Web Search Tips
By Wendy Boswell, About.com Guide to Web Search
Use the Web to find someone you've lost touch with, free video and movie downloads, government information, and much, much more with my collection of Web search tips.
- Web Search Safety
- Privacy on the Web
- How to Find Watchable Media
- How to Find News on the Web
- Free Music on the Web
- How to Find People on the Web
- The Best Web Sites
- Public Records and Government Information
- How to Find Freebies on the Web
- Fun Stuff on the Web
- More Fun Stuff on the Web
- Advanced Web Search Techniques
- More Advanced Web Search Tips
- Best of Web Search Year by Year - 2006
- Best of Web Search Year by Year - 2007
- MySpace
Web Search Safety
Staying safe on the Web is especially important with children in the household. Learn how to stay safe while searching the Web.
Privacy on the Web
If you want your Web searches to be safe from prying eyes, this is the place to start. Learn how to protect your online identity, search anonymously, and stop spyware before it becomes a problem.
- Top 7 Ways To Hide Your Online Identity
- Ten Ways To Keep Your Search History Private
- Anonymous Surfing 101
- HTTPS - What is it?
- Anonymous Surfing with BugmeNot.com
- How to Remove Personal Information from Zabasearch
- Free Spyware Removal Tools
- Phishing FAQ - What is it?
- The Anatomy of a Phishing Scam
How to Find Watchable Media
Movies? Videos? Yep - you can find all of this and more on the Web. There are literally hundreds of sites that offer Web searchers free watchable media of all kinds.
- Top Ten Most Popular Video Sites
- Free Educational Videos on the Web
- Free Movie Downloads
- Free Movie Downloads 2
- Search YouTube with Podzinger
- StumbleVideo
- Save Videos for Later with the YouTube Quicklist
- Use MeeVee to Find Local TV Listings
- Free Video Hosting
- Find a Webcam
- Movie Search
- YouTube
- Ten Ways to Find Multimeda on the Web
- Free Online TV
- Top Ten Viral Videos
- Loomia, a Podcast and Videocast Search Engine
- Find Multimedia on the Web
- Torrent Typhoon, a Torrent Search Engine
- The Internet Movie Database
- Movie Search Shortcuts on Yahoo
How to Find News on the Web
The Web is the best place to find breaking news, newspapers from all over the world, and in-depth background on any news story you might read or hear about.
- Where to Find Online News
- News Clipping Services
- How to Create a Google News Alert
- How to Find Technology News on the Web
- World News
- Find Breaking News with Topix
- Get Financial News with Blinkx
- Find Newspapers Online
- Top 10 Ways to Find Daily News on the Web
- Best Natural Disasters Sites on the Web
- World News
Free Music on the Web
There are a huge variety of places on the Web where you can find all kinds of free music.
- Free Music Downloads on the Web
- Free MP3 Music Download at GarageBand
- Listen to Free Music with Pandora
- Amazon Free Music Downloads
- Classical Music Online
- 100 Awesome Music Videos
- Google Music
- Listen to Music on the Web with Musicovery
- Mozart's Music Diary on the Web
- Find Music You Like With Music Map
- Free Music Downloads at Sideload
- Musipedia - The Open Music Encyclopedia
- Listen to Music Online with Last.fm
- Find Music From TV Commercials With SongTitle
- Free Classical Music Downloads at Wikipedia
- Find Music You Like At MusicMap
- Pandora Tips and Tweaks
- Free MIDI Files
- Squeezebox Review
- Torrent Search with Isohunt
How to Find People on the Web
The Web has a wide variety of powerful tools to assist you in finding someone: you can use the Web to track down addresses, look up phone numbers, search for maps, and more.
- Find People for Free with Spock
- Google People Search
- Use MySpace to Find High School Classmates
- MSN Groups
- Use the Web to Find a Prison Inmate
- Find a Roommate on the Web
- Find an Instant Messenger Client
- Use the Web to Find Mailing Lists
- Free Military People Search
- Top Ten Ways to Do a Free People Search on the Web
- Use ZoomInfo for a Free People Search
- Free People Search with Zabasearch
- The Best Free People Search Sites
The Best Web Sites
There are literally millions of web sites online - here are my picks for just a few of the best ones.
- Best Web Site of the Day
- About Web Search 2005 Year In Review
- The Top Ten Best Sites of 2006
- Top Ten Web Search Articles of 2006
- The Best Fitness Sites on the Web
- The Best Fifty Sites You Don't Know About Yet
- The Best Writing Tools on the Web
- The Best Harry Potter Sites
- Top Ten Time Wasters on the Web
- Most Popular Web Sites
- Most Popular Web Sites Image Gallery
- The Best Funny Sites on the Web
- The Best Kids Sites on the Web
- Top Ten Free eCard Sites
- The Best Optical Illusions on the Web
Public Records and Government Information
It's utterly amazing how much information is available online, including many types of public records and a huge variety of government resources.
