The phone directory online! Two sites to find people, phone numbers, addresses, maps showing the street address, businesses
and other services. Best used for addresses and phone numbers, ie like the phone directory. Small unobtrusive ads.
All post-office services including parcel rates, post code finder and track and trace. You can even print out on line postage
stamps . There are certain services that you will need to register for. Registration is simple.
A useful website which lets you find postcodes in the UK. Click on the Free Postcode Finder. Gives you five free searches
per day. Look for links that invite you to 'Try it - find a post code'.
Two useful sites which give you a street map for any given address. Search with post code for best results. Have a zoom in and
out function and a printer friendly print command. Some moving ads appear in Street Map.
A useful site for finding alternative telephone numbers to 0870, 0845 and other non geographical numbers. Click on Search for
alternative number and fill in. Most but not all numbers get a result on this site. Small ads appear.
The DVLA's home site. Tax your car online here if you can't get to the post office.
Aimed broadly at the elderly computer user, a large and comprehensive collection of web sites for goods and services, grouped
together. Click your way through many categories to get what you want. You will soon find yourself taken to sites outside Silversurfers.net
so keep an eye on where you are. Small unobtrusive ads.
Useful site for checking the time around the world. See calendars any year, and lots of other time related calculations. Great
if you have family living overseas.
Two good weather sites, check local weather, or weather anywhere in the world, long range forecasts. Look for the slot where you type
in city or post code. Some ads appear.
An online encyclopaedia where you can search for more or less anything. Look for the Search slot at the bottom and type in keywords.
Gives information and pictures, good reference tool for helping with crossword clues or the grandchildren's homework!
A good guide to public services offered by national, local and county council government offices. Find things like your
local library, health services, MP, benefits in retirement and many other things. A large site but clearly laid out.
The Citizens Advice Centre's own website. Find your local office . Also contains lots of articles advising on legal, money and
other problems. Large site but clearly laid out, go straight for the search slot at the top of the page to find what you want.
General Information
The Silversurfer's Seventy
Reasonably simple site.
Not many categories.
Results in a few clicks.
Modest sized site.
A few more categories.
Medium sized site.
Several categories which may be multi-layered.
May require clicking back and forth.
Fairly complex site.
Multi-category, layered.
Requires clicking back and forth.
Large complex site.
Multi-category, layered.
Requires clicking back and forth.
We rate our own website as:
Internet help for the elderly
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Updated Dec 2008
