| How do I use boolean search now that the + operator no longer works? | Slothman | 10/18/11 1:08 AM | I was previously accustomed to doing boolean searches putting a + on any term I wanted guaranteed to be on the page and a - if I wanted it guaranteed off the page. Now, if I search for "+linux +kodak +2170", I get: The + operator has been replaced. |
| Re: How do I use boolean search now that the + operator no longer works? | dtfinch | 10/18/11 11:05 AM | I made some profane comments in their search feedback, but apart from that, I don't know what can be done. If Google wants to shoot itself in the foot, there's little we can do to stop them. The first hit (the zdnet one) does in fact contain the wor |
| Re: How do I use boolean search now that the + operator no longer works? | sgadsby | 10/18/11 9:37 PM | I can't believe they have done this -- really frustrating. |
| Re: How do I use boolean search now that the + operator no longer works? | ElderGalactic | 10/20/11 7:08 AM | This. As people use search, more and more of us become "power users". Typing a "+" in front of a word dozens of times a day is MUCH easier than surrounding each word with quotes. Added to the fact that Googles fuzzy/"smart" search often ignores my |
| Re: How do I use boolean search now that the + operator no longer works? | Kremmen | 11/13/11 11:11 PM | Quotation marks around single words does not work. My only solution so far is to use Bing. |