Verbatim Search

Always use verbatim search with google

Total ratings

4.08 (Rating count: 26)

Review summary

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Pros
  • Saves time for most searches
  • Easy access to Verbatim search option
  • Works as intended for some users
  • Great effort to enhance Google search capabilities
Cons
  • Cannot turn off temporarily without reloading
  • Button often shows incorrect status (enabled/disabled)
  • Breaks other Google search functionalities (e.g., Tools and filters)
  • Seems to be broken or buggy since last month
  • Overrides other filters like time-based results
Most mentioned
  • Issues with turning off or resetting the extension
  • Button functions incorrectly
  • Breaks additional filters on Google search
  • Recent bugs affecting functionality
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User reviews

Recent rating average: 2.60
All time rating average: 4.08
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Date Author Rating Lang Comment
2020-06-26
Thomas King		 This is a great effort. It has limitations, but BRAVO vikbez for doing what Google should have put in the options.
2020-06-26
Thomas King		 en This is a great effort. It has limitations, but BRAVO vikbez for doing what Google should have put in the options.
2020-01-20
Laurel Hulme		 Love this extension; really saves me time for most searches. But I'm having issues turning it off. Right now, the extension button is white, which means Verbatim mode should be "off." However, google is only searching in Verbatim mode. Because of the nature of the tool--which forces the webpage into Verbatim--when it's "on," you can't get the page to show all results; it will just jump back to verbatim. So when the button isn't working as designed, rather is "always on," that's a huge problem. Am on Macbook and Chrome.
2020-01-20
Laurel Hell		 en Love this extension; really saves me time for most searches. But I'm having issues turning it off. Right now, the extension button is white, which means Verbatim mode should be "off." However, google is only searching in Verbatim mode. Because of the nature of the tool--which forces the webpage into Verbatim--when it's "on," you can't get the page to show all results; it will just jump back to verbatim. So when the button isn't working as designed, rather is "always on," that's a huge problem. Am on Macbook and Chrome.
2018-10-31
Alyson Lynch		 I love this extension, but I HATE that I cannot turn it off temporarily at the top of a search. There is a dropdown and I can select "All results" instead of "Verbatim," but the page ALWAYS reloads with the Verbatim results (so there is the option, but it doesn't work). Since it is a pain to go into settings and turn it off, I end up switching to another browser to conduct a regular search and it is a huge pain.
2018-10-31
Alyson Lynch		 en I love this extension, but I HATE that I cannot turn it off temporarily at the top of a search. There is a dropdown and I can select "All results" instead of "Verbatim," but the page ALWAYS reloads with the Verbatim results (so there is the option, but it doesn't work). Since it is a pain to go into settings and turn it off, I end up switching to another browser to conduct a regular search and it is a huge pain.
2018-05-13
Robin Karinen		 Sometimes the button is buggy.. Verbatim search is enabled, but the button shows it as disabled. One has to click the button twice to disable it again..
2016-10-20
Robin Karinen		 en Sometimes the button is buggy.. Verbatim search is enabled, but the button shows it as disabled. One has to click the button twice to disable it again..
2017-11-29 Jeff Rife Breaks the "Tools" on the Google results page, along with the "Images", "Shopping", etc., searches, which don't have Verbatim equivalents. It's easier just to copy the default Google search and add "&tbs=li:1" to the search URL right after the "%s".
2017-11-29
Jeff Rife		 en Breaks the "Tools" on the Google results page, along with the "Images", "Shopping", etc., searches, which don't have Verbatim equivalents. It's easier just to copy the default Google search and add "&tbs=li:1" to the search URL right after the "%s".
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