Search the Web for Driving Directions, Addresses, and Telephone Numbers

In addition to searching the Web for information using search engines such as Google and Yahoo!, some Web sites are designed specifically to search for other information such as driving directions, addresses, and telephone numbers.

Search for Driving Directions

1. Start your Web browser, type www. mapques t. com in the Address bar, and then press the enter key to display the MapQuest home page. If necessary, scroll down to display the Directions box.

2.        Type the starting address (or intersection), city, state, and ZIP code (if you know it) in the appropriate text boxes in the Starting Location area of the Directions box.

3.        Type the ending address (or intersection), city, state, and ZIP code (if you know it) in the appropriate text boxes in the Ending Location area of the Directions box.

4.        Click the Get Directions button to display the driving directions.

Search for the Address and Telephone Number of a Business

1. If necessary, start your Web browser. Type www. inf ospace * com in the Address bar, and then press the enter key to display the InfoSpace home page.

2.        Click the Find a Business by Name option button.

3.        Type the name of the business in the Name of Business text box, type the City where the business is located (if you know it), and then select the State from the State* drop-down list

4. Click the SEARCH button to display the search results.

5. Click the phone link on the Web page with the search result(s) to display the telephone number.

6. Close your Web browser.

Exercise

1. If necessary, start Internet Explorer by clicking the Start button, and then click Internet Explorer on the Start menu. Type www. mapquest. com in the Address bar, and then press the ENTER key. Search for driving directions between your address and the address of a friend or family member. How many miles are between the two addresses? How long would it take you to drive from your address to the other address? Write a paragraph explaining whether you would or would not use MapQuest to retrieve driving directions. Submit this paragraph to your instructor.

2. Think about a company for which you would like to work-. In your Web browser, display the InfoSpace Web page (www.infospace.com) and then search for the address and telephone number of this company. If InfoSpace does not display the desired information, what other Web sites might you be able to use to search for the address and telephone number for a company?