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		saurik on Aug 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We're improving search results when you use quotes I still miss AltaVista :(.

mech422 on Aug 5, 2022 | [–]

oh god yes... just the "NEAR" operator alone put it miles ahead..

"Fred near jones" vs " 'fred jones' 'jones fred' 'jones, fred' 'fred micheal jones' "

Mezzie on Aug 5, 2022 | [–]

I miss Dogpile.

Comparing everybody's results was fascinating.

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