Share the best internet tip you know of. Best tip = best answer.
I prefer you share something from personal experience than just copy-paste from a site or something like that..because if it's from a site there's a big chance it's not unique and not-well-known.
Good luck!
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1) Utilize answer services like Mahalo to search for information, knowledge, or data. Do this when you can't find what you need by yourself, need corroboration or details to what you already know or if you're looking for new ideas (like you are now).
2) If you're buying a traditional book from Amazon, buy it slightly used to save money. Click on "## Used" and then select a seller with a decent rating and low price.
3) When posting ads on craiglist, be on the look out for fake, automated, or scammers emailing you. The best way to do this is by seeing how genuine their email address is. The best way to search for it is by doing a search within facebook to see if they're a real person. One time, a guy tried to scam me by having his girlfriend email me, separately bidding. I knew they were together romantically because I could see their facebook profiles. If you can't find their email address via Facebook, use this service to search as well, http://www.spokeo.com/email
4) If a hot looking girl that you have no mutual friends with tries to friend you on Facebook, it's probably a bot trying to phish for your information.
5) Google has a built in calculator with units conversion that you can use to do many operations and convert units. The unit conversion feature is pretty useful. Just type something like 1 teaspoon to tablespoons and it will pop up on search results, top entry.
6) Keeping in mind number 5, after you go to google, click on more at the top of the screen, and then mouse down to "even more." This lists all of Google's services, some of which are not well known. You can find this list here, http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/ Explore and become comfortable with these services. All of them can potentially handy. For example, knol would be very handy at a site like Mahalo to answer some questions. Same thing applies to labs, http://www.googlelabs.com/ Learn everything you can about basic search mechanics, strings, and the like. The description of how to do this, with more advanced things too is here, http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=136861
7) Use Firefox as a browser. There are some browsers I haven't used, like Opera, but Firefox is clearly better than IE, Chrome, and Safari.
8) Don't use eBay unless you're setting up a large selling warehouse or something. It's terrible to sell things on because you have to set your prices really low before any buys stuff or bids. It's terrible to buy things because you don't really know what you're getting or if the person/entity is really going to ship to you after you send them your money. Sure, there's safeguards against some of these things, but why mess with them? I use craiglist to sell things, and Amazon or Craigslist to buy them. Some things I insist on seeing/showing in person before buying/selling, which makes craigslist perfect.
9) If you ever do online dating, you get what you pay for. Better dates are on pay sites.
10) Wikipedia is not accurate. Never trust it for anything important unless you can corroborate it with at least one other site or check their citation. I personally corrected medical pages after seeing mistakes therein.
11) Downloading Torrents via torrent programs is the only way to get many files these days. That too will probably change before too long.
12) Take identity theft seriously, because if it does happen to you, the police don't care and will not really do anything whatsoever. You're largely on your own when it comes to this, despite what propoganda people share.
13) Some IT/Computer technical people exaggerate potential viruses, threats, and things of that nature. They're sort of like those religious people who always predict the end of the world. Electronic threats are there, but aren't as bad as some people say.
14) Having a Macintosh computer is the best way to ensure your computer won't get screwed up from using the Internet.
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For instance, if you sign up to a new site, and give an e-mail address, be careful you don't use the password of that e-mail account as the password you use for the new site. An administrator / staff member of that site could, in theory, subsequently try logging into your e-mail account, succeed, and then perhaps be on their way to taking monies from a PayPal account of yours, use online vouchers etc., or access other sensitive information.
If you like to have the same username everywhere you go, it might be good to have several different passwords, but best to avoid using a password associated with any e-mail account.
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DO NOT assume you know what you are doing!
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* Don't write a website unless you know, understand and can fix security flaws. You are a big problem when you do so, you open everyone up to bugs, viruses and your own reputation
* Don't buy hardware you know nothing about and expect others to fix it for you every time. If you don't know, don't venture into it, it will probably lead back to the first point I made.
* Don't write software for the above two reasons unless you know what you're doing! You are a problem for everyone.
*Don't assume free stuff is good stuff. And get rid of the software you don't own. Really, how many people have bothered to get a license for WinZip eh? Pay them and stop whinging, its worth it.
