{"id":1732,"date":"2023-07-19T15:10:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T15:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherylroll.com\/google-confirms-related-search-operator-is-going-away-429575\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T15:10:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T15:10:46","slug":"google-confirms-related-search-operator-is-going-away-429575","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylroll.com\/google-confirms-related-search-operator-is-going-away-429575\/","title":{"rendered":"Google confirms related search operator is going away"},"content":{"rendered":"
Google is removing support for the related search operator<\/a>, a special search command where Google can tell you what other websites are related to another site. <\/p>\n Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, confirmed via Twitter<\/a> the related search operator is going away, saying:<\/p>\n What is the related search operator. <\/strong>The related search operator allowed you to type in the Google search box, for example, [related:https:\/\/www.google.com\/<\/a>] and Google would return related websites to that URL. Google’s old help documentation said:<\/p>\n It’s going away. <\/strong>I noticed this morning that Google removed the operator from its help documentation<\/a> and then asked Google if the related search operator was going away. Google confirmed it is indeed going away, although, it currently seems to return results.<\/p>\n Sullivan added that it was rarely used anyway.<\/p>\n Alternatives may come back.<\/strong> Sullivan added:<\/p>\n What and when that might be is unknown. <\/p>\n It begs the question, Google’s SGE<\/a> can and does provide an AI snapshot answer to answer that question. So is the related search command needed?<\/p>\n\n
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