Independent learning is one of the major benefits of the Internet. For about every subject that we typed, in just a matter of seconds we can already get a huge amount of information. But behind all this continuous improvement of Google algorithms, they have somehow complicated our simple way of searching. As a result we find ourselves frustrated if we don’t get to see what we were looking for and most of the time we get disappointed especially if we find ourselves landing on the wrong search result.

Previously, Google provided the use of “+” operator to help you search for specific terms. However they have found that less than half the percentage of all searchers uses this operator. So a couple of weeks ago Google decided to remove it.
Right then, a lot of anxious users and SEO specialists raised this problem and requested for a more deliberate way of searching using the exact terms. Google has answered this concern and rolled out the verbatim search mode. This enables one to find the result that matches the exact word or phrase that they have entered. With this tool they have restricted the new improvements and updates such as the following.

- making automatic spelling corrections
- personalizing your search by using information such as sites you’ve visited before
- including synonyms of your search terms (matching “car” when you search [automotive])
- finding results that match similar terms to those in your query (finding results related to “floral delivery” when you search [flower shops])
- searching for words with the same stem like “running” when you’ve typed [run]
- making some of your terms optional, like “circa” in [the scarecrow circa 1963]

How do I get this tool?
The instruction is easy just click on the “More search tools” link found at the left side navigation and then select “Verbatim”, after that you’re ready to go!

For those of us working with search every day, we’ve been concerned about the amount of time spent on searching the right information. This time I could say that this tool has finally pulled out the trigger. Using the exact terms, we can now save time in finding the results of our query. Try this by yourself and let us know your comments.