thegoodwebguide Money - Hardcover

Emery, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1903282020 ISBN 13: 9781903282021

Publisher: Good Web Guide Limited, 2003

Synopsis

This guide to on-line advice about money contains reviews of over 100 financial websites, categorising them to suit different needs. There are sections covering on-line share dealing, real-time share prices and tips, company profiles and alternative financial markets. For less ambitious investors the book covers on-line personal banking, insurance guidance, tax guidance, as well as saving and investing for children, and which websites to visit to investigate securing the best deals for mortgages and pensions. Each review gives advice as to how to find your way around the larger, more daunting financial websites and all the sites mentioned are rated for quality of information, speed and reliability, ease of navigation and design. The book also gives details of forums, events, newsletters and the best places to exchange views with like-minded people on-line.

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Review

There's something a little trainspotterish about Web guides. A bit sad, but fascinating too, like studying maps of places you'll never visit or buying a listings magazine and spending the weekend on the sofa reading it. On this evidence, the Good Web Guide series looks like becoming the Orient Express of Web navigation. In stark contrast to the pedestrian cataloguing of many Internet encyclopedia, The Good Web Guide to Money actually boasts sensible selection criteria, a detailed rating system and a strong editorial voice. In narrowing down the thousands of financial Web destinations to 100-odd of the best by category, David Emery has imposed helpful search parameters, assessing only sites which specialise in personal finance, relate to a UK audience, are free (wherever possible) and come independent of the big institutions (except of course in the online banking sector). Over nine chapters, the guide covers financial directories--the starting point for any money search--financial information, education and advice, online banking and share dealing, homebuying, insurance and auctions. Each (apart from Chapter 4 which barely qualifies as a chapter at all, more a transition from financial information to online transactions) lists the key sites available, outlines the information and facilities offered and describes site architecture and navigation. An at-a-glance star rating system completes an entertaining and informative pen-portrait. The book is accompanied by a CD providing free Internet access and browser through which information updates should be readily available--essential for any guide hoping to stay current beyond its first print run. For anyone considering joining the growing trend towards handling financial affairs online, David Emery's personality packed Good Web Guide to Money will be a godsend. --Iain Campbell

Edition details

• Publisher: Good Web Guide Limited
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903282020
• ISBN 13: 9781903282021
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160