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.
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.
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.
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.
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
.3. Click the FIND button to display the search results.
4. Close your Web browser.
Exercises
Use the Web to search for another Web site that provides driving directions. Use the Web site to search for directions between the same two locations from Exercise. Are the driving directions the same as the ones that MapQuest provided? If not, why might they be different? Which Web site did you use? Do you prefer this Web site to MapQuest? Why or why not? Write a paragraph with your answers and submit it to your instructor.
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