The world wide web or the Internet is a vast universe that offers boundless opportunities for discovery and exploration.  To explore the vastness of the web and come back  after each adventure with interesting tales, newfound wonders, and much more is exciting.    In the world wide web are  millions of pages online,  countless websites  , and a multitude of topics to explore, In reality though, there are practically no limits when it comes to the web. You can go practically anywhere you want online.  Friends network have been so in demand in the past years just like blogging friends.   Through these networks, people have reunited with their high school and old friends through these networks

If you’re like most people online, your search engine of choice is Google. Surveys done in 2007 show that almost 70% of internet users prefer Google over Yahoo!, MSN, or any other search engine.

Don’t confine yourself to google.com’s simple one-line search box. Power up your search by using the Google Advanced Search page. It has a dynamic query builder that can help you refine and expand your query. Also, they recently introduced a feature that enables you to get a real-time view of what it looks like if you create a complex query using specific search parameters. Try it and see!

Have you heard of Facebook? It is a social networking site that was originally made exclusively for Harvard University students and just after a few months, it became open to the public.

For me, Facebook is the most addictive social networking site i’ve ever joined to. Only those who are on your friends list can see your full profile which means that you still have your privacy in this site. You can poke your friends, write on their walls, dedicate songs, share videos, give gifts, answer fun quizzes, upload photos and much more! The site currently holds the record of having the most photo uploads in the world with an average of 14 million uploads a day. The site ranking also increased from 70th place to 7th place.

For someone who’s highly dependent on the Internet, one of the most indispensable tools is a reliable email provider. And for this blogger, Gmail is the email to beat. The interface is easy on the eyes and very user-friendly. The real-time updates makes keeping tab of correspondences a real breeze. The practically limitless space allows for very flexible use and enables the inbox to double as an online office of sorts. The email threads make reviewing and counter-checking old mails absolutely hassle-free. And because it’s from Google, it works seamlessly with other online essentials like Google Calendar and Documents.

Thank you Gmail!

If sometimes you feel that looking at the internet through your regular mobile browser seems text-heavy, very little images, slow, and cumbersome, don’t feel too bad. This was more likely due to both your smartphone’s ageing hardware and likewise integrated web browser. With the introduction of better and more technologically capable smartphones, you may be expecting some enhancements with the browser as well. Well, here comes Skyfire to make your mobile web viewing so much better.

The new mobile browser brings the true internet (like you’d experience from your desktop or laptop computer) to Windows Mobile smartphones. Flash-advertisements, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook – any and all web-pages load in speedy fashion thanks to Skyfire’s behind-the-scenes server-magic. With integrated Flash support, animated/interactive advertisements come to life, embedded videos play in the browser, and Flash-based web-pages are finally viewable.

Available for Windows Mobile 5 and 6. It can be integrated whether your smartphone is touch or non-touchscreen. It is currently still under beta testing.
More info on this site.

Just as babies are born every minute, new websites are launched on a regular basis. Organizations – both new and old – put up their online portals. Bloggers start to chronicle their lives online. Companies are formed. Schools are established.And the list goes on and on.

What’s the best way to discover new sites on the web? Get a little help from online portals like Site Releases.com. The website lists links according to a variety of categories including Arts and Humanities, News and Media, and Sports among many others. It’s a good place to start browsing starts if you’re bored and have a lot of time in your hands.

Photo credits: Jenny Rollo

Mini battles occur online day after day. These range from petty misunderstandings between lovers or friends that end up in angry emails, to major quarrels between competitors that end up on their websites’ home pages.

Even young bloggers are not spared from the anger as spammers and flamers bombard comment boxes. The same sort of anger carries over to discussion threads, forums, and chat rooms. When you think about it, the web has become yet another outlet for many people to dispense their pent up emotions. In fact, some blog entries specifically fall under the rant category.

Where are all the angst coming from? Is the web turning to a whole new battlefield for many people all over the world?

Photo credits: Steve Woods

Do you have a myspace profile page? If yes, then good for you. If none, you’re so missing a lot!

Myspace is one of the most popular social networking sites today. It is currently the 6th most popular website in the world and is the 3rd most popular in the United States. Just imagine how many million users checks their account everyday!

The best thing about myspace is that it almost has everything you might possibly want and need like profile, pictures, comments, widgets, blingees, blogs, groups, networks and the newest one is the myspaceim where you can chat with your myspace buddies.

The internet is one big popularity contest. Getting on the front page of a social bookmarking site such as Digg, Del.ici.ous, Stumble Upon, or Reddit turns into page views. Page views turn into clicks. Clicks translate into revenue.

If you want to know how often your blog or site has come up in the biggest social bookmarking websites, try SocialScan.com. It is fast and easy to use, and best of all you don’t even have to register an account and risk getting spam from them or anyone else. Simply go to SocialScan.com and enter your URL in the text box (for example, dailyinternetreview.com) and hit the Submit button.

This is one kind of ailment that the computer age has brought to us. One of them is known as the Computer vision syndrome, or CVS, is a relatively new medically defined ailment and it’s growing. among the heavy computer users. Opthamologists say that 90 percent of the people who just stare at a computer all day long will have some part of it. Focusing continually on a computer screen triggers a whole host of complaints, including double and blurry vision and headaches. People with dry eyes are more vulnerable to CVS. People can lubricate the eyes with artificial tears to combat CVS.