Broadly speaking we've discovered our readers like answers. They like to read Entries that are written in a clear and helpful way, that also include interesting facts and personal anecdotes.

So, while we may find, on Sunday mornings, that lots of people read how to cook eggs, throughout the rest of the week the spread of entries is wider. They range from simple solutions to everyday problems, such as how to cure a sore throat, to reading in-depth entries on quadratic equations. Some, such as the entry about learning recorder, make this Ed think of exasperated parents trying to help their primary age child with some homework.

• A Hot Toddy Cold Remedy
• The History Behind The Quadratic Formula
• How to Play the Recorder

We're providing valuable information for students and those with individual interests in our Entries such as 'The Neolithic Revolution', 'Life in the Trenches' and 'Raspberry pi'. We're not sure which category 'Farm Animals and their Names' goes into, but it sure does get a lot of readers.

• The Neolithic Revolution - How Farming Changed the World
• Life in the Trenches of World War One
• Introducing the Raspberry Pi
• Farm Animals and their Names

We are alarmed and startled in equal measure by how very many people need to know about 'Classic Poisons' and just how many people google 'creatures in my flour'.

• Classic Poisons
• Weevils in Your Flour? Pests in your Pasta?

We're also delighted to be the go-to Entry for household safety, in terms of bathroom chemicals, fitting electrical plugs and preventing static.

• The Dangers of Mixing Bleach and Ammonia
• How to Fit a British Electrical Plug
• Static Electric Discharges and How To Prevent Them Zapping You

Latin graces and Latin phrases are ever popular, but just slightly beaten in the stats by people searching for anglo-saxon insults.

• The Origins and Common Usage of British Swear-words
• Handy Latin Phrases

So, if you're thinking about writing for the Guide, take heart, your arcane subject matter may be just the thing that is needed. We also need more Entries on domestic matters. Now that h2g2 will be archived by the British Library, your writing will be preserved for future generations to access and discover how Life, the Universe and Everything used to be.