Using the Search Feature on the Blog

by Crazy Ivan

Now that this blog has swelled to contain over 250 entries, it's gotten tough for me to dig up old articles when I need to link them.  Because of that, I've been using the search feature a lot more often and it occurs to me that many of you might not even know it's there.

The search box is buried along the right side of the page there.  It's below the Links, below the Labels, below the Pages, the Followers and the Subscribe Fields.  It's even below the archives.  There, right above the "About Me" box is a google search bar that will scour the Myachi Blog to find whatever you need.

Obviously this becomes increasingly useful as we put more and more information into the blog.  Suppose you want to know about MYACH.  You can type MYACH into the search bar and you'll get a handy-dandy list.  Of course, you'll also get every article where I mention Kid Myach so in that particular example it might be easier to just go to the "Labels" section and click on posts actually labeled with "MYACH".

But if you want to know about something pretty specific, for example, our trip to Wisdom Lane Middle School, rather than searching through every article labeled STWAKOJ, you could simply search "Wisdom Lane" and get any and all blogs that refer to it.

Now, I know that a Google search bar isn't exactly unfamiliar technology.  Most of you are probably well aware that such a feature exists and may just not have found a use for it yet.  But I do receive emails pretty regularly where people ask me to send them the link to this blog post or that.  The search feature can save you some time and effort there.

It's also a fun way to explore the parts of the blog you may have missed before.  If you're new to the blog or if you just missed a bunch of updates (we update a lot), just try a few keywords here and there.  You might be surprised by what you find.