Uses for Favorite Websites
• Reviews of Products
• Tutorials on How-to-do
• Finding solutions to unique problems
Product Reviews
• Amazon Shopping Site
• www.amazon.com
• PC Magazine
• www.pcmag.com
• PC World
• www.pcworld.com
Finding Problem Solutions
• Manufacturer websites
• Newsgroups
• Search Engines
Manufacturer's Websites
• Windows Software
http://Support.microsoft.com
Search knowledgebase
• www.Dell.com
Search knowledge base
User Group Websites
• www.Jsiinc.org
• www.annoyances.org
• www.experts-exchange.org
• www.theeldergeek.com
Services Guide to Windows XP
News Groups
www.google.com/grphp
• Yahoo
http://groups.yahoo.com
Search Engines
• Single Site Search
• www.Google.com
Can use for single site searches
• Meta Search engines
Send query to multiple search engines
• www.Dogpile.com
• www.Ithaki.net
Summary
• Many routes to find answers to hardware, software and Technology questions
• Tailor search to question being asked
• Tailor search to sites being used
Links to websites shown in the presentation