Originally Posted by
J Miller
Why is it a pre-requisite? Is there some internet rule that says a person must search for something he or she is looking for before they ask for help? If so, please post it and all pertinent information about it.
And Mike, In all the times I've been told, and I've seen others told, they must Google it first, NOT ONE has shared this "Let me Google it for you." link. Not one. Nice secret you Google lovers have been keeping. I'll try it, but I'm not gonna hold my breath.
Sorry I this post offends Mike or anyone else, but this "you must search for first BS has me
( __________ ) this time.
Joe
I'm not offended (OK I was slightly annoyed) and I understand your frustration. Steve has already given you the 'how it works' of search engines.
Labelling or insulting people who are also frustrated (because they spend a lot of their time doing very very basic searches for others) won't make anything better. Like Steve, I have been an IT professional for decades, but I'm also a teacher.
I expected that if you have gotten as far as signing up to something (e.g. QB) and have been using it and the Internet for years then surely you
must have learned to perform a basic search. Google also has "advanced search" and help links from nearly all of it pages. The sponsored links are clearly marked too, by the way.
People who know how to do it just get sick of people asking them to do something they should already know or can very easily learn.
If you clicked the help (which you obviously should if you don't get the results you want), you would learn how to use the search engine to your advantage. If you then start using advanced search, you'll learn how to narrow the results down more.
Now that you've alerted me to my offensive behaviour I will stop performing searches for anyone who asks.