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The Difference between your Browser Address Bar and your
Search Box.
Httpwww.google.com,
wwwgmail.com, httpgroups.yahoo.com, Invalid URL Message, Why?
wwwgmail
search did not work the way you wanted- Why?
Httpwww.google.com typed into your search box didn't get you where you
wanted?
So you have heard of Google or Yahoo, fired up
the trusty Internet Explorer and typed one of the following phrase's in
the search bar, httpwww.google.com, httpgroups.yahoo.com,
httpyahoo.com, or perhaps wwwgmail.com, hit search,
"--" Eh, Nothing you expected, WHY?
You are not alone, many people a year type in httpwww.google.com, slightly
less type in httpgroups.yahoo.com, and others enter wwwgmail.com, all
with the same confusing results.. The problem is two-fold, the solution
is easy.
Let us have a look at one phrase in particular and you can apply the same
solution to the others. When you typed in httpwww.google.com, you will
probably have entered this into a white text box somewhere in the top
third part of your browser which may by default have an AOL or MSN webpage
showing. This is actually a search text box where you need to type in
what you are searching for as a word or phrase.
Using httpwww.google.com as an
example, if you had typed in just Google you would have found the search
engine coming back with a myriad of pages that have the term Google on
their pages and then you could have selected what interests you. The search
text box is where you type in, as an example, a phrase like "My Power
Mall". Hit the search button and bingo, several relevant sites will be
shown. Httpwww.google.com is not a search term but an internet address.
If you have a correct address and want to go to that site, you need to
enter it in the address bar which is normally just under the top toolbar
of your browser. You will see that most address bars have a go button
on the right as opposed to a search button as in the search box described
before.
The last part of the solution is in the spelling of httpwww.google.com.
Httpwww.google.com should in fact be written as follows, http://www.google.com
You were mighty close, but computers are wickedly logical and a missing
forward slash often equals despair.
In conclusion;
1- Search phrases go in the search text box,
2- Addresses go in the top address bar,
3- Addresses need to be spelt correctly.
Httpwww.google.com corrected is http://www.google.com/,
Httpgroups.yahoo.com corrected is http://groups.yahoo.com/,
Httpyahoo.com corrected is http://www.yahoo.com/,
Wwwgmail.com corrected is http://www.gmail.com/.
Happy surfing!
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For the Technical minded below is an informative
article.
Secure E-Mail With Google GMail by Bryce Whitty
This is something I’ve set up myself, recently,
to send mail through Gmail without having the unencrypted e-mail stored
on their servers.To achieve this, you’ll need a Google GMail account,
PGP or GnuPG, Mozilla Thunderbird, and the Enigmail extension.
First, set your Gmail account to allow POP3 access.
This can be set in your mail settings within the web interface. The Gmail
system will tell you the settings you need to make in Thunderbird in order
to use this.
Next, get Thunderbird and the Enigmail extension,
and install both, along with PGP or GnuPG. Then, enter your account settings
into Thunderbird, as per the Google page.
You’ll need to create a PGP key associated
with your e-mail address. In PGP, do this using the GUI interface. With
GnuPG, type gpg –gen-key and follow the instructions. You can set
the key type, key size (Go with at least 2048 bits. Many people use 4096)
and the expiry date. Some people set their keys never to expire, I like
a key duration of 6 months, so that I end up recreating keys twice a year,
but at least if someone breaks or otherwise acquires my key during that
time, they won’t have long to do it, nor to use it, before it gets
changed again!
Finally, associate the keypair with your e-mail
address, in the Enigmail settings within Thunderbird, and ensure that
e-mail defaults to signed and encrypted. Collect public keys from those
people with whom you wish to correspond privately, and add those to your
PGP or GnuPG keyring. Enigmail will then encrypt e-mail sent to those
people, and decrypt e-mail sent from them to you. Mail to a recipient
whose key you do not have will not be encrypted, unless GnuPG / PGP can
find a key for them on the public keyservers.
Secure e-mail prevents others reading private communications
and the signing process authenticates the e-mail message as being from
you.
Bryce Whitty owns and runs computer repair website called Technibble.com.
A website that provides technical how-to’s for repairing your computer.
Technibble also has many guides for getting into the computer business
or managing your existing one. We also cover other side topics such as
Security and Software.
Http://www.Technibble.com
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