=> 1. News From the Net => 2. Feature Article-"IE: Not the Only Game In Town" => 3. Webmaster Resources => 4. Promotional Resources => 5. Other Ezines of Interest => 6. Just for Fun or Useful => 7.E Books and Things of Interest to Publishers => 8. Freeware and Shareware to Download => 9.Subscribe/Remove Information *************************************** Hi Kids, Hey it's Friday! Just thought I'd remind those of you who haven't been paying attention. I know, I know, when it comes to "Net Time" the hours really can get away from you. You swear you're just logging onto check your email for a few minutes and before you know it you're off on some distant website and 4 hours have passed by. It's easy to get distracted and the Web is a great place for anyone with ADD. Maybe my boyfriend needs to spend more time online? Just a thought. Speaking of time it's almost my Birthday. Yep, the 26th of July is D Day. So if you've been planning on sending cards and gifts, you better get busy. I love presents and you can bribe me to get on my good side (LOL). I went to the horse races a few weeks ago with some of my family members. I hadn't been to "Thistledown" Race Track since I was about 10. It's amazing the place is still standing. My Mom wanted to take my Grandpa for his Birthday as his health is failing and I'd say he's living on borrowed time (aren't we all). Anyway, it's no small task getting any of my family together. We're very Dysfunctional as my Mother was married three times when I was a child all of them Alchoholics. The only time we usually get together is Christmas. Now we weren't all there, but a few, and I must say I enjoyed myself immensely. I even won a few races. Now I didn't say I didn't lose any, as I did, but my method of picking a horse by its name really does work sometimes. I don't care about the odds, just the name. We stayed for 14 races, sat in the glass Clubhouse and ate lunch. Very nice. I can see how people get addicted and sell their wife and kids for horse money. By the end of the day I didn't want to leave. Now where's my credit card <grin>. IMPORTANT- PLEASE READ While I have your attention I would like to ask a favor. There's an online petition that I'd like you to sign. It's about a stray dog that was hit by a car and then locked in a cage with no medical attention. It's really sad as the Dog could not even get up to get a drink of water or food and no one even bothered to notice until it was too late. If you love animals as much as I do, I'd appreciate your taking a moment to sign it as 5000 signatures are needed. You'll find the petition at http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/644838850 If you publish your own ezine please mention this link in your newsletter so your subscribers can sign or if you don't publish please copy and paste the link to your online friends. Don't forget to bookmark the Blog. You'll want to pay an occasional visit for extra goodies I find. http://merlesworld.blogspot.com/ I'd love to hear your comments over at our discussion board. This week's winner for a free ad is...Anonoymous, but he or she has been contacted. For your own chance to win fill in the survey. You'll find the link at the very bottom of this ezine. A winner is pulled twice a month. Enter now. Thanks for joining me, let's get to the good stuff. If you have any comments you can send them to Me. Merle http://www.MerlesWorld.com http://www.EzineAdAuction.com http://www.MCPromotions.com

Network Solutions Announces Improved "Whois"
http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/whois/index.jhtml
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AOL Buys Advertising.com
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3373421
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MSN Buys Desktop Search Tool
http://tinyurl.com/6mzlt
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Visual Search Engine for Music
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3379161

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"MS Internet Explorer: Not the Only Game in Town"

By Merle http://MCPromotionsPress.com

When you buy a computer you'll notice they all come
pre-loaded with Microsoft Internet Explorer as the
default browser. Everyone knows Bill Gates runs the
Internet, right? Wrong! When it comes to browsers for
surfing the Web, there are plenty of other choices...
if you know where to look for them. So if you thought
you were stuck using I.E., let's have a look at some
of your other options.

1) Safari: http://www.Apple.com/safari

Safari is the browser of choice for most Mac users.
Faster than Internet Explorer (at least that's the
claim), it contains a built-in Google Search, tabbed
interface to browse multiple sites at once, automatic
form completion and more. Free to download.

2) Mozilla: http://www.Mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/

Also known as "Sea Monkey," Mozilla is open source soft-
ware, so it's free. Mozilla is for Windows,Linus or Mac
users. Browse several sites at once with the tabbed
interface, block pop up ads and it even includes
IRS Chat and a built-in Email client with Spam filters.

3) Opera: http://www.Opera.com

For Windows, Linux and Mac users alike. There are two
versions; one free (which is ad supported) or for 39.00,
you can lose the ads. Opera is very fast with a built-
in email client that includes anti-spam filters. It
also contains the usual pop up blockers and a nice
little zoom function.

4) OmniWeb: http://omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb

An award-winning Web browser strictly for Mac users.
Cost is 29.95. Features include ad blocking, history
searching, website change notifications, even speech
recognition. This is one powerful piece of software.

5) Netscape Navigator:
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/default.jsp

Although Netscape doesn't have the market share it
enjoyed in the "old days", it's still alive
and well. Netscape 7.1 is based on Mozilla 1.4;
both programs are almost identical. Free to download.

