LW was not designed to find your own files in an internet search. What's the point of downloading from yourself. If you wish to check if your files are being shared & found, get a friend to direct connect or give them a magnet link to download. Then they can see if there's any problems. If they start downloading the magnet link, they can then also browse you. How to use Magnet Links & Direct Connect

All files that are not coloured red in your Library window are being shared. So if you see them there, you know they are being shared. Birdy was refering to the columns to the right of the shared files ... if you look to the columns to the right, Hits shows how many times people have found them in searches, uploads shows how many successful or attempted uploads have occured.

You can add folders to share or else put them into the shared folder, right click them & choose share. It is a good idea to give them a good description to help them being found. You can right-click each file & choose the Describe button.