- The Top Twenty Essential US Government Web Sites
- USA.gov, The U.S. Government's Official Search Engine
- How to Contact the United States Government on the Web
- Find Government Information with Clusty
- Google Uncle Sam
- Top Ten Free Public Records Search Picks
- Inmate Locator
- National Do Not Call Registry
- Find Your State DMV on the Web
- CIA Downloads
- Look Up An Embassy Online
- Google and Censorship in China
How to Find Freebies on the Web
Free stuff on the Web is everywhere: you can find free music, free books, free movies, free samples, and so much more.
- Free Movie Downloads
- Thirty Free Image Resources
- Free TV Online
- Free Music Downloads
- Free Spyware Remover
- Free Language Translation
- Free People Search Sites
- Free Online Games
- Free Math Worksheets
- Free eCards
- Free Radio Stations
- Free Premade MySpace Layouts
- Free PC Downloads
- Free Email Accounts
- Free MP3 Music Downloads at Garageband
- Free Online Storage
- Free Desktop Themes
- Free Phone Calls with Skype
- Free Online Jigsaw Puzzles
- Search for Free Scholarships
Fun Stuff on the Web
The Web is great for finding all sorts of sites to boost your productivity, but there's also the really wacky stuff. Here are just a few fun sites to visit.
- Fun Quizzes on the Web
- Pink is the New Blog
- The 30 Second Bunnies Theatre Library
- Horton Hears a Heart
- Dangerously Fun
- Go Fug Yourself
- National Geographic WebCam
- Fun Google Logos
- Funny Sites on the Web
- Yahooligans
- The Best Optical Illusions on the Web
- Free Pumpkin Carving Patterns
- Free Online Jigsaw Puzzles
- Halloween Games Online
- The Best Kids Sites on the Web
- Web Scavenger Hunts
- Free Halloween Wallpaper
- I Can Has Cheezburger
- Paint Your Own Jackson Pollock Painting
- Play Games Online for Free
More Fun Stuff on the Web
There's really no end to the entertaining content you can find on the Web.
- Top Ten Weird Web Celebs of 2007
- OMG Yahoo
- Top Ten Time Wasters on the Web
- Nintendo Wii Web Search
- Fantasy Sports on the Web
- Online Gambling Guide
- Free Screensavers on the Web
- Find a Web Cam
- Garden Design on the Web
- Free Sudoku Puzzles
Advanced Web Search Techniques
You've got the basics of web searching down, now it's time to really dig in.
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Web Searchers
- How to Find Free MP3's with Google
- Search Technorati with the Technorati Mini
- Use MeeVee to Find Local TV Listings
- Use the Web To Find A Map
- Find a Synonym with Ask.com
- Technorati Search Tips
- Google Desktop Search Commands
- Find Stock Market Information Using Search Operators
- Business Search Engines
- How to Find Sites that Link to Your Site
- Search a Site with Tags
- Zip Code Lookup
- Find Similar Sites with Simili.cious
- Google University Search
- Use the Web to Find a Pet with PetFinder
- Is That Famous Person Dead or Alive?
- How to Find Cheap Gas
- Use the Web to Find a Local Farmer's Market
- Find Your State DMV on the Web
More Advanced Web Search Tips
There is an amazing wealth of information you can find on the Web with just a little bit of know-how.
- Use the Web to Find Unclaimed Property
- Look Up An Embassy Online
- Learn to Search eBay
- How to Use the Inurl Syntax
- Toll Free Numbers
- Use Amazon Advanced Search to Find Upcoming Book Titles
- The Internet Archive
- Do Search Engines Really Answer Questions?
- How to Find IRS Tax Forms on the Web
- Search The New York Times for Past Articles
- Find Area Codes Using a Search Engine
- How to Do a Wildcard Search
- Use Google to Find Synonyms
- How To Search A Specific Domain in Google
- Check Your Local Weather On the Web
- Find a Users Manual on the Web
- Where to Find Free Audiobooks
- Shopping Sites - How to Find Advanced Search, Site Maps, and Indexes
Best of Web Search Year by Year - 2006
Here's a recap of About Web Search from 2006 - the best, and the worst.
- The Best Sites of 2006
- Top Ten Web Search Articles of 2006
- Top Searches of 2006 at Ask.com
- Windows Live Search Top Searches of 2006
Best of Web Search Year by Year - 2007
See what was happening in the world of search in 2007 at About Web Search.
- Top Web Searches of 2007
- Top Ten Web Search Articles of 2007
- Top 20 Viral Videos of 2007
- About Web Search 2007 Christmas Calendar
- The Top Ten Best Sites of 2007
MySpace
Are you on MySpace? According to Web measurement statistics, MySpace is the third most popular site on the Web. Here's where you'll find MySpace tutorials like how to change your MySpace layout, how to add videos and images to your MySpace profile, and how to use MySpace safely.
