Internet on a Budget
Explore the many low-cost and free alternatives to full-cost Internet services. We will cover dialups, email, windows and browser supplements, web space, web page tools and accessories, online file storage and photo sharing, electronic planners and newsletters, list serves and online communities, software run directly from the internet, and more. All Services offered are assumed free, unless otherwise stated. I. Dialups – Free Internet Providers One thing to always check out when considering a Free Internet Provider is that they offer local phone access numbers. Having a free service is useless if one has to pay for long distance phone charges when using it. The Dialups – these links can all also be found on John’s Help Page at http://home1.gte.net/res05eyc/ Address.com http://www.address.com AltaVista http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/altavista/ BlueLight http://www.bluelight.com Cymo http://www.cymo.com DotNow http://www.dotnow.com FreeLane http://www.freelane.com FreeNSafe http://www.freensafe.com FreeWorld http://www.excite.com Freewwweb http://www.freewwweb.com FreeXDSL http://www.freexdsl.com iFreedom http://ifreedom.com Juno http://www.juno.com NBCi http://freeisp.nbci.com/?tag=st.xmpop.freeisp.0.comcate NetTaxi http://www.nettaxi.com NetZero http://www.netzero.net OurHouse http://www.ourhouse.net Picosito http://www.picosito.com WorldShare http://www.worldshare.net II. Free Email Accounts A. Types Web-based – A web-based account is one that you can only use while on the internet. POP (Post Office Protocol) – POP accounts can be used either on the Internet or from off line Programs such as OutLook Express and Netscape Messenger.
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B. The Services – these links and more can all be found on John’s Help Page at http://home1.gte.net/res05eyc/ http://www.hotpop.com/ POP, SMTP and web http://partners.everyone.net/37725/email/scripts/unifiedlogin.pl?EV1=9709819819430175 web http://www.eudoramail.com/ POP and web http://www.emailfever.com/ web http://www.em365.com/ POP and web (SMTP only for UK) http://www.cmpnetmail.com/member/login.page - web http://certifiedmail.com/Default.asp?bhcd2=974072983 - web http://www.apexmail.com/ - web http://altavista.iname.com/member/login.page - web http://www.uk2.net - POP and web - 10mb storage http://www.yahoo.com - POP and web http://www.mypad.com - POP and web http://www.netaddress.com - web free - POP $12/year http://www.mail.com - web free - POP $14.95/year http://www.hotmail.com - web http://www.bigfoot.com - redirection only - also free web page redirection http://www.hushmail.com/ POP and web http://www.iname.com/member/login.page web http://comm.lycos.com/ web – 15mb storage http://www.mailtag.com/public/default.htm web http://www.mypad.com/ POP but no SMTP, - web http://link.nameplanet.com/ web http://netaddress.usa.net/ web http://www.phillies.com/ web http://www.slappy.i-p.com/ web http://www.softhome.net/ POP and web http://www.theglobe.com/login/ web http://www.usawebmail.com/ web http://www.webmastersemail.com/ web http://www.youpy.com/index.jsp web https://www.ziplip.com/zlplus/home.jsp web III. Windows and Browser Supplements A. Save Your Bookmarks Online http://www.mybookmarks.com http://www.blink.com http://www.backflip.com/login.ihtml http://www.bookmarksplus.com/ http://bm.list.ru/en/
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B. Free wallpaper http://www.webshots.com http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus53832/eus64750/eus574349/eus171709/r?l& http://www.free-wallpaper-images.com/ http://www.wallpaper2.com/ http://home.wnm.net/~debi/index.htm http://www.wallpaper.as/ http://www.softseek.com/Desktop_Enhancements/ http://www.snap-shot.com/ http://www.autoimagery.com/ http://www.beautifulsavers.com/ http://www.cool-free-wallpaper.com/ http://www.free3dwallpaper.com/ http://www.freewallpaperart.com/ http://www.earthshots.com/ http://www.wallpaperbuddy.com/free.html http://www.12c4.com/bestbest/wpc.htm http://jelly.fcj.hvu.nl/~quiss/wallppr/wall1.html http://www.tropicalwares.com/wallmast.html http://www.photobreak.com/ http://www.1000pictures.com/ http://www.webshots.com/homepage.html http://freewallpaper.8m.com/ http://woodstreetcrafters.bizland.com/Scenic.html http://www.acewallpaper.com/ http://yourwallpaper.com/ http://www.virtualfreesites.com/free.wallpaper.ah.html http://www.free-wallpaper-images.com/photographics.html http://www.coolwallpaper.com/ http://www.ianadesign.com/IMAGES/fractals/ http://www.festivale.webcentral.com.au/downloads/wallpaper.htm http://www.freestuffplace.com/freewallpaper.htm http://www.free-wallpaper.com.xo.nu/ http://home.wnm.net/~debi/print.htm http://www.getwallpaper.com/ C. Browsers Internet Explorer http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.htm Netscape http://home.netscape.com/download/index.html Opera (30 day trial - purchase price is $39) http://www.operasoftware.com/ Other Browsers http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus53832/eus62416/eus65168/eus171728/r?l&
