Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, confirmed that the search firm just isn’t closing the location command search operator. He stated this after there have been some complaints in regards to the operator not working correctly.
Sullivan stated on X, “we aren’t closing web site: search.”
A web site command restricts the search outcomes to a particular web site. For instance, in a world the place Google didn’t present Reddit outcomes for each question, and in a world the place you wish to see outcomes from Reddit, you are able to do a web site:reddit.com querygoeshere in Google Search to search out search consequence matches which are on Reddit.com.
Here’s a web site command format:
What’s bizarre, is that Google just isn’t exhibiting Google.com, the Google dwelling web page – however Google says order is not symbolic of any particular web site concern and order means nothing for web site instructions.
In 2017, Google stated twice they’ve no plans to remove the site command, including that some Googlers would fight to keep it, regardless of its flaws.
Danny Sullivan did affirm that the location command had a bug a few week in the past, and perhaps it’s nonetheless having lingering bugs:
I am unable to replicate that, however I do know we did have a bug related a few week in the past, I feel. Which was positively a bug — we aren’t closing web site: search. I will cross this on so of us can examine.
— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) April 10, 2024
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