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How to Search for Exactly What You Want with Google
Because people can be a little vague and also don’t always spell things correctly, Google search has algorithms that try to figure out what you are actually looking for. So when you enter a search query, Google will try to be “helpful” and will modify or add to your search terms in ways that are described at this Google blog.
Google’s help is not always wanted, however, and Google has a new search feature called “Verbatim” that is being rolled out over the next few days. If you do a verbatim search, Google will use the exact search terms you enter and won’t try to second-guess you. The Verbatim tool is listed under “More search tools” (figure below).
More information: Google announcement
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1. How do you change the default to leave all of the search terms visible. Each time I do a search they close to a minimalistic view.
2. I am in Australia and I used to be able to have an Australia specific Google search; where did this feature go to; if you know!?
Thanks for a great site and lots of wonderful suggestions/tips!!
Make sure you are using www.google.com.au and not www.google.com. When viewing the search results you should see "Pages from Australia" in the options on the left side of the screen.
Thanks v.laurie! Many months ago Google made a change that I only discovered by deduction when many of my searches no longer worked properly. I was frequently frustrated by going to search result pages that didn't include my search terms. Hopefully the verbatim feature will give me the results I want again.
Jon
From the Google blog:
"You can access the verbatim search tool under “More search tools” on the left-hand side."
The left side of what? I can't find anything on the left side like what is described in the blog.
figured it out. you have to do a search first and then choose ther verbatim method
At last - and it's available in the UK already
Fantastic! Works really well. I was able to find many lost articles on Google about myself - all I had to type was my name in quotation marks and it narrowed it right down to what I wanted.
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