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Ask HN: How to do literal web searches after Google destroyed the “ ” feature? (derp.foo)

submitted 1 year ago by haxor@derp.foo to c/hackernews@derp.foo

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I used this quite frequently but since Google """"improved"""" it last year (there was a popular HN post complaining about this) it doesn't work anymore. Search for a domain name with quotation marks for example just recombines the contents of the domain and returns a bunch of unrelated content completely cluttering what I am looking for. Until last year it used to return no search results if there weren't any exact matches, which is the whole point.

Does someone have a work around for this phenomenal Google decision?

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[–] FuntyMcCraiger@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Searching for jackets: ✅

Searching for long jackets: ❌

I'm so used to having the second option be images. So now I often click the products tab or whatever option it thought up and I know for a fact that Google is gonna take that one misguided click and run a whole ad campaign on it.