Surfing the internet is a lot like the real sport of surfing. Both require skills, strength, and agility and can end in tragedy if not executed properly. Just think of the land of the internet of one big sandy beach, with spots that are more adapted for enjoyment, and spots that can be precarious. Also like the sport of surfing, you need the correct equipment to fully realize the full potential. We at Newbie understand that you made a step in the right direction by coming to our site, and that you must have a feel for at least some of the basics involved with navigating. That being said, we have accrued a list of important sites that are guaranteed to give not only pleasure, but maintain a high level of fresh information, something that you will realize is of the utmost importance as you start to devour the information super-highway.
Deal Sites
AnandTech forums.anandtech.com/categories.cfm?catid=40
eDealFinder www.edealfinder.com
Fatwallet www.fatwallet.com
GotApex www.gotapex.com
Health
About.com Health www.about.com/health
Aetna InteliHealth www.intelihealth.com
American Cancer Society www.cancer.org
American Diabetes Association www.diabetes.org
American Heart Association www.americanheart.org
Cancerpage www.cancerpage.com
CenterWatch www.centerwatch.com
Food & Drug Administration www.fda.gov
Healthfinder www.healthfinder.gov
HealthGrades www.healthgrades.com
Healthology www.healthology.com
HealthScout www.healthscout.com
IVillage Health www.allhealth.com
Medem www.medem.com
Merck & Co. www.merck.com
National Institutes of Health www.nih.gov
NetWellness www.netwellness.com
OncoLink www.oncolink.org
People Living With Cancer www.oncology.com
Quackwatch www.quackwatch.org
Vital Options International www.vitaloptions.org
WebMD www.webmd.com
YourSurgery.com www.yoursurgery.com
Investing
BestCalls www.bestcalls.com
Briefing.com www.briefing.com
Hoover's Online www.hoovers.com
Investars www.investars.com
JP Morgan www.jpmorgan.com
Merrill Lynch ml.com/researchmarketing/bin/ml_rsch_mkt.asp
Moody's www.moodys.com
Motley Fool www.fool.com
Reuters Investor www.investor.reuters.com
Starmine www.starmine.com
Value Line www.valueline.com
Yahoo Finance finance.yahoo.com
Zacks my.zacks.com
Travel
4allinclusives www.4allinclusives.com
AmazingLowFares www.amazinglowfares.com
American Express travel.americanexpress.com
Away.com away.com
BootsnAll www.bootsnall.com
CheapTickets www.cheaptickets.com
Concierge.com www.concierge.com
Continental Airlines Online www.continental.com
Expedia.com www.expedia.com
Hotwire www.hotwire.com
InfoHub infohub.com
Lonely Planet Online www.lonelyplanet.com
Lowestfare.com www.lowestfare.com
Orbitz www.orbitz.com
Priceline.com www.priceline.com
SideStep www.sidestep.com
Site59 www.site59.com
SkyAuction.com www.skyauction.com
Specialty Travel Index www.spectrav.com
Travelocity.com www.travelocity.com
TravelZoo www.travelzoo.com
TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com
News
ABCNews www.abcnews.com
Al Jazeera english.aljazeera.net/HomePage
Fark www.fark.com
Fox News www.foxnews.com
MSNBC www.msnbc.com
Yahoo! News news.yahoo.com
Sports News
ESPN espn.go.com/
Yahoo Sports sports.yahoo.com/
BBC Sport news.bbc.co.uk/sport/
USA Today: Sports www.usatoday.com/sports/front.htm
Sports Network www.sportsnetwork.com/
CBS SportsLine www.sportsline.com/
Although this is but a taste of the many sites that pepper the internet, these web pages are good place to get acclimated with what the net has to offer. If you think of new sites to add, feel free to discuss them in the forums with other newbies!