Beyond Surfing the Internet

Any 10-year-old next-door neighbor can get your computer hooked up to the Internet. But the heart of the matter is the  tour of the Web. This is the information it takes years to pick up on your own years of trial and error, painful experience, and barking up wrong trees.

Here, in one tidy atlas of the Web, is a summary of the very best ways to find stuff on the Web; do research; shop; manage stocks and finances; make travel reservations; play games and place bets; find and buy music, movies, and TV; post digital photos (or look at other people’s); find love on the world’s biggest personal-ad matchmaking services; and much more.