Brad Hill

If you want to give yourself a Web presence without spending a lot of time or money, a blog is your answer and this is your guide. Blogs (Web logs) are short, diary-like entries on a Web site that has a chronological, journal format. Fun or informative, but not formal, blogs are easy to set up, maintain, and update. You can share your personal, stream-of-consciousness musings or your expertise on any subject ranging from your family vacation to world peace. This guide helps beginners (even technophobes) get started fast, with the essential info on: The elements of blogs, such as entries, sidebars, categories, comments, and index pages The different types of hosting services, from free to fee and from “turn key” services that are easy-to-use to DIY programs Details on two popular, free “social community” hosted Web services that are ideal for casual bloggers—MSN Spaces and Yahoo! 360 The scoop on Blogger, a popular free hosted service that has some community tools like the social networks, but is basically blog-intensive DIY blogging, covering three of the most powerful and flexible blog programs—Movable Type, WordPress, and Radio Userland Hooking into RSS feeds to distribute your blog entries beyond your site Choosing a newsreader Ways to raise the visibility of your blog and make money from blogging Complete with step-by-step instructions and lots of screen shots, this guide walks you through everything from setting up your blog and posting your first entry to adding photos, audio, and more. It includes the URLs of lots of sample sites to see to give you an idea of blog possibilities. In addition to the essential how-to, it fills you in on: The blogosphere, blog culture and etiquette, snarks, macrologues, and more Moblogs that let you post entries remotely using your portable computer, PDA, or cell phone Buying a domain through a registrar such as Network Solutions, Register.com, or Go Daddy MP3 blogs, vlogs (videoblogs), photoblogging, audioblogging, podcasting, and more You know you have something to say, whether it’s heavy stuff or just your thought for the day. Make your opinions known. Get your photos shown. With Blogging For Dummies, you’ll soon be blogging with the best of ‘em.

Blogging For Dummies

Explore Yahoo! auctions, shopping, travel, games, chat rooms, and more! Packed with tips on customizing Yahoo! Your guide to all the goodies at the Web portal that does it all Chances are you've stopped by Yahoo! for a search. But did you know you could also play a game of poker? Or place a bid at an online auction? Or chat with a celebrity? This friendly guide takes you on a grand tour of this versatile service — and shows you step-by-step how to take advantage of everything Yahoo! has to offer. Discover how to: Join a global party with Yahoo! voice chat Sign up for a free e-mail account Comparison shop the entire Internet Research and monitor your stock portfolio Launch your own Yahoo! club Explore Yahoo! Auctions The Dummies Way™ Explanations in plain English "Get in, get out" information Icons and other navigational aids Tear-out cheat sheet Top ten lists A dash of humor and fun Get smart www.dummies.com Register to win cool prizes Browse exclusive articles and excerpts Get a free Dummies Daily™ e-mail newsletter Chat with authors and preview other books Talk to us, ask questions, get answers

Yahoo!? For Dummies?

Yahoo! For Dummies, 2nd Edition hits the shelves with refreshed information on Yahoo!'s most popular and useful features. Author Brad Hill covers registering for Yahoo!, customizing it to deliver the content of one's choosing, and getting a Yahoo! e-mail account. The book also guides you through using Yahoo!'s Web page design and hosting service (GeoCities), it's multimedia broadcast center (Broadcast), and its variety of shopping and financial services.

Whether you are an aspiring concert pianist or just want to play keyboards in your own band, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Playing Piano and Electronic Keyboards, Second Edition will give you just what you need to know. From reading music and learning chords, to understanding music notation or buying an instrument, expert author Brad Hill tells gets you started. With more music and expanded practice sessions, the new edition of this already popular book will be a necessity for the beginner. Learn posture, positionings, fingerings, notations, drills, and advice from the masters. Also, learn how to fake your way through accompaniment, stay motivated to practice and advance to the intermediate level.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Piano, 2E

This is the ultimate guide to the new digital world of music. Cutting through myths, it offers a step-by-step introduction to what's possible for performers, composers, and listeners-addressing legal and ethical issues as well as the nuts and bolts of what equipment to buy and what services are available. Written in a friendly, easy-to-understand way, this book will be the first and only reference needed for anyone wishing to enter the world of computer music.