6) FireFox: http://www.texturizer.net/firebird

Firefox (aka Firebird) is actually a stripped down version
of Mozilla and built for speed. It's only a browser with
no built-in email client, so if you need email you'll
want to download its companion, Thunderbird, at
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird

Those who love Mozilla will find many of the same
features here. With Firefox you can block pop ups,
customize the toolbars, even change its appearance
with the use of themes. For Windows, Linux and Mac
users. Free.

These are the heavyweight alternatives to MS Internet
Explorer, but if you're looking for something a bit
different you'll want to take a look at some
of these browsers:

1) Avant Browser: http://www.AvantBrowser.com

A tabbed browser that's really fast and allows you
to view multiple websites in a split window interface.
Free.

2) SlimBrowser: http://www.FlashPeak.com

A Windows-based browser with a price tag of zero.
It's easy to customize the look of this browser
with the use of skins. Includes a spell checker,pop
up killers, and a tool for filling in forms. Also
includes a language tab for translating different
languages.

3) MyIE2: http://www.MyIE2.com

Fashioned after Internet Explorer, this tabbed browser
is served up at no charge, but they do ask for donations
if you're feeling especially charitable.

4) NetCaptor: http://www.NetCaptor.com

Built on top of I.E.'s interface (without the security
flaws), it's another tabbed browser for power users. Free
version is called "Personal Edition," which contains
sponsored ads or you can upgrade to "NetCaptor Pro" for
only 29.95.

If you're not happy with Internet Explorer, or maybe
you're just ready to try something new, download one
of these browsers and take "her for a spin." Like a
new Car you just meant to take for a "test drive," you
may fall in love and decide to keep it permanently.
Stranger things have happened!

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The Petition Site

Have something you feel strongly about? If you need to
create an online petition this site is great. No charge
to create your petition then circulate it around the
Net or add it to your site.Folks can sign it completely
online. Very cool.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/create.html

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Page Painter

"PagePainter is a web page Color Scheme Editor. Its
purpose is to help you to choose colors for you web pages.
You can open your web page in PagePainter and edit its
colors directly by clicking on elements on the web page
to change their colors to colors chosen from the color
palette."

http://pagepainter.com/

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Autoscripter

If you build websites sooner or later you'll need a
script or some CSS coding. This site is loaded with
some really cool generators. Color wheels and so much
more you'll want to bookmark it for when you need it.

http://www.autoscripter.com/

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Useful Tips
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Moving or Closing Windows Start Button

1) Click the Start button

2)Hold down the Esc key

3) Press the Alt and the - keys at the same time

A menu will appear that allows you to move or close the Start button.

"Confessions of a Shameless Internet Promoters"

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Sell Your Digital Goods with PayLoadZ

If you are an author, producer, or distributor of digital
goods,then you can sell your products with PayLoadz. If
you sell digital music, videos, eBooks, Software, or
anything else than can be downloaded from the Internet,
you can list it with PayLoadz's e-store and sell away.

http://store.payloadz.com/sell.asp

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FEED BURNER

Do you publish an RSS feed? If not you will soon so
bookmark Feedburner which allows you to do all kinds
of cool and fun things with your RSS feeds.Make your
XML feed web browser friendly, produce an Atom based
version of your feed, even track who's clicking on
the links in your Blog itself. So far it's a fr.e
based service.

http://feedburner.com/fb/a/home

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Ebay Solutions Directory

"The Solutions Directory features eBay and third-party
software and services designed to improve your
productivity on eBay. Each software application listed
in the Solutions Directory is technically compliant
with eBay. So whether you sell, buy, or just enjoy
browsing eBay, the Solutions Directory offers
something for just about anyone."

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?SolutionsDirectory

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Spammers Rap Song

Now this is too funny. Sp.mmers are strange people. I
mean they live in a world of smoke and mirrors. Ever
wonder what goes on in their twisted little minds. Go
listen to this Rap song, and watch the video, it's
hilarious, even if Sp.m isn't.

http://www.ugotspam.com/

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If your graphics are ugly you're losing sales each and
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AudaCity

"Audacity is a fr.e audio editor. You can record
sounds, play sounds,import and export WAV, AIFF, Ogg
Vorbis, and MP3 files, and more. Use it to edit your
sounds using Cut, Copy and Paste (with unlimited Undo),
mix tracks together, or apply effects to your
recordings."

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

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NVU

"A complete Web Authoring System for Linux Desktop
users as well as MS Windows users to rival programs like
FrontPage and Dreamweaver. Nvu (pronounced N-view, for
a "new view") makes managing a web site a snap. Now
anyone can create web pages and manage a website with
no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML."

http://nvu.com/

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Top Picks

"TOPicks automatically recognizes the topics of your
interest by analyzing the webpage that you are viewing
in real time to bring you always updated, always
relevant and always the Top Picks of the web.
Fr.e to download."

http://www.topicks.com/

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