Russ Haynal - Home Page

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Russ Haynal
Internet Instructor, Speaker, Author, and Paradigm Shaker
I help organizations succeed in the fast-paced digital world.
Is your organization fully prepared for the online world and its impact to your industry? Organizations must have a clear Internet strategy and properly trained users. Without these elements, your organization will be obliterated by a net-savvy competitor.

Internet Courses

Information about my Internet courses. These courses are all designed to have an immediate impact on how the Internet benefits your organization.

Services/Background

Information about my consulting services and my background

General Internet Information:

Russ Haynal's ISP Page -Pointers to all the major Internet Providers, Backbones Maps, Exchange Points. This page is used during my Course : " What Every ISP Employee Should Know about the Internet "
Internet Growth statistics -See how quickly the net is growing by domain name and country.
Internet: "The Big Picture" - Answers the Question: "What are the major pieces of the Internet, and who are the major players in each segment?" Follows the Internet from your keyboard to online servers
The Internet's Physical Layer - Details about how Information travels around the Internet
Getting Connected - Includes information about setting up your home network
Getting software - how to embellish your machine with all kinds of essential Internet software.

Privacy and Security Concerns:

Check your persona - Make sure you understand what webmasters know about You
Persona Tips - Links to several persona testers and describes ways to suppress your one-click history
Privacy Page - Links to the a wide variety of topics, organizations, and articles about privacy. Now includes an Identity theft section
Firewall Overview - Links to everything you need to secure and test your connection
Virus Overview - to whole trick is keeping your anti-virus software up to date
Cookies - See how web sites recognize you and track your movements
Web Browser Privacy - See how you interact with many websites in more ways than just cookies
Spyware - Learn how to remove these hidden programs, and to control what gets loaded when you PC boots-up.
Parent's Guide for Online Children - options are presented for you to consider
Critical Advice - describes the steps all online users should follow.

Where did that Web page come from?

Determining the Source of online information - Determining the true origin of a web site. Knowing the website's origin may help you judge the validity of web site's content
How to read a URL -
Domain Name Overview -
Whois Overview - Find out who is the registered owner of a domain name
Traceroute Overview - Discover how a site is connected to the Internet

Searching - Can you find what you want in ~30 seconds?

A Search Methodology -Follow these simple steps to focus your search activities.
Search Tool Overview - Understand the difference between a directory, search engine and virtual library
Searching Tools - Links to many of the Internet's "main" search tools
Search Tools: Advanced Features - Search engines often have many advanced features which can focus your search results.
.Specialized Search Tools - Their information is often much more detailed than generic search tools.
Social networking - facebook, twitter, youtube, etc.

User Tips and other links

Effective email Techniques - Covers some of the more important issues with effectively using email, including tips for managing hundreds of emails per day.
Bookmark tips and tricks - Learn how to manage a most important resource.
How to open multiple Web browser windows - You will never wait for a web page to download again.
Internet implementation tips - to ensure that the Internet becomes as asset, not a liability to your organization, as your employees become Internet users.

I can be reached at 703 -729-1757 or at Russweb 'at' navigators.com
If you use email, put "internet training" in the subject of the email
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