Re: PHOTO: finding pictures
- Subject: Re: PHOTO: finding pictures
- From: p*@whidbey.net
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 00:48:20 -0000
Linda & Laurie,
Wow! I had no idea you could do this. Thank you!
Patricia
--- In iris-talk@y..., Linda Mann <lmann@i...> wrote:
> You might try using the Google search engine. Type in the name of
the
> iris and the word <iris>. I've found a few I was looking for that
way -
> some were in online catalogs, some on home pages, not all were in
> English. A lot faster than trying to wade thru catalog links.
>
> Try the <advanced search> if you aren't successful using the simple
> search.
>
> It doesn't work too well if the iris name has <the> <of> or other
really
> common words in it. The search engine kicks them out & winds up
> unlinking the rest of the name. For example, if you use the
advanced
> search to find 'RIDE THE WIND' and IRIS, it will give you all the
links
> to pages with the words <ride> <wind> and <iris>. So you will get
a lot
> of Greek mythology links about the goddess iris who rides the wind,
> opportunities to ride horseback with somebody named iris and enjoy
the
> wind in your hair, etc, instead of links to pages with the whole
phrase
> 'ride the wind'.
>
> Linda M
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