Surfing

"Surfing" is the term used for moving around websites, for example you can use three main ways to find the BBC website:

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Surfing or browsing by clicking on a hyperlink to go to a new webpage.

Links are normally underlined (see below), move your mouse over the link and the pointer changes to a hand:

Simply click once with the left mouse button to surf to the link, it may be:

Web address

If you know the web address, type it in the address bar of your web browser, eg type www.bbc.co.uk.

This web address is made up of three parts

www. = world wide web

bbc = site name

.co.uk = uk company

Many large businesses use the international web address

.com

Use a search site such as Google www.google.co.uk *.

Simply type 'bbc' and press search.

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* Hampshire County Council is not responsible for the content of external websites.