Google launches Verbatim search

Google Loading... on Tuesday added a twist to its search features. For the first time, Googlers can intentionally search for a misspelled or made-up term without using special characters such as a "+" sign or quotation marks by using “Verbatim,” an advanced Google search function. Google search engineers found that users typed the “+” operator in less than 0. Read more

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Google on Tuesday added a twist to its search features. For the first time, Googlers can intentionally search for a misspelled or made-up term without using special characters such as a "+" sign or quotation marks by using “Verbatim,” an advanced Google search function. Google search engineers found that users typed the “+” operator in less than 0.

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