Google is working hard to improve search, and it’s doing such a great job that the general public doesn’t seem to be noticing. With the inclusion of personalization, localization, customization, and with the depth of data Google knows and understands about the average user, it’s easy to overlook how much goes into making a useful (intuitive) search.
Especially when you factor in how little the average person understands Google, or how Google search actually works.
Yet despite Google’s improvement, or perhaps because of it, people seem to be losing their ability to perform advanced searches within Google