> actually want a search engine to search what they are looking for are cons... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

recursive on Nov 15, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google adds verbatim search mode for your exact se...

> actually want a search engine to search what they are looking for are considered "edge cases/power users"?

Arguably synonyms and word stemming still are what they are looking for. You could easily argue that one either way.

TillE on Nov 15, 2011 [–]

Word stemming is often desirable. I wish it were possible to turn on just that, and only for certain words.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact