Google has a confirmed bug with utilizing adverse search operators, a option to exclude phrases out of your search outcomes, inside Google Buying. Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, confirmed the difficulty on X saying, “We did have a bug the place it wasn’t working inside some buying outcomes. That may not be resolved but.”
The instance given was a seek for [nitto jaguar black -tire] the consumer is attempting to exclude tires from the product outcomes nevertheless it returns nothing however tires. Here’s a screenshot:
Google is conscious of the difficulty and it sounds prefer it needs to be mounted quickly.
However if you’re wanting to make use of the function to exclude words out of your search question in Google Buying, you’re at the moment out of luck.
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No, it has not. We did have a bug the place it wasn’t working inside some buying outcomes. That may not be resolved but. Have an instance you are snug sharing?
— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) February 21, 2024
Thanks, yeah — we wish it to be working there once more due to precisely this case, when you might want to say “no, however not that factor.” Hopefully will not be an excessive amount of longer.
— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) February 21, 2024
Discussion board dialogue at X.
