Edit: i’ll update this list of search engines that are alleged (up to you, the Reader, to verify) not to respect special search operators:

  • owoarchist said Google

Keep your previous search terms but add “NOT” then whatever the word thats coming up that you want to exclude from search results since its not relevant to what you’re looking for

I just intuited and put this to use a moment ago and it works and helped filter down things substantially

    • LillyPip@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 days ago

      That looks like a bug. It used to work and should still work, unless they broke it in some instances for some reason.

      That is a bug report wondering why it isn’t working for that user, not a statement that it doesn’t work on Google for a reason. If anything, that bug report says it has and should work on google.

      e: and the response says it works for at least some people, with only 15 people ‘agreeing’ with the report. Considering their hundreds of millions of users, 15 is microscopic. It’s a bug from 2 1/2 years ago. Could be something weird with a 3rd party browser (that bug report doesn’t give any details on what OS or browser the user was using). I just tested it and it’s working for me. If it’s not working for you, you should submit a bug report, because it should.