When Google doesn't even try

[Wassercrats]

There's one Google result for "The Buddhists say you'll be reincarnated as an idiot" (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-US&q=%22The+Buddhists+say+you%27ll+be+reincarnated+as+an+idiot%22) but none for "you'll be reincarnated as an idiot." (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-US&q=%22you%27ll+be+reincarnated+as+an+idiot%22&btnG=Search) I wish Google would give the searcher some idea of how much it searched. I wonder if it gave up on "you'll be reincarnated as an idiot" before it even tried. I must have missed lots of webpages I'm interested in because of search behavior like that.

[Slim]

There's one Google result for "The Buddhists say you'll be reincarnated as an idiot" (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-US&q=%22The+Buddhists+say+you%27ll+be+reincarnated+as+an+idiot%22) but none for "you'll be reincarnated as an idiot." (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-US&q=%22you%27ll+be+reincarnated+as+an+idiot%22&btnG=Search)

You get the same one result for "Buddhists say you'll be incarnated" (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Buddhists+say+you%27ll+be+reincarnated%22&btnG=Search) so it doesn't seem to be the extra link, and I wouldn't have that that phrase would be unique.

[Randall]

A definite blind spot there. Can't make sense of it -- if you add back "say" at the beginning of the phrase it works. Leave off "idiot," it doesn't work. Add "Buddhists" to the beginning and it works again. But if you try this search it works: "you'll be reincarnated as an idiot" futurequest (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22you%27ll+be+reincarnated+as+an+idiot%22+futurequest&btnG=Search).

See? FutureQuest can even fix Google. :rasberry:

Randall

[Wassercrats]

And why do the search results for "tameko rae" (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-US&q=%22tameko+rae%22) say:No results found for "tameko rae".


Results for tameko rae (without quotes):when the search results for "tameico n rae" (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-US&q=%22tameico+n+rae%22) don't tell me that the quotes were removed when they were?

[Randall]

Seems that the Did you mean: "tamiko n rae" supersedes the unquoted search feature ... which must be new, since this is the first time I've seen it.

Randall

[Wassercrats]

"Did you mean" wouldn't supersede something newer.

[Randall]

"Did you mean" wouldn't supersede something newer. It would if there are bugs in the something newer. Or older. Or somewhere in between. :wink:

Randall

[Wassercrats]

And every result on the first page for the phrase "email the pro se office" (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22email+the+pro+se+office%22&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8) says "These terms only appear in links pointing to this page: email the pro se office." I always hated that, even for one result.