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501 Website Secrets To Unleash the Power of Google, Amazon, eBay, and More
Introduction
Here’s something cool I bet you didn’t know . . .
That, in a nutshell, is what drove the creation of this book—cool stuff you probably
didn’t know about your favorite Web sites. Secrets, for want of a better
word. Five hundred and one of them.
About This Book
What kind of secrets are included in 501 Web Site Secrets? Well, there’s parts of
a site you didn’t know existed. Or ways to use the site that you weren’t aware
of. Or special commands that help you get even more out of the site than you
could before. Cool stuff like that—and more.
That’s the nature of a secret—something that most users don’t know about, but
would get a kick out of if they did. These are the kinds of things that will make
you say to yourself, “That’s cool—I didn’t know you could do that!” And then
you’ll want to go directly to the site to try the secret out for yourself. (Go ahead;
it’s allowed.)
Of course, not all 501 secrets in this book will be new to you. If you’re Internetsavvy
at all, you’ll probably know some of what I reveal in these pages. That’s
okay; it only means that you’re on your toes. I’m sure, however, that you’ll find
more than a few secrets you didn’t know, and that they’ll make this book a
worthwhile read for you.
To be fair, many of these secrets are hidden in plain sight. There are few secrets
in this book that are deliberately concealed from the general public. Most socalled
secrets are things that are there if you look for them—and if you know
where to look. You can discover lots of secrets on your own just by clicking all
the links on all the pages of your favorite sites and poring over every single
page of the site’s help system. The sad fact is, most users never get beyond a
site’s home page—and there aren’t too many secrets there!
How to Use This Book
Using this book is as simple as turning to the chapter on a particular site, reading
through the secrets, then trying them on your own. You don’t need any particular
technical expertise to take advantage of these secrets, although some
familiarity with the sites in question is helpful. There’s no fancy programming,
no high-level coding, just a lot of common-sense information that you probably
didn’t know before.
Contents at a Glance
Acknowledgments .........................................................................................................ix
Introduction ..................................................................................................................xix
Part I: Secrets of the Internet Portals .........................................1
Chapter 1: Yahoo! Secrets ..............................................................................................3
Chapter 2: MSN Secrets ...............................................................................................55
Chapter 3: AOL.com Secrets ........................................................................................75
Chapter 4: Excite Secrets .............................................................................................89
Chapter 5: Lycos Secrets ..............................................................................................99
Part II: Secrets of the Internet Search Engines ....................117
Chapter 6: Google Secrets .........................................................................................119
Chapter 7: AllTheWeb Secrets ..................................................................................161
Chapter 8: Ask Jeeves Secrets ...................................................................................171
Chapter 9: AltaVista Secrets ......................................................................................181
Chapter 10: HotBot Secrets ........................................................................................195
Part III: Secrets of the Online News and
Information Sites .......................................................................209
Chapter 11: CNN.com Secrets ...................................................................................211
Chapter 12: ESPN.com Secrets ..................................................................................231
Chapter 13: CBS MarketWatch Secrets ....................................................................247
Chapter 14: Weather.com Secrets .............................................................................265
Chapter 15: Microsoft.com Secrets ............................................................................281
Part IV: Secrets of Online Shopping and Services .............293
Chapter 16: eBay Secrets ...........................................................................................295
Chapter 17: Amazon.com Secrets ..............................................................................319
Chapter 18: Napster 2.0 Secrets ................................................................................345
Chapter 19: Expedia Secrets ......................................................................................361
Chapter 20: MapQuest Secrets ..................................................................................371
Index ................................................................................................383
