Practical Learning: Using Links

1- Click the content of the address box and delete its text completely
2- In the address, type http://www.netscape.com and press Enter
3- On the left side of the page, position the mouse on any word. When the mouse
pointer changesinto a pointing finger, click
4- Notice that a new web page opens
5- Check the contents of the address box to notice that it contains a longer string

Internet Search
Although the internet is highly rich with information, that information is not always organized the way you particularly expect. When "browsing", you may find it hard to get to the particular information you are looking for. To provide an alternative, there are some specialized sites that can perform the search for you, with more or less accuracy. These sites are referred to as search engines. Some of the most popular of them are:
* Google
* Yahoo
* Alexa
* MSN
* Netscape
* Alta Vista
* Search
To do a search, first access a search engine site. Each one of them provides you with a convenient box in which you can type the word or sentence to search and press Enter. After a few seconds, the results would be displayed in a list. You can then click each link and check it. If a link doesn't provide the type of information you are looking for, you can click Back (the shortcut to go back on most browsers is Alt + left arrow key) and click the next link in the list. If you still don't find what you are looking for, you can change the word or sentence that you typed and start searching again. You can also try another search engine site.
Most of the search engine sites provide more services than searching the web. For example, both Yahoo and MSN provide free email addresses and the ability to check your email messages. Some of them also allow you to look for a job, a relationship. Most of them allow you to shop. Many of them also provide news, etc.