The internet is full of bozos and incompetent website makers, blog writers and supposed experts who know nothing, and care even less about the damage they do to you. Get real, they don't know you nor do they care.
Be a better person and stop assuming the internet is 'easy' all the time, its not. It takes practise and skill and hard bloody work to be a good internet user or provider of content, and its a damn shame its been corrupted by little miss housewife and her attempt to sell hand made items from the garage with a crappy shopping cart that will ruin your life!
experience
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M$Use Memo to Me at home to remind yourself and your family about important occasions.
Remind yourself about your anniversary
Remind your family about Grandma's birthday
Remind your soccer team about the upcoming game
Remind your spouse to take out the trash
Use Memo to Me at work to remind yourself and your co-workers about meetings and deadlines.
Remind yourself about a meeting with a client on Friday
Remind your co-workers about the weekly status meetings
Remind the sales people to send in their monthly sales projections
Remind the people on your project about an upcoming deadline
I was a corporate concierge and I'd stick all of my clients' spouse's birthdays in there....."Don't forget to get a gift..." Of course, they made a beeline to me to get that gift for them. I'm out of that job 10 years and I'm willing to bet some of them--as well as anyone else who sat in that chair--still benefits. Or hates me if they split up. But in 1998, the company I worked for wasn't using e-mail at all in the customer-service process. When they finally did, the e-mail address the company assigned me was my street address spelled out--and the company name was long, too, for a total of almost 40 characters!. This was mutually beneficial for both me and for all of my clients that did use e-mail.
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Not only will this save a considerable amount of bandwidth, but it will also make your browsing experience more enjoyable and less annoying.
Every browser has their own adblocking application (which usually needs to be downloaded or added on), but the one I prefer is Ad-Block+ for firefox and Chrome.
Happy surfing :)
For Firefox use this:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
For Chrome use this:
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglido...
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Can you please explain your experience with this?
Sure, we started out with a Netflix subscription (www.netflix.com), which was fine, but the on demand features weren't really useful until we combined it with our XBox Live account. With that we were able to instantly select movies and watch them on our TV. That was great! But without a DVR, we were constantly missing our favorite shows. We tried just streaming them through our laptops, but it wasn't a great way to watch - especially with a nice television staring us in the face. So, we installed Hulu (www.hulu.com) (a free trial, but we will then pay the $40 fee to keep it for good) and were able to watch the episode of Lost we had missed on the 42" LCD rather than the laptop.
It was great! Only short commercials, and we controlled it like we did with the DVR, such as pausing when a kid got out of bed. I now have no regrets about cutting our cable package back to the basic plan, except maybe that we still can't watch Phineas and Ferb, but I guess we'll live.
1. learn to control your bandwidth (i.e. the more crap you have up on your computer the slower it will run. a good computer can handle many task all at once yes but its still better not to mix yourself up and your system with to many things going all at once)
2. when downloading and this is for anything (and it goes back to controlling your bandwidth) try not to download too much at once. torrents for example are usually going to be kinda big well say average 1gb for the file your downloading at a speed of like 500k to a mg /s gana take bout 30 mins. so dont go surfing youtube or browsing limewire.
3. always know what your getting were its going and how big it is. and so what if you have a TB hd in your comp if you let these files build up its going to slow your system first of all. you may not know were every thing is located and its not that hard to loose files in your system if your not paying attention to were every thing goes.
4. the browser you use is important. try to use the same browser for everything you do. all the cookies and downloads go to the same place. i personally like Google chrome is very nice browser very simple and straight to the point i never have pop up problems. over all is a really good browser .
5. never surf aimlessly. if you keep hitting links that you don't know about eventually our going to land on porn or something very odd and possibly harmful to your system. the web is full of Trojans, spyware, key loggers, and god knows what else lurks in the mysteries of the web
6. finally is maintenance and often twice a week or more. disk clean up and defrag very simple tools to use every computer has them clear out your cookies from browser tools just as often every time you hit a new sit you pick up loads of data in a cache that is stored till new info turns it out or till you clean it up.
your computer is like your kitchen you play in it often and must clean up after your self every time or you dishes get stacked and things start to grow if left unattended.
