Yahoo! for Dummies

Hot tips on Yahoo!'s new Web-hosting and broadcasting features

Tips to customize Yahoo!(r) to deliver the content you want

Chat with friends anywhere in the world and make internet phone calls for free Whether you're already one of the 80 million registered users on this Web mega-portal, or thinking of logging on, this guide's for you. Want to chat in one of Yahoo!'s communities? Personalize your own Yahoo! home page? Research new investment opportunities? You can start right here!

Discover how to: Set up your own e-mail account Research and monitor your stock portfolio Send instant messages and share photos Find shopping and travel bargains Publish your own site on Yahoo! GeoCites

The Dummies Way(TM) 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

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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.

Brad Hill author and columnist, has written 12 other books, including Internet Searching For Dummies(r) and WebTV For Dummies(r).

Introduction.

PART I: Starting the Yahoo! Experience.

Chapter 1: Making a Name for Yourself.

Chapter 2: It's Yours! Customizing the Experience.

Chapter 3: Neither Rain, nor Sleet, nor.

PART II: Building Your Yahoo! Nest.

Chapter 4: Settling into GeoCities.

Chapter 5: Master of Your Domain.

Chapter 6: Your Virtual Photo Album.

PART III: Knowledge and Fun.

Chapter 7: Navigating the Web.

Chapter 8: All the News That's Fit to Link.

Chapter 9: Knowing the Score.

Chapter 10: Taking Stock of Investments.

Chapter 11: The Musical Yahoo!

Chapter 12: Backgammon, Anyone?

PART IV: Meeting the Yahoo! Community.

Chapter 13: Introducing Yourself to Yahoo! Chat.

Chapter 14: The Thread of Discussion: Yahoo! Message Boards.

Chapter 15: Your Messenger Is Knocking.

Chapter 16: Virtual Treehouses: Yahoo! Clubs.

Chapter 17: The Great People Quest.

PART V: At Your Service, Yahoo! Style.

Chapter 18: Non-Computer Destinations.

Chapter 19: What's This, the Real World?

Chapter 20: The Yahoo! Companion.

PART VI: Buying and Selling.

Chapter 21: Shopping at the Yahoo! Mall.

Chapter 22: Going Once ... Going Twice.

Chapter 23: Yahoo! Classifieds: The Neighborly Way to Shop.

PART VII: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 24: Ten Yahoo! Services You Need to Know About.

Chapter 25: Ten More Yahoo! Services You Need to Know About.

Index.

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