How to go about online shopping

Written by Paromita


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How to go about online shopping:

The idea of online shopping has created a major interest in net users. It is simply buying and paying through internet anytime anywhere. You can purchase almost anything online and need not bother anyone. You can purchase clothes, cars, computers, groceries, books, machineries etc. along with real estates. Generally,repparttar 118537 transactions are done through credit cards only. However, there are some sites, which offer cash on delivery. Though online shopping is easier and cheaper as they often offer discounts, yet you could be in trouble at times. Have you ever thought of choosing a secured and safe site for your shopping? Are you sure your transaction is safe? Let us think about certain facts before going for online shopping,

Are you using a secure browser? The browser you are using should abide byrepparttar 118538 industry security standards. There are Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Secure Electronic Transaction (SET). These systems encryptrepparttar 118539 purchase information you send overrepparttar 118540 net. Safe sites showrepparttar 118541 symbol of an unbroken key, a picture of a closed lock or a web address started with https://. Rememberrepparttar 118542 letter “S” after http is very important. Along with that, most ofrepparttar 118543 browsers also display a warning message before you click to send any information to a site.

Go for Certificate check: It is also easy to verify a secure site with a “certificate”. Presently Verisign,Inc. is a provider of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). This company has formed long-term partnerships with a large no. of other companies. You can check out www.verisign.com for further information.

Do not reveal your very personal information unless required: Always try not to send your password anywhere if you do not knowrepparttar 118544 receiver. It’s even secured to use a combination of numbers, letters and symbols in your password instead of using birth dates, phone numbers etc.

Always pay with a credit card or charge card: Online shopping is done by credit card or charge card in order to makerepparttar 118545 procedure easy. If you pay with a credit card or charge card, your transaction will be protected byrepparttar 118546 Fair Credit Building Act. According torepparttar 118547 law, consumers have every right to disputerepparttar 118548 charges against certain situations. It is always better to invest small amount while buying online forrepparttar 118549 first time. Try them a couple of times and then go for more investments. Using one card only for online shopping will make your life much comfortable. Do not forget to keep hard copies of your purchase order and confirmation number.

My Yahoo Search - Beyond bookmarks

Written by Jakob Jelling


Yahoo has long offered email, an online calendar, notes, bookmarks, and more through their free My Yahoo service. Now Yahoo has expanded this service even more by adding My Yahoo Personal Search torepparttar mix.

Personal Search is another way of storing bookmarks, but with more features thanrepparttar 118536 older bookmarks offered. To use Personal Search, you add a My Yahoo Search button to your browser links bar (supports IE, Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, and Safari). When you find a page you like, you click onrepparttar 118537 button to addrepparttar 118538 page torepparttar 118539 "My Web" section of Personal Search. You can perform a search and optionally save or block any results pages. Of course, you can also enter a URL directly, then clickrepparttar 118540 Search button to add that page into My Web as well.

Your My Web contents are accessible from any computer with Internet access, so it functions as an online bookmark storage service. Typically, bookmarks are stored only withinrepparttar 118541 browser onrepparttar 118542 computer you normally use, so online availability is a convenient feature if you travel.

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