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Boolean + operator removed? Why?

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Boolean + operator removed? Why? InnateTech 10/20/11 7:31 PM It appears that the + operator, requiring a search term to be present in every result returned, has been removed.  Why? This is going to seriously reduce Google's utility.
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Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? masinger 10/21/11 5:24 AM Type [+rent +Tauton] At the top of the results page, this appears: Showing results for rent Taunton The + operator has been replaced. To search for an exact word or phrase, use double quotation marks: "rent" "Taunton"
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? Kelly F 10/21/11 10:48 AM Hi everyone, We've made the ways you can tell Google exactly what you want more consistent by expanding the functionality of the quotation marks operator. In addition to using this operator to search for an exact phrase, you can now add quotation ma
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? masinger 10/21/11 11:02 AM How does requiring us to type two characters instead of one in order to ensure that a key word appears in the search results simplify the search experience? For that matter, how do random and unannounced changes requiring us to change our documentati
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? Colt45ws 10/22/11 11:58 PM I agree with masinger. Ive used the boolean "+" operator for as long as I can remember. Its ingrained in my search methodology. It aggravates me every time I make a search then have to turn around and adjust the search to current standards.
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? Project Argelia 10/23/11 2:09 PM So... if i want to make a search like this: +better "search engine" -google +bing +altavista +infoseek Being "search engine" a search for an exact phrase in the page, +better +bing +altavista +infoseek a search for these terms in the page and -google
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? kkbfly 10/23/11 6:43 PM like Project Argelia, i am wondering the same thing. the changes seem to make searches more difficult not easier, and requires more key strokes http://overall.it's a terrible move to someone used to boolean. 
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? LowLevel 10/24/11 10:02 AM The new way brokens a feature related to the search of single letters. Please note the difference of results between [intitle:"a b c"] and [intitle:"+a +b +c"]. Now it is no more possible to force single letters inside quotes.
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? MilesPrower 10/24/11 12:02 PM There better be an option to my account preferences coming if you do not plan to change this back to the basic fundamental rules and parsing of search queries based in boolean logic.
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? S-J-S 10/24/11 12:21 PM Do a search on Backwards +Compatibility and you might see how breaking it is Bad Thing.
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? BobEnt 10/24/11 12:21 PM Kelly, it sounds like you don't know what the + operator did. It didn't match an exact spelling of the word, it forced the search engine to only include results that contained that word. That functionality is now lost. We can't craft specific searche
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? masinger 10/24/11 1:08 PM Considering that Kelly F's corporate-speak was marked as an "answer" the moment it was posted, I'm guessing that there will be no further response. Probably sloppier search results = more ads.
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? Yes MeSir 10/24/11 2:15 PM I've spent years training people in the power of '+' searching, they won't understand why you have done this.  It looks like corporate arrogance to me.  So are 'OR' and '-' vulnerable to the same treatment?
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? Atribeistheanswer 10/24/11 2:40 PM Will you have something on the website to explain this? That means thousands or more computer books will need to be changed.
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? stilespj 10/24/11 2:53 PM I like  the motto: "If it is not broke, don't fix it"   In spite of the corporate Kellyspeak, this is a step backwards for Google seach, no boubt about it!!!   p.s.  Kelly's response is NOT the "Best Answer", no matter how many times it may be presen
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? knewt888 10/24/11 5:16 PM When they went from doing an AND search to an OR search the + (or "", now) became necessary.  If they'd left well-enough alone there would never have been a problem.  The early appeal of google was that all terms were included in the search, leading
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? bmh_ca 10/24/11 6:04 PM Dear Google, Your change "remove + operator" has been considered, and it has been determined to be: unwanted.
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? matt.e 10/24/11 6:13 PM Most stupid change ever. Why is the worst answer marked as the best answer? Kelly is a Google employee, yet doesn't seem to understand how their product used to work before they broke it - the + and "" are NOT interchangeable. As everyone hates th
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? Kelly F 10/24/11 6:47 PM Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I especially appreciate everyone's passion for search operators (if only every Google Search user were aware of these tools like you are...). One thing I'd like to add to my original post is that, as with any change
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? HinkcleyScott 10/24/11 7:11 PM Kelly, This looks like it breaks one of the ways I tend to do a fair number searches, where there are multiple terms of which I require at least one to be present. Example: when I want to find posts/sites/etc about the mounting post breaking on produ
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? Brian Handscomb 10/25/11 12:11 AM And I love how Google's "Inside Search" actually TELLS you to use the + Seriously though... "how" "is" "this" +better +than +this This rate, next thing is instead of -minus they'll replace it with NOT("minus")
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? searchmeplus 10/25/11 12:14 AM If you're going to remove the plus, please update your help text everywhere. http://www.google.com/help/features.html still mentions it under Query Refinements  Plus (+) Operator ... If a common word is essential to getting the results you want, y
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? melpadden 10/25/11 12:42 AM I would seriously urge Google to reconsider this before they annoy many more power users. I don't know if it's even a Power User trait to use the +operator, it's certainly one of the most often used characters in my search strings and a quick poll ar
Re: Boolean + operator removed? Why? PH1984 10/25/11 12:51 AM How does forcing searches to be more general and returning thousands of extra (useless) choices benefit anybody? The only possible answer I can imagine, is that by forcing users to plod through dozens of extra pages while looking for one that looks
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