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Wendy's Web Search Blog October 2007 Archive

By Wendy Boswell, About.com Guide to Web Search since 2004

Happy Halloween!

Wednesday October 31, 2007
Happy Halloween! Here's a few celebratory articles, so grab yourself a mini Baby Ruth and start reading: Halloween Scavenger Hunt: The Halloween scavenger hunt is all about Halloween traditions, Halloween history, ... Read More

Free Halloween Wallpaper

Tuesday October 30, 2007
Grab a free Halloween wallpaper design for your desktop with my article titled Free Halloween Wallpaper. And more Halloween!: Test your Web search skills with the Halloween Scavenger Hunt, use ... Read More

Halloween Games Online

Monday October 29, 2007
Here are a few of the best free Halloween games online, from scary to silly. You can also test your Web search skills with the Halloween scavenger hunt, or ... Read More

Find Free Sound Effects with FindSounds

Saturday October 27, 2007
Looking for some ghoulishly scarifying sound effects for Halloween next week? Try FindSounds, a search engine completely dedicated to finding all kinds of neat sound effects on the Web. ... Read More

How To Make Your Browser Home Page Work Harder with URLSplit

Thursday October 25, 2007
Every time you start a new browser session, your browser automatically loads a default home page, or loads with multiple tabs that you can designate. URLSplit gives you another way ... Read More

Use the Web to Find a Haunted House

Wednesday October 24, 2007
Are you a fan of haunted houses? You can use the Web to find the best haunted house in your area. Here are a few haunted house resources for ... Read More

Where to Find Free Audiobooks on the Web

Monday October 22, 2007
If you're looking for free audiobooks, the web is the best place to find them. There are plenty of sites that offer free audiobooks that are in the public ... Read More

Twitter

Monday October 22, 2007
Twitter is a mini-blogging application that you can use to send quick messages out to friends and family on the Web. Find out more about Twitter and how you can ... Read More

The Best Fitness Sites on the Web

Tuesday October 16, 2007
If you're looking for help with your fitness goals, try my picks for a few of the best fitness sites on the Web More Fitness Information Medical Information on the ... Read More

Ten Different Ways To Scare Yourself on the Web

Monday October 15, 2007
Looking for a few good ways to scare yourself for the upcoming Halloween scare-a-thon? Here's a few resources to help you out: Free Movie Downloads: Some of the best scary ... Read More

Top 10 Ways to Find Daily News on the Web

Saturday October 13, 2007
Keeping up with the daily news on the Web is a snap. Here are the top ten ways you can search the Web for the daily news, including: How To ... Read More

Free Pumpkin Carving Patterns on the Web

Friday October 12, 2007
Even though Halloween comes just once a year, it's fun to get (a little) scared all throughout the year. Here are a few free pumpkin carving patterns that'll give ... Read More

Create a Personalized Starting Point on the Web by Opening Multiple Bookmarks

Wednesday October 10, 2007
At the start of my time on the Web every day, I tend to visit the same sites - my favorite blogs, a few news sites, etc. Instead of navigating ... Read More

Yahoo Education

Tuesday October 9, 2007
Yahoo Education has a plethora of great reference materials available for pretty much anything you want to look up. Here are just a few of the great resources that ... Read More

Top 10 Social Bookmark Sites

Monday October 8, 2007
What are social bookmarking sites? Basically, these are sites that allow users to post their favorite sites, using tags (or keywords) to categorize and organize them; then other users ... Read More

Free Web Games

Saturday October 6, 2007
Take some time to play this weekend with my image gallery of Free Web Games, some of the best free games on the Web. Some of the free Web games ... Read More

The Best Optical Illusions on the Web

Friday October 5, 2007
One of the most fun activities to do on the Web is find good optical illusions. I don't understand HOW these work, but they are cool nonetheless.Here are just ... Read More

Hide and Seek on the Web - How to Hide Your Online Identity

Thursday October 4, 2007

A Year of Best Web Sites of the Day - 365 Great Sites!

Wednesday October 3, 2007
Wow! Can you believe it? We've reached a pretty big milestone here at About Web Search, and that is 12 whole months of the Best Web Site of the Day ... Read More

October Scavenger Hunt

Tuesday October 2, 2007
Want to see how good your Web search skills really are? Here's a fun way to test yourself: try the October Scavenger Hunt, all about Halloween traditions, Halloween history, ... Read More

Ten Search Engine Optimization Myths - Debunked!

Monday October 1, 2007
If you're just getting started in search engine optimization for your Web site, you might (unfortunately) have been subjected to a few SEO whoppers. Before you start throwing away your ... Read More

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