As I have been reviewing the search links in the “Search Is No Longer Boolean” class, I see one obvious change: the number of results for more-or-less complex strings has dramatically declined.
- lisp “developer” anna jones – 10 (was 94) results
- lisp “engineer” anna jones – 9 (was 233) — that is 3%!
- lisp “engineer” OR “developer” anna jones – 13 (was 231)
- intitle:”jim stroud” (“vice president” OR vp) 87 (was 687) results
- intitle:”jim stroud” vp 86 (was 200)
- intitle:”jim stroud” “vp“ 84 (was 78)
Other searches show similar reductions in results.
What that means, is if you are after as many results as possible, you should vary the search, repeat and replace keywords, and collect all you can.
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