Sams Teach Yourself Internet and Web Basics All in One

Basic Jumping Around

I've shown you first how to move about the Web by entering an address, in part so you could discover along the way a number of important concepts that will help you navigate successfully.

Now I must show you that many—even most—of the times you jump from page to page, you won't type an address. All you'll do is click a link or button.

Sorry to show the hard way before the easy ones, but you must understand that you're not always going to find a link that takes you exactly where you want to go. URLs are like cars—they take you directly to a particular place. Links are like the bus: They often take you just to the right neighborhood.

Here is as good a place as any to point out that some Web pages take a long time to appear, ...