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Finding your way around the a browser

The top of the browser shows you the address of current page and the name of the browser. In this example it is my site's home page and Microsoft Internet Browser. The home page is the first page you see on each site, the sample page is my site's home page. Clicking on the word Home on a Web page will take you to the home or main page of that particular Web site. The home page also refers to the first web page that you see when your browser starts; clicking the home page icon on your browser screen will take you to own your browser's home page. The browser's toolbar shows the controls for navigating the web and managing the information you find there. A web site is an area on the World Wide Web that is accessed by its own Internet address. A Web site can be a single page or a collection of pages. Now, getting on with the purpose of this page, I have included some tips in the hope of encouraging you to go site seeing on the internet. These are simple tips for the newbie internet surfer. Here are a few tips: Learn what to read on the screen and what to ignore. If you are getting too many confusing pop-up (more than one) windows, you are probably on a sleazy site. By sleazy, I don't necessarily mean pornographic, I mean too much hype or overly aggressive internet marketing. Obscene marketing is marketing that bombards you with flashing banners, pop-up windows etc. (Some pop up windows are extremely rude, not allowing you to close them.) If you get a window like that you can close it by pressing alt and F4 at the same time. If you purchase products on the Internet, it is good to know and trust who it is you are buying from, or be sure they can be reached by phone and have a physical address. If there are a lot of things flashing at you at the top of the screen, or other places, wanting you to click on them, ignore them. When you get windows popping up telling you that someone is watching you or that there may be porn on your computer, know that they are just trying to sell you their software program. Get a good virus detector/scanner. AVG is a free program and you can download it from the Internet. Do a Google search for "AVG Free" and you will find it. Learn how to clean the junk out of your computer and defrag. Defragmenting files on your computer takes files that have been stored all over the place and puts them in better order. Sometimes a defrag and a good cleaning of unnecessary files will improve your computers performance and fix problems. If you don't know how to do this, get someone to help you. Before you try to defrag your computer, close all programs and most important, disable your virus protector or it may take three months to defrag. If you are interested in learning to build web pages, just do what I did. Get a computer, get on the Internet and learn. The internet is the world's information on your desk. Learn how to search and you can find just about any information you might need or want, (all the while searching for a pencil on my desk.) But then, you might become an Internet junkie like myself. My best advice: Use Google. The World Wide Web is a collection of electronic documents that are linked together like a spider web. These documents are stored on computers located around the world. Web pages are stored on computers located around the globe. Entering the address of a web page in your web browser or clicking a link sends a request to the computer which hosts the page. The computer sends the web page to your computer and your web browser displays it on your screen. The first page is called the home page, which acts like an index, indicating the content on the site. From the home page, you can click hyperlinks to access other web pages. There are three main ways to move between web pages or websites: Clicking a text hyperlink. Clicking a hyperlinked graphic image, such as a button, photograph, or drawing. Typing the address of a web page in the address field) of your web browser and the pressing the Enter or Return key. To determine if a graphic is hyperlinked, move your cursor arrow over the image. You know the item is hyperlinked if: The arrow cursor turns into a hand and an address appears in the status bar at the lower left of your web browser