Tips and Tricks - Internet
Surfing is fun, but you need to also be safe. Here's some helpful hints
Table of Contents
- 9 SPAM-Fighting Tips
- Alphabetize Internet Explorer Favorites
- Cleaning Up After Internet Explorer
- Define Download Terms
- Enable Cookies in Internet Explorer
- Google Alerts
- Internet Explorer version 7 Tips
- Managing Internet Favorites
- RSS Feeds
- Search Engine Tricks
- Unintentional Extra Software
9 SPAM-Fighting Tips
Not many words will make email users see red like “spam”. Spam has no friends, manners, or boundaries and takes no prisoners. It has made email users slam their keyboards and mice, pull their hair, and wear out the delete keys and fingers everywhere. Spam fighting software has become an enormous business and has saved many companies and individuals countless man hours and money. Due to the “nature of the beast”, however, some spam still finds its way into most email inboxes on a daily basis. Although it is nearly impossible to stop spam altogether, short of not using email at all, there are some methods that email users can employ to help alleviate the spam burden on their inboxes...
Defining 'Download' Terms
Ever wonder what all the different terms mean when someone refers to downloads? No worries. Some common terms have been uploaded here so that you may download them into your brain’s internal memory... Common terms related to Internet downloads...
RSS Feeds
Hungry for information that's always fresh? An RSS Feed might be just the ticket. But what is an 'RSS Feed' and how do you use them?...
Unintentional 'Extra Software' from the Internet
Ever wonder why a toolbar suddenly appeared in Internet Explorer or from where extra program icons on your desktop came? These “extras” can slow down your computer and clutter your work space. Many times, it will appear as though they installed automatically without your approval, but actually have been installed with your approval in a very sneaky way. You can limit how many of these “extras” get installed on your system by simply watching out for a few small clues as to when they may appear... How to stop sneaky downloads that you don't really want...
Alphabetizing 'Favorites' in Internet Explorer
How can Favorites in Internet Explorer be alphabetized? Most Internet Explorer users have many lumps of folders scattered among many individual links. Wouldn’t it be nice to have all the folders alphabetized in one section and the links in another section? Internet Explorer simply adds new Favorites to the end of the list. Over time, you can easily end up with a mess. However, the mess is easy to clean up in Internet Explorer 5 newer versions. To start, open Internet Explorer and click Favorites... Organizing your IE Favorites by name...
How to enable 'Cookies' in Internet Explorer
While in any version of Internet Explorer, follow the six steps below to ensure Cookies are enabled at all times. 1) Go to the Tools menu and select...
Managing your Internet 'Favorites'
We often find ourselves referring back to the same websites that contain information most pertinent to our work, interests, life, etc. The easiest way to remember and reconnect to these sites is to add their address link, or URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to your Favorites list in the web browser. This allows you to simply click on the website name in your Favorites list and be brought immediately there. Below are some simple instructions for adding web addresses to your Favorites Folder, using those links to connect to websites, and removing those links when they are no longer needed... How to manage Favorites...
Search Engine Tricks
Having a hard time finding something online? Does it seem like you type in your search term but don't get anywhere near what you're looking for? Well, here are a couple tricks that seem (almost) universal between search engines (e.g. Google, Yahoo! Search, ChaCha, Live Search, etc.). Let's say you're looking for sports cars and all you're getting is information on baseball and football (sports). What can you do? Try some of the following... Tricks to help you do more accurate finds...
Tips for Internet Explorer - version 7
With Internet Explorer 7 now being released by Microsoft, many Internet users may be caught a bit off‐guard by the new look and feel. Although the user interface looks quite a bit different, the new version is a more powerful and more secure Internet browser that employs many old as well as new features, like tabbed browsing and a phishing filter. Here are a few tips and tricks to help you feel more comfortable with using Internet Explorer 7:...
Know when you're mentioned on the web using Google Alerts
The folks at Google have invented a lot of useful features to their world‐famous search engine. One very handy tool for tracking where you’ve been mentioned on the Web is Google Alerts. With Google Alerts, you’ll receive periodic email notifications (once a day, once a week, or in real time) when search terms you monitor appear on the Web or in the news. This helps you stay on top of what people are saying about you or your company ‐‐ and what they’re saying about... How to use Google Alerts...
Cleaning Up after Internet Explorer
Every time you surf the internet, temporary internet files and cookies are added to your computer. Temporary internet files are stored so that a web page may load more quickly the next time you visit a site. Cookies hold website specific data on you so that the page can be personalized to you the next time the page is visited. Both can make the web a much more exciting and personalized experience, however, they can both end up bogging down Internet Explorer as well. Temporary internet files should be emptied and cookies should be deleted on a somewhat frequent basis in order to ensure old information is flushed out of your system. To do so, follow these steps... Housecleaning your Internet Explorer...