[PLUG] Google search syntax

[Fred James]

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 <johnxj at comcast.net>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