Comments on: Exact Match Query Bug in Google

By: Enrico

Enrico — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:40:00 +0000

Yes, it’s still a bug. The “+” sign inside quotes is still interpreted correctly if associated to non-numbers or if it’s associated to a number as the first or last word of the quoted phrase. This behaviour makes me think that they started to index tha e”+” sign without switching off the handling of the old “+” operator when used inside quotes.

By: Dejan SEO

Dejan SEO — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:44:00 +0000

Correct. Still a bug isn’t it, considering people will search for Google+ related things in the future more and more and this may actually happen more frequently now than ever.

By: Enrico

Enrico — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:22:00 +0000

Actually, the phrase you tried to search isn’t really expressed in an “exact” form, because the “+” sign is a special operator even if inside quotes. The symbol *is* indexed but you cannot search for it.
You can get the expected results if you search for “today we’re improving the performance of the * 1 button”.