Please don’t give up yet! Remember – we’re all in this big internet mess together, and together we’ll figure it out. There’s no way around learning to use your digital devices, except sitting down and reading owner’s manual. From there, you may find additional help on internet. You have to do your part, first.

If you decide to buy a digital camera, read my “How to Buy a Digital Camera for Auction Use” http://www.auctiontongue.com/com_ebay/index.html It tells precisely what features you need to look for and what will cause you trouble.

If you do buy a digital camera, it’s a whole other story getting image onto computer. I thought you would enjoy some step-by-step photos of that process, too, so I included them at http://www.auctiontongue.com/com_ebay/index.html

If you have a regular camera and scanner, or a friend has a scanner, try my tutorial “Scanner overview.” I even put together “Navigating Your Computer” so anyone could find and locate their auction pictures with ease.

I hate to tell you this, but there’s more for you to worry about. Ever go to an online auction and you wait and wait for it to load and nothing happens? Usually culprit is a large file-sized auction photo. It’s number one mistake beginners make. It makes your auction look unprofessional. The chances are slim anyone will hang around to place bids at that auction.

What’s that? Do I have a tutorial to solve that? Why yes I do! If you can’t tell already, I like helping people learn about internet. I like to see people getting excited about their auctions. Believe me, your despair will be short-lived, and you will soon be an auction pro with some great auction stories to tell.

– See you at Auctions – Renee from AuctionTongue

By way of comparison, there is a competing application, also free, from Copernic, not surprisingly called Copernic Desktop Search. At moment, it is perhaps more advanced than Google's. For example, Copernic's software scans same type of files as does Google's, but also scans music and video files and PDF documents, while Google does not. Both products can only scan Outlook or Outlook Express email at present.

But don't count Google out. Webmasters know it's never wise to do that! After all, they're still in beta with Desktop Search, and they are as surely aware of Copernic's product as they are of MSN. Google has both resources and motivation to not only keep but expand their market leadership.