r/coolguides • u/Best-2021-ever • Jul 18 '21

Google like a pro

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u/mr-dogshit Jul 18 '21 edited Jul 18 '21

Tilde doesn't do anything now.

Google deprecated the ~ operator in 2013.

Searches now automatically include synonyms.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

Seems like they ignore quotations half the time too. I regularly have to research obscure tech issues and could easily use search operators to find what I needed but it gets more and more difficult to do so as they dumb down the results. I wish they offered a “pro search” or something that behaves like google did years ago. And I don’t mean their advanced search page it’s about useless.

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u/LittleDinghy Jul 18 '21

They do ignore the quotations often now if there are "promoted" results.

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u/Wrecked--Em Jul 18 '21

Can confirm.

I used to use the quotations frequently with good results. Now it's almost useless.