World Wide Web

Become a Google Power User – Part 2

Use These Google Power Search Commands!  Part 2 Hopefully you have already worked your way through Part 1 of the Google search tricks. This additional set of power search tricks will further improve your ability to find just what you are looking for on the vast World Wide Web. Take a few minutes to experiment with each of these search options, and you can further amaze and impress your friends with your search

Become a Google Power User – Part 1

Use These Google Power Search Commands!  Part 1 These Google search tricks will improve your ability to find just what you are looking for on the vast World Wide Web. Take a few minutes to experiment with each of these search options, and you can amaze and impress your friends with your search prowess!   ♦ Search For An Exact Phrase: – If you are looking for a web site

The History of the WWW… at your Fingertips…

Discover the History of the World Wide Web – WOW! Did you know that the history of the World Wide Web, known as the Internet Archive, has been captured over time.  With the exception of pages that have been blocked, or those that were not submitted to search engines, public web pages have been captured and archived for our enjoyment (well really for history). This also serves to remind us

Basic Navigation Tricks in a WebPage…

A few Basic Internet Browser Navigation Shortcuts… There are numerous shortcut keys that can be used with your favorite Internet browser.  The list below contains some of the more useful. Pressing  the Alt + D  keys will move the cursor into the address bar. Press the Ctrl key and press the + or – key to increase or decrease the size of text on the screen. Pressing the Ctrl + 0 key will reset the size

The Quickest Way to Access a WebPage!

You don’t need to type WWW or http:// If you know the name of the Web Site you want to visit you can minimize the keystrokes and get to your destination more quickly. When entering the desired name of the web site or internet address, you do not need to type the prefix http:// or even the prefix www. in the browser address field. For example to open https://www.hotpctips.com; you can enter: www.hotpctips.com followed by