INPORTANT WEB SITES Today, important sites consist of a spectrum of subjects inclusive of travelling, shopping, advertisements, books and magazines auctioneering, commerce, bazaars, virtual conferencing, mapping, news, information. INPORTANT SITES INTERNATIONAL SITES ---- search engines---- www.ask.com or www askjeeves.com --- find answers to natural language questions. www.directhit.com ----lists the most popular sites highest in its search results. www.altavista.com ---- follows one search fits all approach, by compaq computers. Recently taken over by CMGI. Sites with more than 140 million pages enlisted. www.yahoo.com ---- net world's biggest search engine. www.ajkids.com ----- safest site for children. www.excite.com ---- it use both full text and abstracts of web pages when conducting a search, using intelligent concept extraction to find relationships that exist between words and ideas. www.infoseek.com ---- infoseek's database house the complete text of every home page it catalogs. Infoseek looks at the full text of each page before providing results to the seeker. www.miningco.com --- a fast search engine. CHILDREN'S SITES ----- www.blyton.com ----- Enid Blyton has over 700 books to her name and remains to date, the best children's writer. www.stanlee.com ---- a site for comic book lovers, buy sell and trade comic books, aspiring comic book artists can upload their own creations, site of stan lee, creator of spiderman and other superheroes, founder of Marvel comics. SPORTING SITES ----www.golfonline.com --- web sites for tips on golf and interactive lesson from professionals. SHOPPING SITES ---- www.nepalmall.com --- first e commerce sites for nepal, by delhi based infocus, contains information on turist spots, art and culture, online store sells handmade figurines, paintings carpets, bronzeware. www.animals.com ---- exotic animals on sale, offering lizards, monitors, snakes, turtles, tarantulas. INDIVIDUAL/ FAMILY SITES -----www.princeofwhales.gov.uk ---- site of Prince charles, contains 354 pages of biographical information on the heir to the throne, also has his speeches, and schedule of upcoming appearances, www.alfayed.com ----large collection of stories related to princess Diana and her death on 31st August, 1997, launched by Mohammed AL-Fayed complete with pictures of his late son, Dodi and princess Diana. www.royal.gov.uk ---- site of the British Royal Family, offers a peek at the most famous present day monarchy. www.thinkquest.org ---- site used by millions of educators, students, business, government agencies, containabout 1000 student created websites, subjects range from Mars exploration, to the physics of baseball to the ways of William Shakespeare. www.learn2.com ----a "how to" site, very simple site with detailed instructions on learning simple tricks to lead a better life, gives information on how to manage household gadgets, health and cleanliness tips. GREETING CARDS SITES ----- www.cards.com , www.care- mail.com , www.123greetings.com ,www.bluemountains.com , www.egreetings.com HUMOUR/ FUN SITES -----www.obmygoodnes.com---- a sites full of humour and jokes. www.happyfamilies.com ---- site to take a humorous look at family life, site invites humorous stories from visitors their lives. www.ab-life.com ---- site aims to collect strange stories, site is used to gather funds to provide computers and internet access for children who cannot afford them. www.whatsgoingon.com --- web site that proves how the net can help you enjoy life.