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I am currently in the last throws of my PhD in Information Science at the University of Wolverhampton, so its bad time for me to have found Helium as I tend to write on here when I can't be bothered to write my thesis.

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Computers & Technology > Internet Troubleshooting How to efficiently search the web: 4 of 13

There is more to efficiently searching the web than going to google.com and typing in a few keywords. Whilst such a policy will probably help you find what you want most of the time, there will be occassions when such a policy leaves you wading through pages of useless links. Efficient searching of the web may be split into ...
Computers & Technology > Computers & Technology (Other) Finding the hidden Internet: 1 of 2

The term hidden internet' is used to refer to the information that has not been indexed by a search engine but is available on the web, it is also referred to as the deep web', the invisible web' or the hidden web' (the terms web' and the internet' are often used interchangeably despite having distinct differences.) As all s...
Arts & Humanities > Writing at Helium The effect of Google adword pricing on the Helium community: 2 of 3

Those of us who spend our time on Helium writing about the occasion we got stuck in a lift or the best way to get the tops off of glass jars, probably find it slightly annoying that when we rate articles (as good Helium citizens should) we seem to have to spend a lot of time rating articles about the best laptop computers, m...
Computers & Technology > Internet Troubleshooting Are there any search engines that give better results than google?: 3 of 4

A person's choice of search engine should reflect the results they are looking for, unfortunately all too often we find ourselves typing www.google.com into the address bar without giving it a second thought. Whilst google.com has a very powerful ranking algorithm that has meant that it become the most popular search engine,...
Jobs & Careers > Employers Should employers monitor employees' Internet use?: 12 of 14

Although it is possible to monitor employees' Internet use, such monitoring should only take place after employees have shown themselves to be untrustworthy in the work place, and should never extend to Internet use outside of the work place. As well as being able to monitor employees' Internet use at work, the increasing us...
Computers & Technology > Internet Issues What Internet wilfing is: 3 of 3

I am a Wilfer and the chances are that if you are reading this you are probably a bit of a Wilfer too. Whilst Wilfing is not yet medically recognised, there is little doubt that it is highly addictive. Wilfing the process of aimlessly surfing the internet with little or no purpose; from the phrase what was I looking for?' A ...