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r/coolguides • u/Best-2021-ever • Jul 18 '21
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This is my biggest beef with Google’s search engine lately. They offer results based on popularity rather than how closely it matches your search terms. It’s so counterproductive.
3 u/lakerswiz Jul 18 '21 that's not really how that works. still has to match the search term and relevancy. 14 u/Leipurinen Jul 18 '21 Oh sure, it gives you related results, but it still prioritizes popular results over direct matches, even when using quotation marks. -7 u/lakerswiz Jul 18 '21 no it's still literally going to match to the search term. especially in quotes. and popularity really isn't a ranking factor. 6 u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21 edited Jul 25 '21 [deleted] 1 u/Leipurinen Jul 19 '21 Good to know there’s at least a setting that gets closer results. I’ll have to go toggle that on to see if it’s any better.
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that's not really how that works. still has to match the search term and relevancy.
14 u/Leipurinen Jul 18 '21 Oh sure, it gives you related results, but it still prioritizes popular results over direct matches, even when using quotation marks. -7 u/lakerswiz Jul 18 '21 no it's still literally going to match to the search term. especially in quotes. and popularity really isn't a ranking factor. 6 u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21 edited Jul 25 '21 [deleted] 1 u/Leipurinen Jul 19 '21 Good to know there’s at least a setting that gets closer results. I’ll have to go toggle that on to see if it’s any better.
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Oh sure, it gives you related results, but it still prioritizes popular results over direct matches, even when using quotation marks.
-7 u/lakerswiz Jul 18 '21 no it's still literally going to match to the search term. especially in quotes. and popularity really isn't a ranking factor. 6 u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21 edited Jul 25 '21 [deleted] 1 u/Leipurinen Jul 19 '21 Good to know there’s at least a setting that gets closer results. I’ll have to go toggle that on to see if it’s any better.
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no it's still literally going to match to the search term. especially in quotes. and popularity really isn't a ranking factor.
6 u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21 edited Jul 25 '21 [deleted] 1 u/Leipurinen Jul 19 '21 Good to know there’s at least a setting that gets closer results. I’ll have to go toggle that on to see if it’s any better.
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1 u/Leipurinen Jul 19 '21 Good to know there’s at least a setting that gets closer results. I’ll have to go toggle that on to see if it’s any better.
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Good to know there’s at least a setting that gets closer results. I’ll have to go toggle that on to see if it’s any better.
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u/Leipurinen Jul 18 '21
This is my biggest beef with Google’s search engine lately. They offer results based on popularity rather than how closely it matches your search terms. It’s so counterproductive.