Search Australia first, with Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 3.

The clutter with the number of results when searching using Google can be overwhelming. Large overseas companies often get their information positioned first in Google, and this can cause Australian companies to suffer and lose sales. With the States having a population of 300 million, their presence simply overwhelms us and many smaller countries. This can make it hard for Australian sites to gain a higher presence.

So now if your using a third party search bar such as the Google search bar, hide the search bar, use the search facility that is now built-in to Internet Explorer 7 and the Firefox 3 search bar, sometimes called Mozilla search. Now add Search Australia to your list of search engines to conveniently search for Australian sites.

You can find the Search Australia page available on the JustLocal site.

http://www.justlocal.com.au/search/australia/

At the bottom of the Search Australia page are two links to enable you to easily add the search page as a search engine to your browser. Click on the link for your browser and you can quickly install the Search Australia page. You can make it your default search engine, or you can use it as required. Once installed, if Search Australia is selected as your default search engine, you should see JustLocal Australia as text in your search area.

Now when you want to search Australian sites, just select the Search Australia search engine and enter your question straight into the browser's search area. The best part is if you have been using a third party toolbar which takes up an additional row of space in your browser, you can get rid of it and use the features now built into the Internet Explorer and Firefox browser. It never hurts to have more space to read web pages.

As they say "Too Easy". Now it really is easy for you to Search Australia first.

Enjoy.

- Kelvin Eldridge