Chapter 13
Needles and Haystacks: Finding Almost Anything Online
In This Chapter
Starting with basic search strategies
Finding what you’re looking for on the web
Making use of built-in searches in your browser
Finding people on the web
Creating your own starting page
“Okay, all this great stuff is out there on the Internet. How do I find it?” That’s an excellent question — thanks for asking. Questions like that one are what make this country strong and vibrant. We salute you and say, “Keep asking questions!” Next question, please.
Oh, you want an answer to your question. Fortunately, quite a bit of stuff-finding stuff (that’s a technical term) is on the web. More particularly, free services known as search engines and directories are available that cover most of the interesting material on the web. There’s even a free encyclopedia, written by Internet users like you.
You can search in dozens or hundreds of different ways, depending on what you’re looking for and how you prefer to ...
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