Unless you've indexed a right-to-left language that has punctuation marks??
Or if you've indexed "quoted text" with the quote character before the term? Or if you've indexed *strong text* with the star character before the term? Or if you've indexed /regexp string/ or /italicized string/ with the slash before the term? Or ... -Mark On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > :Here would be my reply > > > > ,Dear Google > > .Somebody capable of describing "What's broken under Unix" will be able > figure out why punctuation *before* a search term will not significantly > alter the delivery time of search results > > :Hint .See this email > > ,Sincerely > > Peter Jay Salzman > > > > > On Thu 13 Jan 05, 11:37 AM, Ken Bloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Here's google's answer: > > > > ----- Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- > > > > Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 10:24:13 -0800 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [#19464334] Searching for dotfiles > > To: Ken Bloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Hi Ken, > > > > Thank you for your note. Google currently does not recognize search terms > > containing periods, exclamation points, question marks, the @ sign, and > > other such characters. These characters are so common that including them > > in a search would greatly slow the delivery of search results. > > Furthermore, the use of punctuation on the web is so inconsistent (for > > example, there's no obvious way to decide between Mr. and Mr) that > > including it in the query often does more harm than good. > > > > That said, we know that many useful search terms do contain such > > characters. We've generated exceptions for terms like C++ and $10 and are > > studying ways to enable search terms like C/net. We'll keep your feedback > > in mind as we work to improve the quality of our search. > > > > For more information, please visit > > http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html. Please don't hesitate to > > contact us with any other questions or concerns. Thanks for your interest > > in Google. > > > > Regards, > > The Google Team > > > > > > Original Message Follows: > > ------------------------ > > From: Ken Bloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Searching for dotfiles > > Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:31:25 -0800 > > > > As a linux user, I commonly use google to search the internet for > > information about a specific dotfile (a file that lives my home > > directory, and whose name begins with a period), so I frequently enter > > queries that look like any of the following > > > > .forward syntax > > .vimrc examples > > .svnfix > > > > Whether or not I include quotation marks around the dotfile's name, > > Google ignores the period, and searches, for example, for > > > > forward syntax > > vimrc examples > > svnfix > > > > Is there any way to get Google to unignore the dot? > > > > --Ken Bloom > > > > -- > > I usually have a GPG digital signature included as an attachment. > > See http://www.gnupg.org/ for info about these digital signatures. > > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > > -- > > I usually have a GPG digital signature included as an attachment. > > See http://www.gnupg.org/ for info about these digital signatures. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > vox-tech mailing list > > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > > -- > The mathematics of physics has become ever more abstract, rather than more > complicated. The mind of God appears to be abstract but not complicated. > He also appears to like group theory. -- Tony Zee's "Fearful Symmetry" > > GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Mark K. Kim AIM: markus kimius Homepage: http://www.cbreak.org/ Xanga: http://www.xanga.com/vindaci Friendster: http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=13046 PGP key fingerprint: 7324 BACA 53AD E504 A76E 5167 6822 94F0 F298 5DCE PGP key available on the homepage _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
