Take the 2-minute tour ×  Lately my Google Alerts have been
turning up less relevant results, and I realize that they seem
to have stopped search for the phrase I entered and have started
just giving results that include each individual word (which is
obviously less useful).  When I go to "Manage your alerts", any
quotes I put in the search box are removed when it loses focus.
Has anyone else noticed this loss of functionality? Are there
better services that might provide what I need?  share|improve
this question I just tried to setup a new one and it worked. I
then edited one of the ones I had saved and when it lost focus
the quotes stayed around. What browser are you running and have
you tried disabling any plugins that might interfere? –  Dez Apr
27 '12 at 1:03  Your Answer    Browse other questions tagged or
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