hi,

Chris Cason <del### [at] deletethistoopovrayorg> wrote:
> ...
> '+' /used/ to do that, but unfortunately google changed it. Nowadays you need to put
the word(s) in quotes; so "word"
 instead of +word.
> ...
> To get it to stop screwing around and stick to the subject you need to use
"verbatim" search. Unfortunately there doe
s not appear to be a way to get it to do verbatim with a search operator (e.g. like
"site:"). You need to click the 'To
ols' menu just under the right-hand side of the search box, then click the 'All
Results' menu that appears below on the
 left and change it to 'Verbatim'. This menu is only available once you've done a
search, which is a PITA also.

thanks, had not been aware of those changes.  the 'verbatim' thing, in
particular, makes me think that a simple wiki page with tips and
things-worth-knowing regarding searching, would be nice to have; different
people use different search engines, and perhaps functionality could be compared
across those.


regards, jr.

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