Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xix
Part I: Secrets of the Internet Portals 1
Chapter 1: Yahoo! Secrets 3
Yahoo! At a Glance 4
Use the Direct Address 6
Use the Search Box Shortcut 8
Yahoo's Mature Content Filter 18
Yahoo! Family Accounts 19
Yahooligans! 19
Local Yahoo! 21
World Yahoo! 21
Yahoo! People Search 23
Yahoo! Member Directory 23
Yahoo! Personals 23
Yahoo! Yellow Pages 24
Searching for Businesses from the Search Box 25
Yahoo! Chat 27
Yahoo! Messenger 28
Yahoo! Message Boards 29
Yahoo! Groups 30
Yahoo! Calendar 31
Yahoo! Address Book 32
Yahoo! Briefcase 33
Yahoo! Photos 33
Yahoo! News 34
Yahoo! Weather 34
Yahoo! Sports 34
Yahoo! Entertainment 34
Yahoo! Movies 36
Yahoo! Lottery Results 36
Yahoo! Astrology 37
Yahoo! Finance 37
Yahoo! Banking Center 38
Yahoo! Bill Pay 38
Yahoo! Insurance Center 38
Yahoo! Loan Center 39
Yahoo! PayDirect 39
Yahoo! Tax Center 39
Yahoo! Shopping 39
Yahoo! Wallet 41
Yahoo! Auctions 41
Yahoo! Classifieds 41
Yahoo! Autos 42
Yahoo! Real Estate 43
Yahoo! Travel 43
Yahoo! Maps 44
Yahoo! GeoCities 51
Yahoo! Picture Gallery 51
Yahoo! Domains 52
Yahoo! Web Hosting 52
Summary 53
Chapter 2: MSN Secrets 55
The MSN Home Page 56
Popular Topics 62
Featured Sites 62
Web Directory Sites 62
Web Pages 62
AND 63
NOT 63
Stringing Together Multiple Operators 63
Exact Phrase Search 64
News: MSNBC 66
Sports: ESPN 67
Travel: Expedia 67
City Guides: Citysearch 67
Yellow Pages: SuperPages.com 67
White Pages: InfoSpace 67
Careers: Monster 67
Dating & Personals: Match.com 67
Games: Zone.com 68
Health: WebMD 68
Summary 74
Chapter 3: AOL.com Secrets 75
Summary 88
Chapter 4: Excite Secrets 89
Excite at a Glance 90
Summary 98
Chapter 5: Lycos Secrets 99
Lycos at a Glance 100
HotBot 103
AltaVista 103
Overture 103
Lycos Directory (Open Directory) 103
Summary 116
Part II: Secrets of the Internet Search Engines 117
Chapter 6: Google Secrets 119
Google at a Glance 121
Display Related News Stories 131
Display Cached Pages 132
Display Similar Pages 132
Jump to the Google Directory Listing 132
Search within Your Search Results 132
Display Google in a Different Language 135
Search in a Different Language 135
Search Safely 136
Display More Results Per Page 136
Open a New Results Window 136
Google Browser Buttons 138
Google Toolbar 138
Google Deskbar 140
Using Google Image Search 140
Advanced Image Search 141
Searching the Newsgroups 143
Advanced Groups Search 143
Search University Sites 144
Search Government Sites 144
Search Technology Sites 144
View the Latest Headlines and Stories 147
Searching with Froogle 149
Advanced Froogle Search 149
Searching Online Catalogs 151
Basic Calculations 153
Advanced Calculations and Constants 153
Summary 160
Chapter 7: AllTheWeb Secrets 161
Summary 170
Chapter 8: Ask Jeeves Secrets 171
Ask Jeeves at a Glance 172
Summary 180
Chapter 9: AltaVista Secrets 181
AND 184
OR 184
AND NOT 184
NEAR 184
Summary 193
Chapter 10: HotBot Secrets 195
HotBot at a Glance 196
Summary 207
xvi Contents ♦ ♦ Part III: Secrets of the Online News and Information Sites 209
Chapter 11: CNN.com Secrets 211
CNN.com at a Glance 212
General News Sites 227
Newspaper Sites 227
Magazine Sites 228
Summary 229
Chapter 12: ESPN.com Secrets 231
ESPN.com at a Glance 232
Sports Portals 244
Professional Sports Sites 244
College Sports Sites 245
Participatory Sports Sites 245
Summary 245
Chapter 13: CBS MarketWatch Secrets 247
CBS MarketWatch at a Glance 248
General Market Performance 250
Specific Industry Performance 250
Individual Security Performance 251
Summary 263
Chapter 14: Weather.com Secrets 265
Weather.com at a Glance 266
Desktop Weather 278
Desktop Weather Platinum 278
Summary 280
Chapter 15: Microsoft.com Secrets 281
Microsoft.com at a Glance 282
Summary 292
Part IV: Secrets of Online Shopping and Services 293
Chapter 16: eBay Secrets 295
eBay at a Glance 296
Using Advanced Search Operators 300
Using eBay's Search Page 300
Summary 318
Chapter 17: Amazon.com Secrets 319
Amazon.com at a Glance 320
Distributors and Manufacturers 322
Partner Retailers 323
Amazon Merchants 323
Listmania Lists 335
Coming Soon Lists 338
E-Mail Alerts 338
Amazon Marketplace 340
Pro-Merchants 341
zShops 341
Amazon Auctions 341
Chat 341
Discussion Boards 342
Summary 343
Chapter 18: Napster 2.0 Secrets 345
Napster at a Glance 346
Browsing for Music 349
Searching for Tracks 350
Building a Playlist 350
Listening to and Creating Mix Tapes 351
Using Napster's Music Player to Stream Real-Time Music 352
Listening to Napster Radio 353
Share Songs via E-Mail 357
Communicate via Napster's Message Boards 358
iTunes 358
BuyMusic 359
Musicmatch Downloads 359
eMusic 359
Rhapsody 359
Summary 360
Chapter 19: Expedia Secrets 361
Expedia at a Glance 362
Summary 369
Chapter 20: MapQuest Secrets 371
MapQuest at a Glance 372
Zoom In 375
Re-Center 375
Summary 381
Index________________________________________________________________________________________________383
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