Don't know your Flickr from your Facebook? Then you need this guide!

Social media, streaming video, apps, cyber security, tags, and clouds--today's Internet is changing so fast it's difficult for anyone but the most tech-savvy surfer to keep up. How in the World Wide Web are you going to fully understand the "new" Internet without having to dig through two-inch-thick manuals of geek speak?

Blogs, Wikis, Facebook, and More is a handy miniencyclopedia of useful and interesting sites, big and small, popular and obscure, that make up today's Internet community. Each website and online application is explained through step-by-step screen shots, with details of what each does, why you'd want to use it, and how to get started. Newly updated and expanded, this guidebook will teach you how to improve your network security, launch your own blog, explore the virtual world of Second Life, and use tags and bookmarks to navigate news and social networking sites like a pro. Even expert surfers will find little-known tips to better use the sites they visit every day.