Navigating the Internet and the World Wide Web

Millions of Facebook users are switching to Google+. This new social network is different from Facebook, and many terms and techniques will be strange at first. But after you learn some Google+ essentials, you're bound to like the service. Here is your Newbie Guide to Using Google+...

Legitimate online research is more than 10 seconds with Google. Legitimate research is called re-search for a reason: repetitive and continuous browsing, and repetitive and continuous filtering of articles. With over 80 billion Web pages to sift, you need to use reliable and consistent methods to filter out the drivel. And you will need patience...

From About.com: the Student's Quick Reference Guide to Internet Research.

June 3, 2011: Most of us don't want 420 search engines, especially Internet beginners. Most people want a single search engine that delivers three key features: Relevant results (results you are actually interested in) Uncluttered, easy to read interface Helpful options to broaden or tighten a search With this criteria in mind, 10 About.com...

Hoax emails are everywhere. What's even worse: people enjoy forwarding these compelling-but-false stories. Don't get fooled by these hoax forwards! Use this guide to research and confirm whether an email story is authentic, and save yourself the embarassment at the office!

Do you have a favorite website that you consider extremely useful? A web page that has really helped you with decisions, news, or broadening your knowledge? Let us know at About.com...

With the massive 2011 changes to Facebook, has 'liking' a web page now become the new Digg? Is there a difference between 'liking' and 'digging' a web page? About.com explains the difference here...

Here is a tip that is guaranteed to be useful to all users: how to view multiple web pages side-by-side on your single or double monitor. Using IE8 and some simple keystrokes, multiple browsing windows are very easy to do!

Do you have a favorite search engine or directory to recommend to others? About.com readers share their favorite search engines here...

Do you have a favorite research engine? What Web resources have helped you with your thesis and your papers?

Here are several shortcut commands that are useful in your web browser. These commands apply to Firefox, Chrome, IE8, and Safari.

If you are new to the Web and the Internet, then hyperlinks are definitely a must-know. Hyperlinks are the heart of the World Wide Web, and work by 'jumping' you to other web pages. About.com explains hyperlinks here...

The Top 10 Most Useful Websites, 2011