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* Personal experience I dont wanna share anymore than that. ;p
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1. Meeting friends online is the same as meeting friends "AFK" ("away from keyboard"). Don't enter a chatroom and expect to be talked to and integrated into the conversation. Jump right in and make a witty comment, and away you go. And as much as the older generation will tell you otherwise, having friends online is much the same as having friends "IRL" ("in real life").
2. Security was a big factor for choosing your web browser a few years ago, but nowadays most browsers are about the same. Internet Explorer is, from what I hear, just as good as Firefox for protecting your identity - both now have "private browsing" where cookies and whatnot are not stored on your computer.
3. Free is better. From what I've experienced, the Linux operating system Ubuntu offers the same experience as Windows or Mac, but for 100% less of the price to buy the system, and 100% less to buy all programs made for the system. It does take a bit of getting used to, but no more so than if you switched from a PC to a Mac.
4. When encrypting your wireless router (if you use one), always use the WPA setting, never the WEP setting. WEP is easy to crack into.
5. Do not click popups, no matter how scary or enticing they are. Viruses almost always ensue, no matter what kind of antivirus you have.
6. Do not run more than one antivirus on your computer. Piling on Norton and Avast and AVG all at once does not offer you more security. Antiviruses access and control your computer, and can be seen (in a way) as being their own virus. Therefore they will all look at each other as a virus, and start attacking each other. What you'll be left with is a slow, corrupt computer that doesn't do anything. Read reviews and pick the best antivirus that suits your needs and stick with it. If you change your mind, uninstall that antivirus before installing the new one.
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M$You'd be surprised as to how many people browse their Windows folder and think "What's that little thing that looks like a bear? I better delete it!"
DON'T DELETE IT UNLESS YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS AND WHERE IT CAME FROM.
Ex-wife
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Oh Internet Tip?
Lurk Moar?
Hurray for system restore in that case, haha.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/systemrestore.mspx
I said INTERNET tip...
1. Do not disclose your true identity or address or phone number unless you are sure that you are using a trustworthy site. I am not being negative, but I think its reasonable enough.
2. Surfing is inevitable on internet. So, why not get paid for it. Use sites/search engines/programmes that pay to surf.
3. It is better to use the time for earning something, than to waste it in gossiping over the net.
4. Use a browser that allows multi-tabs to be opened. That makes things lot easier.
5. Whenever you click on a link, it is better to use "Open in New Tab" option than just clicking on it. You may need to visit the last page frequently.
6. Always open a PayPal account, you may be needing it anytime.
7. Do never upload scanned copies of your vital documents like passport, driving license, Tax Card, Credit/Debit card etc.
8. Avoid uploading your photos indiscriminately.
9. Do not fill up questionnaire that contains personal questions like "What is your favourite food?", "Who is your childhood hero?", "What is the name of your pet?" etc. You may leak answer to your password protection question with this trick. I myself fell prey to such a trick once and still repent it.
10. Do no download any software/tool unless your anti-virus certifies it safe and unless you are sure about its genuineness and reliability of source.
11. Do not answer or open spams. That makes it even worse. The spammer on the other end comes to know that there is somebody really there. Just ignore them.
12. Porn sites are the most dangerous sources of spywares and viruses.
That's all I can think of now. Thanks
Personal opinion
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NEVER EVER click on a popup that wants you to scan your computer!!!
This could save you hundreds of dollars, lots of time and lost data.
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In response to your eBay comment. I have moved over to Bonanzle like many other eBayers and there is absolutely no listing fee, there are no auctions but best offer is acceptable, and the closing fee is minute, like almost nothing. The community has grown by leaps and bounds since I joined in September and I am making sales and have met wonderful buyers and sellers. The owners of the site bend over backwards to help and our listings go to google. I actually make more sales and definitely more money than I ever did on eBay because they took it all for those unsold lisings and commissions even when I did sell something. I believe we can have up to 10,000 items in our booths and we can have more than one booth, so it's really unlimited. Check it out if you are a buyer or seller. My booth is at sincerelysandi.com. I have 1200 items listed already that I never could have afforded to list at eBay. Also, I have had no scammers just a bunch of great buyers.
