What the hell happened to Google Books?

[Montesquieu]

You used to be able to type in an exact phrase and it would respond with the exact phrase back if it existed in printed format.

Now they have reverted to giving you vague similarities.

 

[echo]

The bigger they get, the worse they are

 

[Montesquieu]

I used to be able to type in precise Latin and get proper results.

Now all I get is analogies.

 

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Engineer: We built a really useful tool that does a thing really well.
Management: Monetize it.
Result: Shitty thing

 

[Montesquieu]

If I type in Atilla the Hun I want something on Atilla the Hun, not a book that mentions Hungary.

 

[Doc]

Put a phrase like that, or a book title in quotes.
"Attila the Hun"

 

[Montesquieu]

Actually, that was a bad example to use because proper names are, well, proper names.

You used to be able to type in exact phrases and get 0 hits if you were wrong. Now you get something vaguely similar.