# Google Misfires

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-misfires/635792>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 25, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-misfires/635792 "2012-09-25T16:43:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-misfires/635792/21 "2012-10-02T20:14:56Z")

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> [@ExcitedIdiot](#):
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> Boolean still works, I just used it. If you search ‘groundhog day’, the movie will be on the first page(4 or 5). Search ‘groundhog day -murray’ and it’s not.
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> Search ‘groundhog day +murray’ and the movie is the first link.

The - still works, and the + is ignored. It’d been the same if you searched ’ groundhog day murray’

It’s the subject of many posts online… most of which are negative. [Google Product Forums](http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/websearch/3oIWbew9xdE%5B1-25%5D) or [Google Product Forums](http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/websearch/3oIWbew9xdE/ReLx2nis1B0J) for example.

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-misfires/635792/22 "2012-10-02T22:48:56Z")

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The + no longer works, but you can get exactly the same functionality by enclosing the word in quote marks.

Old: “groundhog day” +murray  
New: “groundhog day” “murray”

One extra character is not a big deal…

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**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-misfires/635792/23 "2012-10-04T00:58:13Z")

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I’d love to find out something has very recently changed, but it’s crazy to me that there’s no good way to attach files in your Drive account to a Gmail, short of sharing the file or downloading it and attaching it.

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**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-misfires/635792/24 "2012-10-04T03:47:02Z")

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I think the way they want you to do it is to share the file from drive.

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**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-misfires/635792/25 "2012-10-04T13:12:12Z")

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> [@AaronX](#):
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> I think the way they want you to do it is to share the file from drive.

…which I mentioned, and is dumb. Try convincing an insurance rep to jump through the extra hoops to access a claim form as opposed to sending them an attachment directly.

Or how’s about this- sending out a resume. It’s a stupid extra hurdle, and impedes user experience. And I say this as a fan of Google in general, especially Android.

ETA- your suggestion isn’t dumb, Google is. Sorry if that came off wrong.

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