How To Use The Internet To Find What You Need

It is much easier to travel from one place to another if you
have a map. The
Internet is so big that you are missing out on
many of it if you rely just on
Yahoo or Google.

These are some of the shortcuts to find the Information
you
need. This way you find what you need faster and easier.

Google
Search Engine

Google is the best search engine, that means it provides
the
most up to date information. Make your first search on Google.
To get
better results do not use the quotation marks. They are
useless.

If
you are not satisfied with the Google results, you can then
use the Yahoo
Search Box, which gives different results. You
can also search information
inside blogs instead of websites.
Such service worth visiting is http://blogger.com to search
information
inside blogs.

Digital Products
Looking for digital products?

Clickbank.com is a huge marketplace, with different types of
digital
products. Products like ebooks, videos, software,
online courses and
advertising just to mention a few. Using
clickbank to purchase digital
products is not only secure but
very easy.

Clickbank is a trusted
source, where you can search amongst the
hundreds of products for instant
download.

Yahoo Answers

Yahoo Answers is a place where people
ask questions. It is very
useful to get quick answers about any category. Any
one across
the globe can participate both in asking and answering.

Google Answers is a bit different, and if you really want an
answer
from an expert you should test Google Answers. Contrary
to Yahoo Answers,
this is not a free service. You pay a
specific amount of cash depending on
your question. Every one
can ask, but only experts from the Google team will
answer your
question.

Forums

Forums are a great place to get
advice on almost anything.
Forums give people the ability to ask their
questions, get tips
on new products and find out what others think about
certain
products. You can find forums on any category by typing in
the
Google search box computer forum, or soccer forum depending on
your
interest.

Groups

Buying a new product? You can now get feedback
on a certain
brand, company, software or any product. Same like forums,
but
a bit different are Groups.

Google groups, Yahoo groups and
Myspace groups are the best.
They have the highest number of users. Joining a
group is free,
and you can ask questions, reply and join
discussions
about any topic. There exist groups related to
cars, computers, software,
business, games cheats, video
renting, home improvement. Unlike Yahoo
Answers, in a

Group you can join a discussion not just ask or
answer
questions.

Dictionary

There are free online
dictionaries you can make use of anytime.
These are very accurate and contain
Thesaurus and other
features. Most popular is http://dictionary.com

Directories

These are not much useful. The only directory that is worth
using is
the Dmoz Directory. It consists of thousands of sites,
under categories and
sub categories. That is the Internet
biggest directory. Each website is
checked by a real human to
make sure it is up to date.

Other
directories make use of software to determine the quality
of the sites. That
is less useful that the method used in the
Dmoz Directory.

Article
Directories

Article directories are sites that contain only articles.
Some
of them targeted to a specific category. You may find
article
directories that contain only sport related articles,
business
articles and so on. General directories contain articles
on
almost anything. If you are looking for articles, it's better
to search
for article directories and then search for articles
within the directory.

Newsletters and Ecourses

You can find these useful too. These
are also known as online
magazines. First you choose a newsletter that
interest you,
then you optin to receive the news or information.
The
information is sent to you via email, and you can optout
anytime.
Ecourses are more or less very similar
to newsletter.

Search for
your favorite newsletter in Google. For example type
in golf newsletter and
simple follow the instructions on the
site to optin. Some newsletters send
out their emails once
every week, month or bi weekly. Ecourses usually cover
a
certain topic in a series of messages, for example golf tricks
or tips
for removing adware or spyware. Usually ecourses send
their emails every day
and take no longer than 7 days each.

Social Bookmarking sites

Social Bookmarking sites are becoming more popular especially
if you
are looking for stories and news. First find a popular
social bookmarking
site using Google, and then search within
the social site.

Finding
images

Yahoo images section on the Yahoo home page give the
best
results. Google images show less results when you compare them.
I
suggest you use Yahoo images if you are searching for images.

Videos

Youtube is by now popular more or less by everyone that uses
the
Internet. You need to watch videos? Check
http://youtube.com website. Google Videos and
Yahoo Videos both
offer a free service like Youtube, so you can watch, share
and
find videos on the Internet.

Knowing how to find what you want is
important as much as the
information you need. Rely on these shortcuts to
enjoy the
Internet much more than before.