[geeks] Google Irritation
Anthony Ortenzi
geeks at litfire.com
Tue Feb 24 16:08:26 CST 2009
Sridhar Ayengar busted some keycaps in your ass and said:
> Anthony Ortenzi wrote:
> > Sridhar Ayengar asked:
> >> Is there any way to prevent Google from "correcting" my spelling? I'm
> >> trying to search for something, and it keeps searching for what it
> >> "thinks" I'm searching for.
> >
> > Under Preferences, there's a radio button selection:
> > _ Provide query suggestions in the search box.
> > _ Do not provide query suggestions in the search box.
> >
> > Is that what you're looking for?
>
> Let me try it...
>
> Nope. Still screws up my search.
I saw your previous reply to Mike and better understood the question.
I think that what you're looking for in this case is: +"atlast"
You'll still get results for the Etta James song, but only if "atlast"
appears in the URL. It's a significantly better results set with the plus.
-Anthony
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