Mike Connors wrote: > I just tested this by using the advanced search for specific the exact > wording or phrase and it put the whole string in dbl quotes and all the > results on the 1st page contained that phrase. I then did a simple search on > it w. dbl quotes and got the same results. It appears to work as I would > expect it to...? > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:30 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> This used to work but no longer. If I want to search on a specific >> phrase I enclose it in double quotes: >> >> "The Underwater City" >> >> Now, Google reports all sites that contain "the" and "underwater" and >> "city," even though the words are scattered throughout the web site. >> >> How can I get Google to respect the fact that I want only sites that >> contain the phrase as a specific string? >> I repeated the test but without going through the advanced option (i.e., I only did the phrase in dbl quotes as a simple search) ... my results were that same as Mike's, at least as far in as 3 pages worth. Am I missing something? Sorry if this is of no help. Regards Fred James
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