Learn How To 2: Search the Web for Driving Directions, Addresses, and Telephone NumbersIn...

Learn How To 2: Search the Web for Driving Directions, Addresses, and Telephone Numbers

In addition to searching the Web for information using search engines such as Google and Yahoo!, some Web sites are designed specifically to search for other information such as driving directions, addresses, and telephone numbers.

Search for Driving Directions

1. Start your Web browser, type mapquest.com in the Address bar, press the enter key to display the MapQuest home page, and then click the Directions tab.

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2. Type the starting address (or intersection), city, state, and ZIP code (if you know it) in the appropriate text boxes in the Starting Location area of the Directions page.

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3. Type the ending address (or intersection), city, state, and ZIP code (if you know it) in the appropriate text boxes in the Ending Location area of the Directions page.

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4. Click the Get Directions button to display the driving directions.

Search for the Address and Telephone Number of a Business

1. If necessary, start your Web browser. Type yellowpages.com in the Address bar, and then press the enter key to display the Yellow Pages Local Directory home page.

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2. Type the name of the business in the Find text box, and type the city, state, and ZIP (if you know it) in the Location text box

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3. Click the FIND button to display the search results.

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4. Close your Web browser.

Exercises

If necessary, start Internet Explorer by clicking the Start button, and then click Internet Explorer on the Start menu. Type mapquest.com in the Address bar, and then press the ENTER key. Search for driving directions between your address and the address of a friend or family member. How many miles are between the two addresses? How long would it take you to drive from your address to the other address? Write a paragraph explaining whether you would or would not use MapQuest to retrieve driving directions. Submit this paragraph to your instructor.