[Ads-l] "stepped foot on" (that flight)

[Dan Goncharoff]

Those who lack precision would probably find that the quality of Google
searches is improving, as Google tries to figure out what one meant to ask
for, and does a better job of providing more likely alternatives to common
mistakes.

Doesn't help the precise ones much, though.

DanG

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Christopher Philippo <toff at mac.com> wrote:

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> Subject:      Re: "stepped foot on" (that flight)
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> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> > searching for =93step foot on" (quoted) gives me pages that contain =
> instead only "set foot on".
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> Would the search:
> =93step foot on" -"set foot on"
> resolve that issue?
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> I have noted that quality of Google=92s web, news, and book searches =
> seem to have been declining, though.  Their search options should be =
> growing more versatile and their search results more useful, not less =
> so.
>
> Christopher K. Philippo=
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