Visalia Direct: Virtual Valley January Issue December 6, 2006 Visit the Virtual Valley There is a Virtual Valley on the Internet. You can locate the neighborhoods on Yahoo Groups, e-mail lists, and specialized forums on the World Wide Web. No matter your interest, there’s probably a neighborhood or two you will want to visit. Yahoo Groups evolved as Yahoo purchased a number online communities and mailing list services. As a result, Yahoo has one of the largest collections of virtual neighborhoods on the Internet. I belong to more than a dozen of these groups, ranging from English teachers to Web designers. Many of the groups are national, but there are also regional groups. These groups are the ones I like most because you can meet the other members over coffee and share messages online. To locate groups in Visalia, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/ (notice the URL does not begin with “www”) and enter a topic and include “Visalia” in your search. For example, the search “Visal...
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