Does anyone other than me recall the days when one could execute a Boolean search on the internet? Seems that, nowadays, the search
engines retrieve what they think you want, not what you asked for, e.g., do a simple search for, say 10 mm bolt, and see how much
crap is returned. Then you have to search through the crap to find what you used to be able to get simply by using a + or - sign in
your search term. Those things seem to be ignored these days.
It must be winter.
I searched for "boolean search google" and got https://ahrefs.com/blog/google-advanced-search-operators/
I normally use the stupidly named "duckduckgo" search engine. https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/syntax/
On 2/23/24 11:25 AM, Dan Marotta wrote:
Does anyone other than me recall the days when one could execute a Boolean search on the
internet? Seems that, nowadays, the search engines retrieve what they think you want,
not what you asked for, e.g., do a simple search for, say 10 mm bolt, and see how much
crap is returned. Then you have to search through the crap to find what you used to be
able to get simply by using a + or - sign in your search term. Those things seem to be
ignored these days.
Those are helpful, and I also use duckduck, but revert to Google when dd doesn't find what
I'm after.
My biggest search is searching Amazon, where I find it very hard to narrow it's search. I
don't know what it's rules are, but it sure doesn't follow Google rules. Sometimes, it's
easier to narrow results if I search Amazon using Google. My guess is Amazon doesn't want
to narrow the results you see.
Eric G
On 2/23/2024 11:55 AM, Sarah Anderson wrote:
It must be winter.
I searched for "boolean search google" and got
https://ahrefs.com/blog/google-advanced-search-operators/
I normally use the stupidly named "duckduckgo" search engine.
https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/syntax/
On 2/23/24 11:25 AM, Dan Marotta wrote:
Does anyone other than me recall the days when one could execute a Boolean search on
the internet? Seems that, nowadays, the search engines retrieve what they think you
want, not what you asked for, e.g., do a simple search for, say 10 mm bolt, and see how
much crap is returned. Then you have to search through the crap to find what you used
to be able to get simply by using a + or - sign in your search term. Those things seem
to be ignored these days.
It must be winter.
I searched for "boolean search google" and got https://ahrefs.com/blog/google-advanced-search-operators/
I normally use the stupidly named "duckduckgo" search engine. https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/syntax/
On 2/23/24 11:25 AM, Dan Marotta wrote:
Does anyone other than me recall the days when one could execute a
Boolean search on the internet? Seems that, nowadays, the search
engines retrieve what they think you want, not what you asked for,
e.g., do a simple search for, say 10 mm bolt, and see how much crap
is returned. Then you have to search through the crap to find what
you used to be able to get simply by using a + or - sign in your
search term. Those things seem to be ignored these days.
Does anyone other than me recall the days when one could execute a
Boolean search on the internet? Seems that, nowadays, the search
engines retrieve what they think you want, not what you asked for, e.g.,
do a simple search for, say 10 mm bolt, and see how much crap is
returned. Then you have to search through the crap to find what you
used to be able to get simply by using a + or - sign in your search
term. Those things seem to be ignored these days.
On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 10:25:34 -0700, Dan Marotta
<dcmarotta@earthlink.net> wrote as underneath :
Does anyone other than me recall the days when one could execute aThis is informative: https://support.startpage.com/hc/en-us/articles/4521473758228-Advanced-Search-on-Startpage
Boolean search on the internet? Seems that, nowadays, the search
engines retrieve what they think you want, not what you asked for, e.g.,
do a simple search for, say 10 mm bolt, and see how much crap is
returned. Then you have to search through the crap to find what you
used to be able to get simply by using a + or - sign in your search
term. Those things seem to be ignored these days.
Startpage is a meta engine so terms have to work on other search engines
as well eg Google, Bing etc. C+
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