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> To get the old behaviour for literal search using quotes enable the "Verbatim mode" (Tools > All results > Verbatim)

That hasn't worked for me for a long time.

To get the old behaviour for literal search using quotes enable the "Verbatim mode"

This isn't always honored. Google has been inconsistent with this for at least two years. It's noted on HN every time someone brings this up.

I tend to get zero results in verbatim and then find what I'm looking for after following a rabbit hole from some other search. It's like Google's given up on indexing more than 5% of the web any more.

While I find your answer very helpful. Now I first search with Qliqz and DDG coding related stuff! It is almost impossible nowadays to find an accurate technical result out of so many adds with Google.

Thanks for pointing this out.

I just noticed that with "Verbatim mode" enabled, Google doesn't even try to estimate the number of results available. I find that curious.

> To get the old behaviour for literal search using quotes enable the "Verbatim mode"

This is IMO very power-user-hostile.