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woodchucker[_3_]

On 9/21/2013 10:40 PM, wrote:
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.

I wish that were the truth, but the search engine has evolved over time
with them. They push the sites that pay first. They used to push the
most frequently visited sites. They also have tried figuring out what
you might be wanting, not what you are wanting. Some of this seems to be
based on your search history, and geographic location.

It is still a good search engine, but it has lost some of hits accuracy.

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Jeff