Another quick and hopefully useful tip for all you blogging newbies, like myself.
Sometimes it can be hard to find the site you're looking for on the web when there are millions of them around. However, if you know that you are specifically searching for a blogspot such as this, as opposed to a website (a blog will have the word blog or blogspot in its url address ie: the bar right at the top of your screen) then consider using a dedicated blogsearch tool such as http://blogsearch.google.com/
By using this facility, to ignore websites and search only for blogs you will find what you are after so much quicker.
If, for instance, you were to search for let's say 'Tintwistle Residents' and you googled it in the usual way at http://www.google.co.uk/ then you would currently find us at the bottom of page 1, sometimes on page 2.
By being more specific and using http://blogsearch.google.com/ you will find that typing in exactly the same search words, ie: 'Tintwistle Residents' brings us up at No1 in the list.
So you've arrived at your chosen site but now you are looking for something quite specific within the blog. How can you find your target without randomly clicking posts in hope?
Simple. At the top left there is a space to type in your search words and immediately to the right of this are the words 'SEARCH BLOG'. So if you want news about Station Road, for instance, just type those words in, click on 'SEARCH BLOG' and you will find that it brings up items on Ron Gregson's retirement and C.C.T.V. cameras. Similarly if you type in 'Post Office' it will find two blogposts on the subject for you.
As a blog develops and more and more posts get added, it becomes difficult and time consuming to search the blog manually, so searching in the manner suggested will bear fruit for the future.
One other time saving device on the same subject before I go.
If you find yourself searching for a website as opposed to a blog or you just don't know whether you're looking for one or the other, then instead of using a single search engine like Google or Yahoo, why not use a site that searches them all at once?
Yes such a thing exists and is a very useful tool to have. I personally use http://www.searchy.com/
Searchy will return results from 15 different search engines in the blink of an eye and list the top searches from each. It gives a greater variety of search because some sites might not be listed on Google or Yahoo but could still be picked up by other sites like MSN or Alta Vista for example. Happy searching.
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