Liz Ryan, a former human resources vice president who now runs the online career community asklizryan.com, advises interns to confirm their expectations in an e-mail exchange before they start for the summer.

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Both confirm that Compete.com and Alexa are absolutely worthless when it comes to this type of measurement.

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Web weather is entirely browser based, and you can bring it up in just the same way as on a smartphone -- confirm that your GPS is enabled, then head to Google.com and type "weather" -- you'll be rewarded with a 10-day forecast, complete with temp, precipitation, humidity and wind speed readouts.

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Still, users are encouraged to confirm information using multiple sources, says Anastasia Harman lead family historian at Ancestry.com.

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