Users complain Google Search no longer honors quoted exact-match queries
sanderssays · x · 2026-09-02
Users are noticing that Google Search no longer treats quoted phrases as exact-match queries. One user says quote search was their efficiency trick with Google, and that the same queries now cost fewer regrettable minutes in ChatGPT — a small but telling data point on search quality decay and user drift toward AI tools.
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