Netiquette: Internet etiquette in the age of the blog

Netiquette is a concise guide to etiquette on the Internet.

Author: Matthew Strawbridge
ISBN: 978-0-9554614-0-8

Netiquette covers the vast range of Internet activities, from emails and forum postings through browsing the Web to avoiding many of the dangers that lurk in the wilds of the Internet.

Extremely clearly written, it has simple explanations of technical jargon and many pages full of common sense rules and useful information. In fact, the guidance for Internet newbies is so good that you end up wishing that a copy of Netiquette could be given away free with every new computer purchased. It would certainly help reduce the number of spam emails, chain e-mails, flame wars and badly designed websites out there.

The book is well laid out and contains useful appendices, a rules summary, glossary and index. Although at 160 pages it seems rather short, each page contains clear nuggets of information with no filler. Perhaps the only complaint is that there are almost no examples or screen shots to break up the text, although the rules themselves are written in such a way as to rarely require such aids.

I would highly recommend this book to all Internet users and especially those new to the scene. The rules that Matthew Strawbridge lays down are clear and helpful and the Internet would certainly be a better place if everyone followed them. For an invaluable guide as to the best way to behave on the net, look no further.

Reviewer: David Lloyd

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