Includes index.

Foreword / Gary Price --
About the Extreme Searcher web page --
Basics for the serious searcher : The pieces of the Internet ; A very brief history ; Searching the Internet: web "finding tools" ; General strategies ; Content on the Internet ; Content: the Deep Web ; Copyright ; Citing Internet resources ; Keeping up-to-date on Internet resources and tools --
Directories and portals : General web directories ; Classification of sites in general web directories ; Searchability of general web directories ; When to use a general web directory ; The major general web directories ; Other general web directories ; Specialized directories ; How to find specialized directories ; What to look for in specialized directories and how they differ ; Some prominent examples of specialized directories ; General web portals --
Search engines: the basics : How search engines are put together ; How search options are presented ; Typical search options ; Search engine overlap ; Results pages ; Search engine accounts ; Specialty search engines ; Metasearch engines ; Search engine shortcuts ; Keeping up to date on web search engines --
Search engines: the specifics : Google ; Bing ; Yahoo! ; Ask.com ; Additional general web search engines ; Visualization search engines ; Search engine comparison searches --
Discussion groups, forums, newsgroups, and their relatives : Groups of groups and individual groups ; Groups search engines ; Mailing lists ; Instant messaging ; Netiquette points relating to groups and mailing lists --
An Internet reference shelf : Thinking of the Internet as a reference collection ; Criteria used for the selecting the tools covered ; Traditional tools online ; Encyclopedias ; Dictionaries ; Combined reference tools and almanacs ; Addresses and phone numbers ; Quotations ; Foreign exchange rates/currency converters ; Weather ; Maps ; Gazetteer ; ZIP codes ; Stock quotes ; Statistics ; Books ; Historical documents ; Governments and country guides ; Company information ; Associations ; Professional directories ; Literature databases ; Colleges and universities ; Fact-checking sites ; Travel ; Film ; Reference resource guides. Sights and sounds: finding images, audio, and video ; The copyright issue ; Images ; Audio and video --
News resources : Types of news sites on the internet ; Finding news: a general strategy ; News resource guides ; Major news networks and newswires ; Newspapers ; Radio and TV ; Aggregation sites ; Specialized news services ; Blogs ; RSS ; Alerting services --
Finding product online ; Categories of shopping sites on the Internet ; Looking for products: a general strategy ; Company/product catalogs ; Shopping malls ; Price comparison sites ; Auctions ; Classifieds ; Product and merchant evaluations ; Buying safely --
Your own place on the web: participating and publishing : A "place" on the web ; Web-based software ; Social networking sites ; Sharing sites ; Microblogs ; Blogs ; Podcasts ; Crowdsourcing ; Your own full-fledged website ; Websites --
Conclusion --
Glossary.

This fully revised handbook details what users must know to take full advantage of internet search tools and resources. From the latest online tools to the new and enhanced services offered by standbys Google and Yahoo!, this revamped edition also features chapters on popular social networking sites such as Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn as well as a collection of up-to-date screenshots for visual reference.