Internet Surfing "Cheat Sheet" Inside! No Matter What You're Looking For on the Web — People, Places, or Pizza — This Book Shows You How to Search! The Internet is the greatest source of information and fun — if you know your way around! The step-by-step instructions, tips, and tricks inside Internet Searching For Dummies® will make you a top-flight Web surfer, the master of both search engines and Internet directories. This book shows you how to go straight to the good stuff, and turn the Internet into a tool you can use. Find What You Need Faster with: Mindspring Internet Access for easy access to the Internet VDOLive Player: Watch movies on the Internet with this freeware browser plug-in WebWhacker: An evaluation of ForeFront's off-line browser — for Mac and Windows Paint Shop Pro: An evaluation version of this powerful image viewing and editing program Programs for viewing graphics, decompressing files, and more — for Mac and Windows! A collection of software "bots" — automated search agents that work from your PC Shareware programs are fully functional, free trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are free, copyrighted games, applications, and utilities. You can copy them to as many PCs as you like — free — but they have no technical support. System Requirements: 486 or faster PC running Windows 3.1 or later, or 68040 or faster Mac running System 7.5 or later, 8MB RAM (16MB recommended); double speed (2x) CD-ROM drive or faster; Internet connection (14,400 bps or faster modem; network-regular access charges apply). Inside, find helpful advice on how to: Unlock the intricacies of the Web's major search engines, such as Yahoo!, Lycos, Excite, and AltaVista Unleash search engine features to get at the information you really want and exclude the information you don't Further streamline your searches with cool keyword tips Track down the Web sites you need by following Brad Hill's search expeditions Search Usenet groups for any topic Unearth and download cool shareware and freeware programs Plus a special chapter for America Online subscribers!