Some websites contain a country
locator address, which shows which country the website originates from. There are several examples of abbreviations from specific countries:

.au – Australia
.fr – France
.nz – New Zealand

Interestingly, websites originating from the United States of America do not contain a country locator address.

Moving around the Internet

There are a number of different ways to move from website to website, and most people use a combination of methods. How you go about finding information will depend on how much you know about the information you are looking for!

TIP: If you know the URL of a webpage, you can simply type it into the Address window, press the Enter or Go button and your browser will take you to that page.