You are looking for something on the Internet.
You can keep dry whilst surfing on the inernet, this is something you can not do if you are surfing on the sea.
Jean Armour Polly is credited with the term "Surfing the internet" which is now shortened to be "surfing the net".
Surfing is more like just looking around and searching usually has a goal in mind.
To surf the internet: navegar por internet
an intrusive program that transmits information about your internet surfing habits is called spyware
Anonymous surfing is surfing the Internet using an anonymizer or anonymous proxy to make your online activities untraceable.
I think surfing the internet just means looking up stuff, or looking up something that takes a minute to get to it..not sure:)
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Net surfing, also known as web surfing or internet surfing, refers to the act of browsing or navigating through various websites and web pages on the internet.
you are just looking through the internet just to look through it.