500 Digital Hints, Tips, & Techniques for Every Internet User: All-in-One Guide to Those Inside Secrets for Blogging, Vlogging, Photologging, MySpace, ... eBay, Google, and More! (500 (RotoVision)) [Paperback]

Dan Oliver (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 22, 2008 | Series: 500 (RotoVision)

The subtitle says it all, and the book delivers it all!

* Great new addition to a best-selling series--huge audience!

* Jargon-free beginner’s guide to using the Internet like a 16-year-old

It’s everyone’s little secret. You sit at the computer all day, tapping away, maybe surfing the Net. But do you actually know how to post a video on YouTube? Can you make a call on Skype? And how about MySpace--got a page? Or do you leave that to your teenagers? Now it’s time to let go of your secret fears and anxieties. Don’t be afraid. It will be easy, with 500 Digital Hints, Tips, and Techniques for Every Internet User. This new addition to the best-selling 500 series is packed with practical, hand-holding, easy-to-use directions for getting the most out of the Internet. Accessible step-by-step tutorials, quick fixes, and bullet-point tips make this book the anti-technical manual. Let it put the power of the Internet in your hands!

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About the Author

Dan Oliver is an experienced technology journalist and has contributed to a number of magazines and newspapers, including the Sunday Times, the Guardian, and Practical Web Design. He is currently the editor of .net magazine. He lives in Bristol, UK.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Rotovision (July 22, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 294037841X
• ISBN-13: 978-2940378418
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,279,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid Tips to Help You Get More Out of the Internet, December 23, 2008

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Jinger Jarrett "Internet Marketer and Writer" (Norcross, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 500 Digital Hints, Tips, & Techniques for Every Internet User: All-in-One Guide to Those Inside Secrets for Blogging, Vlogging, Photologging, MySpace, ... eBay, Google, and More! (500 (RotoVision)) (Paperback)

This book was definitely a whole lot more than I bargained for.

If you're new to the internet, and you're looking for a way to learn how to use all of these really cool tools on the internet, like bookmarking, or Google Docs, then you'll definitely love this book. If you're an online business owner who wants to increase your productivity, then you'll love this book even more.

It is, of course, a book of tips, and it does contain 500 different tips. It's broken down into chapters, and the tips in each chapter cover either a specific site or application on the internet: Firefox, Blogger, Flickr, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Gmail, MySpace, Skype, meebo, Google Calendar and Doc, and Stikkitt. The final chapter covers websites that will pay you to write for them, making this the perfect book for anyone who is looking for a way to make a little extra money on the internet.

Within each chapter, the author then breaks each site or application down into bite size chunks. He shows you how to take each site and get a whole lot more out out of it without any extra work.

The chapter I especially loved is the chapter on Firefox (I just made the switch because I was having so many problems with Internet Explorer.) You'll learn how to quickly tweak Firefox and customize it to make it do exactly what you need it to do.You'll also learn how to avoid phishing scams, as well as manage everything from bookmarks to addons. You'll become a Firefox expert in no time.

There's also plenty in here for business owners with the information on all of the sites where you may now market: Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc. These tips will definitely help you with those sites. The chapter on getting organized will help you get your business organized online and help you avoid the hassles of losing your documents. You'll also be able to make your business more mobile.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who is looking to get more out of the internet regardless of why you are logged on. It won't make you an expert, but it will definitely make your experience a whole lot more pleasant.

Jinger Jarrett, Author, Cashing in on Google: Internet Marketing to GO!

5.0 out of 5 stars Get Paid - The Top Money Making Websites That Pay You, January 31, 2010

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Dheudier "dheudier" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 500 Digital Hints, Tips, & Techniques for Every Internet User: All-in-One Guide to Those Inside Secrets for Blogging, Vlogging, Photologging, MySpace, ... eBay, Google, and More! (500 (RotoVision)) (Paperback)

Great book and quick read. I've used it over and over again. I like the section Get Paid, I'd never heard of some of these sites but they all have great reviews and they pay you. The section on Youtube if you upload any videos to Youtube is a must have.