Sometimes when I use exact matches like "keyword1" "keyword2" I see results that contain some of the matches but not others. Is there a search engine that only shows results with all the exact matches exactly as they are written?

    • Atemu@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Results for exact term “cats and dogs”. If no or few results are found, we’ll try to show related results.

      Basically useless.

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        1 year ago

        The +/- annoys me more. Instead of - excluding a term and + making it mandatory, they just change the weight of the term. Why?!

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      1 year ago

      I always use DDG but neither they support exact match nor exlusions with the dash. They only have a slight effect, but they don’t actually work.

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      Good cheat sheet. The “-” command really comes in handy when you search term could potentially contain a different, more popular, search term. Like if you were looking for the cartoon CatDog for example and the addition of the words TV show weren’t getting you results for whatever reason.