top | item 18169527 (no title) royce | 7 years ago Now that Google+ is going away, can we have the +string operator back in Google Search, to force inclusion of a single string (instead of having to use double quotes)? discuss order hn newest cstrat|7 years ago is that why that was changed??? royce|7 years ago Yep, that was exactly why (or at least, very strong circumstantial evidence):https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/websearch/H4XbbwWmtAY...I don't think it was ever officially announced/admitted anywhere, though. But it was exactly around the time that Google+ was rolled out. buboard|7 years ago one can say it was used more
cstrat|7 years ago is that why that was changed??? royce|7 years ago Yep, that was exactly why (or at least, very strong circumstantial evidence):https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/websearch/H4XbbwWmtAY...I don't think it was ever officially announced/admitted anywhere, though. But it was exactly around the time that Google+ was rolled out. buboard|7 years ago one can say it was used more
royce|7 years ago Yep, that was exactly why (or at least, very strong circumstantial evidence):https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/websearch/H4XbbwWmtAY...I don't think it was ever officially announced/admitted anywhere, though. But it was exactly around the time that Google+ was rolled out.
cstrat|7 years ago
royce|7 years ago
https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/websearch/H4XbbwWmtAY...
I don't think it was ever officially announced/admitted anywhere, though. But it was exactly around the time that Google+ was rolled out.
buboard|7 years ago