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Posted by M. D. Vaden on July 24, 2003 at 20:22:58:

Recently (being on several tree forums) I noticed how often arborists and gardeners list a link for advice that was a "Google" search.

Experts know a lot. On the other hand, there are sites with probably 80% of the care advice people need for care of a specific plant.

www.google.com

Want to know how to care for a windmill palm? Go to Google and use keywords:

Windmill, palm, care

Got a disease on your cherry? Go to google and enter:

Cherry, disease, control

Want a pruning explanation? Google!

Pruning, cut, diagram

If you really want a great tool for finding the words in a site, sometime go to googles toolbar link - see below. If you go, you can download and install the toolbar on Internet Explorer, and it has a highlight button. It will highlight your keywords in a site's text so you don't have to read everything to get to the spot.

M. D. Vaden of Oregon - www.mdvaden.com

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Re: Google, almost a homeowner plant "know-it-all" / Google Toolbar backyardgardener.com 07:58:43 07/27/03 (4)
- Re: Google, almost a homeowner plant "know-it-all" / Google Toolbar Newt 08:40:15 07/28/03 (3)
  - Newt - you're back !! M. D. Vaden 13:59:12 07/29/03 (2)
    - Re: Newt - you're back !! Newt 17:26:14 07/30/03 (1)
      - Thanks for the message, Newt. M. D. Vaden 23:15:29 07/30/03 (0)

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: Recently (being on several tree forums) I noticed how often arborists and gardeners list a link for advice that was a "Google" search.

: Experts know a lot. On the other hand, there are sites with probably 80% of the care advice people need for care of a specific plant.

: www.google.com

: Want to know how to care for a windmill palm? Go to Google and use keywords:

: Windmill, palm, care

: Got a disease on your cherry? Go to google and enter:

: Cherry, disease, control

: Want a pruning explanation? Google!

: Pruning, cut, diagram

: If you really want a great tool for finding the words in a site, sometime go to googles toolbar link - see below. If you go, you can download and install the toolbar on Internet Explorer, and it has a highlight button. It will highlight your keywords in a site's text so you don't have to read everything to get to the spot.

: M. D. Vaden of Oregon - www.mdvaden.com



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