the net. And b.t.w., how do I get Google to not ignore the '%' in a search for "%Fp"?
You're out of luck (presently). I also had this problem and asked them about it. Here's their answer:
--------------------------- Thank you for your note. Google currently does not recognize search terms containing exclamation points, question marks, the @ sign, and other such characters. These characters are so common that including them in a search would greatly slow down results delivery and hurt search performance. Furthermore, the use of punctuation on the Web is so inconsistent (for example, there's no obvious way to decide between Mr. and Mr) that including it in the query often does more harm than good.
That said, we know that many useful search terms do contain such characters. We've generated exceptions for terms like C++ and are studying ways to enable search terms like F# and C/net. We'll keep your feedback in mind as we work to improve the quality of our search.
For more information, please visit http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html . Other helpful information can be found at http://groups.google.com in the http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=google.public.support.genera....
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