saturday January 29, 2022 @11:51PM (#30134145)

It doesn't seem to appear in a mobile browser, but I do see it if I put the mobile browser in desktop mode.

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Re:Tell HN: Google doesn't work anymore for exact matches by jetanoia on Saturday January 29, 2022 @10:22PM (#30133591)

no, not in Settings. The 'Tools' option only appears at the top right of the screen after you conduct a google search in the normal fashion. So search for a term, then click Tools at top to switch to the verbatim option.

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