Mastering the World of Digital Music

The Digital Songstream

Rev Mengle

Reviews over nine hundred Web sites and Internet destinations and offers advice on locating information on sports, entertainment, hobbies, news, and shopping

Internet Directory for Dummies

Tony Bove

Doug Lowe

John R. Levine

Mark L. Chambers

Cheryl Rhodes

Peter Weverka

Marsha Collier

Deborah S. Ray

Eric J. Ray

Margaret Levine Young

Camille McCue, Ph.D

Get connected, get clicking, and get what you need from theInternet, whether that’s answers from Google, bargains fromE-bay, music from iTunes, or merchandise from the thousands ofshopping sites. The Internet Gigabook For Dummies hasalmost 900 pages jam-packed with information, how-tos, tips,techniques, advice, and short-cuts to help you use the Internet forall it’s worth! Whether you’re an experienced Websurfer or just daring to get your feet wet for the first time,you’ll discover how to get the most from the Internetand its most popular sites with information on: The basics—everything from installation to browsing,navigation, and setting up your e-mail account Googling—searching for information, photographs,newsgroups, bargains, and more Yahooing— searching, mail, shopping, chatting, playinggames, doing financial research, and more Buying and selling on eBay—finding collectables,hard-to-find items, and bargains; bidding, buying, and payingonline; and selling your own trash and treasures Making beautiful music together with iTunes—buying andplaying music, burning CDs, organizing your music collection withplaylists, and even editing on your iPod Creating your own Web Pages—building your first site,including the essentials and working with HTML, FrontPage,Dreamweaver, posting your Web site, and more Edited by Peter Weverka, author of many For Dummiesbooks, The Internet Gigabook For Dummies includesinformation culled from eight For Dummies books. It’slike a greatest-hits collection! Even experienced surfers willdiscover some new tricks such as how to: Use Yahoo! Finance to get stock quotes, do financial research,and create an online portfolio Use Instant Messaging with AOL, MSN Messenger, or Yahoo!Messenger Shop Google Catalogs or use Froogle for online comparisonshopping Use advanced techniques and bidding strategies to help you winin eBay auctions Use Yahoo! People Search to find old friends. search Yahoo!Personals to find true romance (or someone semi-compatible). placeyour own personal ad, and more Use Google News to scan the headlines, search for specifictopics, follow related links to go in-depth, or track a story overtime Whether you’re new to the Internet and want to learn howto set up your e-mail or have a great e-tail idea and want to setup an online business, this Gigabook, complete with an in-depthindex, helps you get GigaValue from your online experience.

The Internet GigaBook For Dummies

The first-ever book to show businesses step by step how to capitalize on advertising programs offered by Google, the world's #1 search engine, with more than 200 million search queries per day Written by a veteran For Dummies author working in cooperation with Google, which will help support the book From selecting the right keywords to crafting the right message, the book explains how to boost site traffic using AdWords, Google's hugely successful sponsored-link advertising program, which now has more than 150,000 advertisers Also details how to make money with AdSense, a Google program that funnels relevant AdWords ads to other sites-and pays those sites whenever someone clicks on them

Building Your Business with Google For Dummies

Google Search & Rescue For Dummies

Dan Gookin

Andy Rathbone

"Das große Computerbuch für Dummies" behandelt alle wichtigen Computerthemen, die für Computernutzer von Interesse sind. Los geht's mit dem grundlegenden Wissen über die Hardware des PC: wie Sie Ihren PC starten und benutzen. Die Autoren geben eine Einführung in das Betriebssystem Windows 7 und zeigen, wie Sie sich auf dem Desktop, im Startmenü und in den Fenstern zurecht finden. Sie erfahren alles Wissenswerte über das Internet, seine vielfältigen Möglichkeiten und wie Sie sich vor Viren, Spyware, Spam und anderen Plagen schützen. Außerdem lernen Sie, wie Sie mit Google die Informationen im Internet schnell finden, die Sie wirklich suchen. Dazu gibt es viele Tipps, wie Sie über Ihren PC drucken und Musik abspielen. Zudem bekommen Sie alle wichtigen Funktionen zu Word 2010 und Excel 2010 an die Hand, damit Sie aus Ihren Texten und Tabellen beeindruckende Dokumente zaubern.

Das große Computerbuch für Dummies

Running from God, Jacob Springer returns to his boyhood home, the Democratic Republic of Zaire. Springer buries himself in his work as préfet of an African high school, only to find that one of the students, Yango Zalonga, a naturally gifted runner, draws him out and drags him across the red earth back toward faith. Springer finds his life inextricably woven with that of this young African, and together, they aim for the Olympic Marathon. This is based on a true story.

The Runner

Presents basic lessons in reading music notation, advice on how to select an instrument, and details how to find your way around the keyboard

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing the Piano and Electronic Keyboards

This is a guide to navigating the World Web Web with search tools and techniques. The book covers 14 search facilities available, including Infoseek, Excite, Lycos, OpenText, Inktomi and Yahoo!

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