My mother rang me about a month ago. Sorry Mom. Don’t mean to embarrass you but I’m assuming none of your friends will read this anyway. Mom rang and said that a friend of hers had provided her with a website address and she wanted to look at it. Ok, I said. And? How do I get to the website? asked Mom.

 

The thing is, my Mom has been connected to the Internet for years. Probably five years or more actually. Type it in the address bar, I said. Where’s that? Mom asks. Mom may have gotten used to using Google, but to my shock I found that she still really didn’t understand what a URL is, nor how to bookmark sites of interest.

 

So it’s with people like my Mom in mind that this article has been written. We all know someone like my lovely Mom. Do them a favour and email them a link to this guide to the Internet for beginners.