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How's It Done? eHow Knows

Web Site Offers How-To Articles

POSTED: 3:24 pm EDT June 20, 2008
UPDATED: 9:56 am EDT June 24, 2008

Nobody's perfect, so it stands to reason that we all have questions about how to do stuff.

Some things we want to know about will help us financially, some will help emotionally, while others will help us socially. Then, there are tidbits that are just plain fun to know.

eHow.com features more than 180,000 how-to articles.

"No topic is too big or too small for eHow.com ... to answer in a way that people from all walks of life can understand and (use to) fulfill their daily need for practical information," said Quinn Daly, of Demand Media, which owns the Web site.

There are things that just about everyone needs to know, such as how to program a universal remote control or how to keep your dog from getting car sick. (Well, maybe not "need," but they sure would come in handy!)

There's also instruction on things that can make life easier or more fulfilling, such as how to control stress, how to protect your skin from the environment, how to manage your weight or how to make the best of a horrible commute.

Would you like to know how to become a snake charmer? It's in there. Are languages your thing? Instructions on how to speak Pig Latin are just a few keystrokes away.

"eHow's vast amount of information provides users with everything from practical knowledge on legal and finance issues to home-economic skills like 'how to make pancakes' and even the more obscure and fun how-tos such as 'how to French kiss' or 'how to find the perfect Father's day gift,'" Green said.

The site doesn't just provide how-to articles, but how-to videos as well. Would you like to know how to tie a tie? There's a video on the site that can show you.

The Web site invites users to become members so they can comment on articles and interact with other members through social networking tools. Members can write their own how-to articles using the site's publishing tools and earn cash for them.

Finding out how to do just about anything is a piece of cake on eHow.com. And if you need help figuring out how to make the cake ... well, you get the drift.

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