found IIS in search engine - you do come very high up the list - you could make heaps of dough telling other companies how to rank at thetop of serach engine lists
I came via a Google search probably looking for further information on dobsonian telescopes
Stayed because of the great information and humour and sense of community
...I think it started something like "I wonder what telescopes cost these days?" .."mmm try Googling... site: au " ...one thing lead to another
Bought a computer about 6 months ago and started surfing the web merrily (as you do) I think the link to IIS came up when I Googled for star maps. As soon as I realised that it was an Australian site I homed straight in. Wouldn't have kept visiting though if the quality and breadth of information hadn't been so high. Ironically, my brother Steve (already a member) put me on to it about a week later.
I found out about Ice in Space searching the web for information on looking for a telescope & accessories. Soon after that IIS got a bit of a plug in the local paper when Iceman was interviewed prior to the lunar eclipse last year. As I recall this plug gave a few locals the knowledge of this site on the web.
Found it on a google search. I can't remember exactly the what I typed but it had the words' astrophography" and "dob" which brought me to an article about it called "Astrophotography with a dob" Liked the site and have stayed eversince.