Searching The Internet (article) by Michael Charles Messineo on AuthorsDen

Find what you want.

The Internet is the most amazing source to spread the word about your book. Interpreting what you find and possibly following links to the jackpot connection is not for the impatient. But when you find that one connection that opens up the information prize you are looking for, it is like hitting a home run or finishing your first 10K run.

My book Rigby's Roads has the common thread of motorcycles and it touches on the Harley Davidson owners group known as HOG. Doing a search on GOOGLE for the word HOG results in 1,750,000 hits and finds the HOG sites along with The Hog's Breath Saloon in Key West Florida, and industrial hog farming in North Carolina. Changing the search to "HOG Chapters" using parenthesis around the two words narrows down the search to only 1,250 hits and filters out the unwanted different meanings.

Think you are done.. no. Now you will find web sites that don't load, have been disconnected, or ask you to download a newer version of some program to see it.

So you temporarily push the upgrade aside and click on the sites that work, click on other Links and then BINGO ... you find the one site that has everything you are looking for. Sometimes the prize is on the first page of results and sometimes it is on page 17.

Changing the Search words will bring up different results so don't be afraid to mix and match different search words ... check out the different search hits; Note the difference when using parenthesis. HOG 1,750,000 "HOG chapters" 1,250 "Harley Chapters" 36 Harley Chapters 58,200 "Harley Owners Group" 15,900 Harley Owners Group 105,000 Be creative with your searches and you will find the results you are looking for.

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Reviewed by Chanti Niven

Reviewed on August 15, 2004

Thank you Michael. This is only going to help me. I find the internet very useful in my research but also a tad frustrating. This will help immensely.
With gratitude
Chanti

Reviewed by A Serviceable Villain

Reviewed on June 12, 2004

A very informative and well-written article, Michael ... thanks for sharing! Robert.

Reviewed by Tami Ryan

Reviewed on January 26, 2004

Excellent article, Michael. (Ah, I see you're as tenacious as me. lol) As one who has a lenghty background in retail/marketing, I concur; this article is BANG ON. Thank you.

Tami