Why doesn't the Google toolbar recognize "/"s or "."s?

[shellschlock]

I was trying to search for an ad popup that I was getting (to see if anyone
else had gotten rid of it) and when I tried to highlight or use the
word-search feature (some of the search results were from forum posts) it
didn't work. This was because the / and . weren't recognized.

What I typed read like that "ad searchclick com" (etc).

Anyone know why this is?

 

[Gabriele Neukam]

On that special day, shellschlock, ([email protected]) said...

What I typed read like that "ad searchclick com" (etc).

Anyone know why this is?

Try to "escape" those special cases with a preceding "\" (without
quotes, of course)


Gabriele Neukam

(e-mail address removed)

 

[Fuzzy Logic]

I was trying to search for an ad popup that I was getting (to see if
anyone else had gotten rid of it) and when I tried to highlight or use
the word-search feature (some of the search results were from forum
posts) it didn't work. This was because the / and . weren't recognized.

What I typed read like that "ad searchclick com" (etc).

Anyone know why this is?

From <http://www.googleguide.com/interpreting_queries.html>

Google ignores some punctuation and special characters, including ! ? , . ;
[ ] @ / # < > .

Because punctuation is typically not as important as the text around it,
Google ignores most punctuation in your search terms. There are exceptions,
e.g., C++ and $99. Mathematical symbols, such as /, <, and >, are not
ignored by Google's calculator.
[ Dr. Ruth ] returns the same results as [ Dr Ruth ]

What if you're seeking information that includes punctuation that Google
ignores, e.g., an email address? Just enter the whole thing including the
punctuation.

[ (e-mail address removed) ]

Be aware that web pages sometimes camouflage email addresses to make
collecting such information difficult for spammers. For example, on some
sites you'll find the @ sign in an email address replaced with the word
"at."