Internet Surfing “Cheat Sheet” Inside
No Matter What You’re Looking For on the Web – People, Places, or Pizza – This Book Shows You How to Search The Internet is the greatest source of information and fun – if you know your way around The step-by-step instructions, tips, and tricks inside Internet Searching For Dummies(R) will make you a top-flight Web surfer, the master of both search engines and Internet directories. This book shows you how to go straight to the good stuff, and turn the Internet into a tool you can use. Find What You Need Faster with:
- Mindspring Internet Access for easy access to the Internet
- VDOLive Player: Watch movies on the Internet with this freeware browser plug-in
- WebWhacker: An evaluation of ForeFront’s off-line browser – for Mac and Windows
- Paint Shop Pro: An evaluation version of this powerful image viewing and editing program
- Programs for viewing graphics, decompressing files, and more – for Mac and Windows
- A collection of software “bots” – automated search agents that work from your PC
Inside, find helpful advice on how to:
- Unlock the intricacies of the Web’s major search engines, such as Yahoo , Lycos, Excite, and AltaVista
- Unleash search engine features to get at the information you really want and exclude the information you don’t
- Further streamline your searches with cool keyword tips
- Track down the Web sites you need by following Brad Hill’s search expeditions
- Search Usenet groups for any topic
- Unearth and download cool shareware and freeware programs
- Plus a special chapter for America Online subscribers