best approach to search by only keywords on google?

every guide on searching by only keywords on google says something different. nothing changed on the site around the same time, as far as i can tell. what would you try next?
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neha_serp Nov 12, 2026
stella.potter
Put the words in quotes for an exact match. If Google still "helpfully" swaps in synonyms, use Tools > All results > Verbatim, that stops it. intitle: and intext: help too, for example intitle:"keyword" to only get pages with it in the title. The + operator doesn't do anything anymore.