> Google actually honors that for you?
It works exactly as expected. If you want an exact match you need to quote the search terms.
"Kubuntu" OR "KDE" -gnome site:ubuntuforums.comIt works exactly as expected. If you want an exact match you need to quote the search terms.
"Kubuntu" OR "KDE" -gnome site:ubuntuforums.comI run into this frequently when searching error messages. Quoting the error is useless, it still returns pages that contain parts of the quoted string.
When Google ignores it for me, it is usually on "high value" terms, with lots of potential ad views.
But to say "It works exactly as expected" is only correct for you and your machine.