Why Google can't search for words prefixed with '--'?

3 pointsby ronbeltranover 13 years ago

Why Google can't search for words prefixed with '--' ? Try searching for "--enable-thread" https://twitter.com/#!/ronbeltran/status/117457491176071168

2 comments

Argorakover 13 years ago

It can. Try to quote the term:<p>"--enable-thread"<p>(with quotes)<p>will yield results.

saiko-chriskunover 13 years ago

if you prefix anything with a dash google takes that keyword out of search queries, for the most part.<p>so if I wanted to search for computer stuff, but nothing to do with windows, I'd type in: "computers -windows"