10 Netiquette for Dummies / Essential Internet Etiquette

Internet is a place where there are some sort of protocols that needs to be followed by the users. If you step on the line and misbehave while chatting or making an e-mail, the worse case scenario is that you might receive brickbats and tirades from other Internet users and unfortunately slams you with hurtful words that will indicate disappointments with your antics. Try to project a professional image even if you are in the internet this shows that you are a well reared person living in a civilized world.

Here are some forbidden things that you should avoid to keep you away from any trouble on the web.

1. It is forbidden to send chain letters on the Internet.
2. Don’t allow yourself to take part in flame arguments or start fire thread in any forums you visit in any website that offer this feature.
3. Secure the integrity of the copyright of any materials, don’t plagiarize and/or be responsible with your published works.
4. Send the message to the right person. Make sure that the e-mail address of the intended recipient is correct.
5. Proofread your work for any faulty grammars, wrong spellings and typographical errors, before publishing.
6. Do not use acronyms that are not familiar to the people you are conveying your message(s) through e-mail or chatting.
7. Be generous enough to give constructive feedback on the documents sent to you. Give them some corrections in a nice manner.
8. Do not use ALL CAPS when typing. This is synonymous to shouting. Limit the length of the lines to less than 65 characters. Carriage returns should be used with your end lines.
9. The subject heading must be related to the contents of the entire message.
10. You may opt to use digispeak once in a while, but not always.

Web Searching Tips

The internet is a vast territory with almost no border and links. It is a cornucopia of great resources of various topics that are under the sun, for the information we gather from them will surely supplants our needs, and even luxuries in life, like video streaming, online shopping, online gaming, chatting, video conferencing, researching, searching for jobs and the likes.Use multiple browser if your computer is sufficient enough to do ths. Yo can also use two different browsers running simultaneously, like playing Farmville with your account using internet explorer while enjoyng farming on the other hand using that of your spouse’s using Mozilla Firefox browser.In this blog however we will tackle one of the basic know how about the internet. As time goes by though and with the help of our Almighty Creator we will progress through some essential topics in internet for intermediate and even experts alike.

1. Be specific with your search terms but at the same time try to shun away from using common words like for instance basketball, for this will inevitably trigger unnecessary repsonses in the search engines.

2. Watch your spelling if you want to get you through the topics you desired and wanted. For instance the word goggle will lead you to wrong path path and is totally different from google.

4. Keep searching, if you are not satisfied with the keywords you just discovered try other keywords to help you get through with the appropriate topcs you are after.

5. If you find the right topic you need, it is time to stop searching and if it seems vital you may even bookmark the site for future reference, though. Focus your attention on it.

6. Use bookmarking if necessary just as what is stated in step number four, this allows you the convenience of linking to a site that could be helpful to you as time goes by.

7. Surf the internet as fast as you can. If you are using computer with slow internet connection avoid the most busiest traffic online. Bear in mind that the busiest traffic onlne is between 5 P.M. and midnight EST. This will help especially if you’ll opt for other website during peak web hours. Instead of visiting ESPN why not try www.sportingnews.com for a change.

8. Download files from a FTP site, this is 10 times faster than non FTP servers.