Tag "World Wide Web"

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

Downloading YouTube Videos is easy!

Download Your Favorite YouTube Video There are several good utilities available on the internet allowing the casual user to download and save YouTube videos to your PC. We recommend the use of the YTD Video Downloader. For most of us, the free version will work just fine and it is very easy to use. ♦ NOTE: One caution, when installing, be careful to deselect any software you do not want installed, by

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

Why Obtain & Install a Digital Security Certificate?

Should I obtain and install a SSL/TLS certificate? If you are operating a server of any significant size, for personal, office, or public use should consider obtaining and installing a digital certificate to encrypt data between clients and services. You can obtain a basic SSL / TLS certificate for free at StartCom Ltd. A bit of background information might be appropriate here.  A popular implementation of public-key encryption is the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). SSL is an Internet

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