@darenet,
I used internet dating sites sporadically from 2003 until about a year ago. My needs were dramatically different each time I used it. For example, the last time I used it I was, unfortunately, separated from my wife and a bit older than the first time I used it (i.e., while I was still in college).
If you're looking for a particular kind of thing, some free sites are okay. That is, if you're not really serious and just want to meet someone for fun, free sites like craigslist or even myspace (which was a de facto internet dating site for a while) can do the trick. If your requirements are higher and you want to date people who (there's no good way to put this) have "more to offer," a pay site is much better. If they're willing to pay to help meet someone, chances are, they themselves have more to offer.
I wrote a good article that further discusses this in detail, and I'm going to reference that here to further explain: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1387265/5_ways_to_increase_your_chances_of.html?cat=41
Generally, I found that pay sites are actually worth the money if you're looking for a serious partner. I used to use Match.com without paying by just using my AIM screen name as my username after I realized that other people were doing the same and that way, you could contact each other for free. The last time I used Match.com, I actually paid for it and found it was worth the price.
Here's a couple of other dating articles I wrote: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1379437/how_to_always_land_a_second_date.html?cat=41
And, my most popular one (in terms of readers), http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1431429/four_major_differences_in_how_men_and.html?cat=52
To summarize, I found free sites okay for hookups or non serious dating, like Tagged.com, craiglist, and even myspace, but pay sites like Eharmony, Match.com are better if you have more "dating requirements" and are looking for someone serious. Even if you're not looking for someone serious, but have some requirements, pay sites are better because each person is more transparent and tends to be of higher quality than free sites. In my last dating partner, I was looking for someone who liked to socialize and have fun, but who also appreciated my situation and was mature. I found her on Match as a woman who was divorced and also had a kid. We had a good time for the brief time we dated and she didn't flip out when I got back together with my wife because she was in the same situation before.
If you have any more questions about that or anything else I wrote, feel free to message me or comment further.
Why do you think pay dating sites are better than free ones? What's your experience?
I think we have to agree to disagree on eBay. I was a co-owner/operator of two family-business niche-market retail stores. I dropped prices to sell on eBay and still made money--I was a well-established retailer around for 25 years.--We had literally a handful of people working between the two stores (together in one building). I sold merchandise to customers from California to the French Countryside. There are people who know how to sell and people who don't know how to sel. Sure, there was occasional damage, but here's a parallel;: every day, there are people who don't like how something was made in restaurants--and they complain. The difference in sellers is how they handle those complaints. I jumped on them and picked up the phone to call the customer. The shipping company would come out, look at it and begin reimbursing us and we'd ship another one that ay. It happens to everyone, not just eBay buyers. Small retailers can't get that worldwide exposure anywhere else for such little price.
And the guy who just got a new ham radio and wants to sell his old one doesn't need to get a merchant account from a bank to take credit cards--there's PayPal. I've bought lots of electronic equipment through eBay.
In contrast, I had been posting the same store merchandise on CL whenever we had quantity, but the only significant nibble I ever got on CL was when I was literally giving away store fixtures and anything not nailed down when the stores moved (the merchandise was already out). And I got A LOT of SPAM to those temporary CL e-mail addresses.
@garyallen,
I think the number one flaw with eBay, like @sincerelysandi said, is that you have to pay listing fees (after your first five free ones, which are a joke) even if you don't sell the product. Why should you have to pay for something when you're not getting something out of it?
But, I know that some people can still use eBay successfully, in particular more advanced sellers who know how to exploit E-Junkie and "buy it now" options.
I think craigslist is the best, particularly if you are selling certain types of items and live in an urban area, because you get face to face contact, don't have to mess with shipping, and they come to you to pick up the items in most cases (can't beat that). Granted, some items don't sell well on craigslist, but not all items do well on eBay, and I know there's an overlap. It's hard to sell video games and movies on both craigslist and eBay because there's so much competition.