[geeks] Google Irritation

Sridhar Ayengar ploopster at gmail.com
Tue Feb 24 17:13:38 CST 2009


Anthony Ortenzi wrote:
> 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.

Excellent!  Thanks a lot, Anthony!

Peace...  Sridhar



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