On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:11:35 -0400, woodchucker
I have to agree about ignoring the 1/2, although Mike's followup is good
info. I have noticed that google has become less selective and tries to
offer you something that might be close. Seems like google has taken a
step back.. When google first came out there engine was dead on pinpoint
accurate, while yahoo and excite were like google today. I miss the old
google.

That might well be because there's so many more websites available now
as compared to when Google first came out.

I frequently find myself putting quotation marks around my query words
in order to narrow down the searches to exact phrases.