BROWSING STRATEGIES

Nowadays, people tend to surf the net everyday as they have clear purpose of doing it. Whether they want to get information regarding something, to get updated with the worlds' news and just to be in touch with their loveliest one. 


As for students, it is essential for us to use the internet to seek for information that could help us in our studies. By using the internet, we can gain any information that we want but sometimes the information seems to be unsuitable or inappropriate or even did not answer our inquiries.


This maybe happen as we did not using the correct way to browse for information in the internet. There are actually the right way on how to surf the net~

SURFING THE NET

• Primary Reason: To search specific information ( text, pictures, music & videos)
• Surfing the net :Users browse through web, looking for topics/ things that users interested with. 
• Users used browser to visit websites by using web address and search engines.                                                                                                                                                                           

  

  is this you? :p

                      
  

  What are the tools needed to surf the web?

  

  Computer

   

  network interface card (NIC)

  

  modem

  
  

  

  internet service provider

  
  

Web Browser: software program used to access the World Wide Web.

Google Chrome, Internet Explorer & Firefox Mozilla

Safari& Opera ( for Mac OS)

 

 ANATOMY OF THE URL ( AFTER THE DOT)

1. .com : commercial website
2. .net : network website
3. .org : non-profit organization
4. .edu :  educational website
5. .gov : government website                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             What is the Domain Name System?
   The Domain Name System (DNS) helps users to find their way around the Internet. Every computer on the Internet has a unique address – just like a telephone number – which is a rather complicated string of numbers. It is called its "IP address" (IP stands for "Internet Protocol"). 
   
   
   http://www.computeruser.com/dictionary/domains/all/ 
   
   

   SEARCHING TECHNIQUES  

   # use keyword rather than sentences
   # use double quote " " 
   # use + sign
   # use AND & AND NOT word
   # use OR
   # use alternatives
   # use wildcard *