Google Universal Search is Just Weird

January 1st, 2008 by Michael Gray in Google

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So if the word “the” is a stop word an generally speaking just ignored, why does the search for [the golden compass] have a Google news result in the #2 slot and [golden compass] does not.

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One Response to “Google Universal Search is Just Weird”

Jaan Kanellis Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 2:59 am
Search for “_ golden compass” and ask that question again.