do you feel Google search result quality has gone down?
robk: Back to the Altavista days of +search +must +include +plus +signs +"and quotation marks"Seriously, the problem is advanced users get unexpected results with the query expansion and refinement layers they've added on.  While dropping obscure words is helpful when grandpa has misformed queries, it's maddening for a technical user looking for a very specific, infrequent keyword.  However for grandpa, it's probably a better experience for a generalized result.Using +'s works well enough, but it's disappointing we have to use a less efficient method of querying now.