Thank you Jenny. A useful, well structured and thought out mail that I am sure will help many people. Jane  :)
On Thursday, 21 January 2016, 3:46, Jenny Brandis <je...@brandis.com.au> wrote: Hi everyone Quote: Browsing using Google is not easy if you do not know how or cannot access the internet easily. Unquote This sentence, following closely behind a conversation with a school teacher on the subject made me give some thought to how I search the net. I used to get complements like "where do you find the time to search", "wow, you found that so quick" which made me feel good but did not help the sender (or you) So ...here are a few hints and tips that I use - I hope you will find them helpful If you have ever asked a database for specific results you will know that how you word that query defines how useful the answers will be! For example: If I type in Jenny Brandis to Google.com.au I get 188,000 results - this gives all instances of Jenny and all instances of Brandis, not necessarily even on the same page If I type in "Jenny Brandis" to Google.com.au I get 3,860 results - this gives all instances of Jenny Brandis the phrase - a lot of them are me :) If I type in "Jenny Brandis" lace to Google.com.au I get 2,260 results - a lot of them are about me and lace :) If I type in "Jenny Brandis" arachne to Google.com.au I get 1,500 results So you can see, choosing your words carefully can impact your results. Adding the inverted commas in front and behind my name forces the search to only give results that have the 2 words in a phrase. With lace searches we can narrow it down even further If I type in "Jenny Brandis" free lace pattern to Google.com.au I get 2,160 results and the 1st one goes to the page with links to free patterns on my website If I type in "free lace pattern" however I get 199,000 results - just not prickings :( If I type in "free bobbin lace pattern" however I get 35,600 results - the first going to Lorelei Halley's lynxlace site Try the following searches (copy and paste into the search field on goggle) Arachne lace Arachne -lace Out out damned spot Remember a line (or 2) from a song but cant remember the title? Try May your hands always be busy May your feet always be swift Ok, getting off topic but the idea is the same for lace related searches. Please, if this helps you, pass it on to others - knowledge is to be shared not hoarded. Regards Jenny Brandis je...@brandis.com.au <mailto:je...@brandis.com.au> www.brandis.com.au <http://www.brandis.com.au/> online since 1995 I can say to future generations that I was born BEFORE the Internet - my parents generation invented it!! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/