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IV. Get Paid To Surf Services Desktop Dollars http://www.desktopdollars.com/default.asp?id=richlouis Refer Central http://www.refercentral.com/rl1970 Spedia http://www.spedia.net/cgi-bin/tz.cgi?run=show_svc&fl=8&vid=2032382 Move About https://secure.moveabout.com/servlets/about/CRSignup.po?referral_id=rl1970 Basic Point http://www.basicpoint.com/ Cash Surfers http://www.cashsurfers.com/signup.asp?referrer=rl1970 GetPaid.com http://www.getpaid4.com/?rl1970 AllAdvantage http://www.alladvantage.com/home.asp V. FTP & Free Web Space – This is for storage of your files. A. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) these links can all be found on John’s Help Page at http://home1.gte.net/res05eyc/ FTPPro2000 http://www.ftppro.com/ Absolute FTP http://www.vandyke.com/products/AbsoluteFTP/index.html CuteFTP http://www.cuteftp.com/ Fetch http://www.dartmouth.edu/pages/softdev/fetch.html WS-FTP http://www.ipswitch.com/ FTP Explorer http://www.ftpx.com/ NetLoad http://www.netload.com.au/main.html B. Free Web Space & File Storage Services – these links and more can all be found on John’s Help Page at http://home1.gte.net/res05eyc/ http://www.50megs.com - 50mb storage - FTP - subdomains available yourname.50megs.com http://www.freeyellow.com - 20mb space - page wizard http://www.hotyellow98.com - 15mb space - page wizard http://www.xoom.com - unlimited storage - bage builder – email account - some users report lost files http://www.geocities.com - 15mb space - page wizard - FTP http://www.fsn.net - unlimited storage - unlimited data transfer - email account - FTP - will accept adult web sites http://www.myspace.com - 300mb - drag n drop http://www.netdrive.com - 100mb - drag n drop http://www.diskonnet.com http://www.driveway.com - 25mb http://www.xdrive.com - 25 mb to start - up to 100mb with referralsdrag n drop
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VI. Web Page Tools and Accessories – these links and more can all be found on John’s Help Page at http://home1.gte.net/res05eyc/ http://www.v3.com - free web page redirection http://www.beseen.com - page builder, hit counter, search box, banner exchange, chat room, guest book and more. http://www.thecounter.com - free counter with traffic reports and tracking information http://gonow.to/x - web page graphics http://alertsite.com/ - site monitoring system http://www.clipart.com - clipart, fonts, photos, and web graphics http://www.ebuse.com - spam protection for your email address on your web site http://www.everyone.net - web services http://www.filehouse.com/ - creates thumbnails http://www.cooltext.com/ - custom logo, button and bullet graphics http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ - java scripts http://formmail.to/formmailto/ - form creator http://members.aol.com/htmlguru/index.html - html tips http://liveuniverse.com/ - web tools http://www.netstudio.com/ - banners http://www.pollit.com/ - polls http://www.quickchat.org/ - add chat to your webpage http://mail.infotrieve.com/ - surveys http://www.vantagenet.com/ - web polls http://www.multicity.com - web based chat for your site http://www.worldwidemart.com/scripts - CGI and Java scripts VII. Online Photo Storage and Photo Sharing - A big trend in building personal home pages is the specialty site that simplifies the process of publishing digital images to the Web, allowing you to create online photo albums. Most of these sites give you the choice of whether to make your photo-sharing public or private. Though the album services are free, most of these sites offer additional photo products and services for sale, such as prints made from your digital originals. http://www.clubphoto.com/ http://www.picturetrail.com/ http://www.photoloft.com/ http://www.photoisland.com/ http://www.snapfish.com - also developing and prints http://www.ofoto.com - also developing http://www.ememories.com http://www.zing.com http://www.photoworks.com http://www.onresponse.com/onR_Ads2.asp?a=9815&d=1090
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VIII. List Servers and Online Communities A. List Servers (Mailing Lists) http://www.listbot.com http://www.egroups.com http://www.liszt.com/ http://catalog.com/vivian/interest-group-search.html http://paml.net/ http://www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html http://mailman.tucows.com/ http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/ http://www.ddj.com/maillists/ http://tile.net/lists/ http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=mailing+lists http://www.lucifer.com/~sasha/lists.html http://dir.lycos.com/Arts/Music/Mailing_Lists/ http://dir.lycos.com/Business/Resources/Mailing_Lists/ http://dir.lycos.com/Computers/Internet/Mailing_Lists/ http://dir.lycos.com/Computers/Security/Mailing_Lists/ B. Online Communities http://www.zzn.com http://www.community2u.com http://www.ecircles.com http://www.myfamily.com http://www.delphi.com/dir-delphi/ http://www.ecircles.com/ http://www.minds.com/ http://www.our-life.net/ http://www.sixdegrees.com/ http://www.vicinities.com/ IX. Combination and All-in-One Services A. http://www.desktop.com - Desktop.com combines the power and familiarity of the PC with the ubiquity of the Web. With the Desktop.com platform, businesses can combine tailored content, Web applications, and data into customizable Internet desktops for their employees, customers, and partners. run applications directly from the web calendar personal mailbox write your own applications for other desktop.com users file storage access to your personal desktop wherever you have an internet connection
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B. http://www.staroffice.com - Star Office email file storage support for StarOffice download of StarOffice bookmarks C. http://www.zxmail.com - Virtual Desktop Email Account 10 megs mail storage Free Web Outlook Access Free POP3 Access Free SMTP Access Calendar Free Folders Free Auto Responder Free Up to 5 megs Attach Free Mail Forwarding Virtual C:\ Drive 5 megs Free Virtual Bookmarks Free External Mailbox Access Free Chat Rooms Free X. Miscellaneous and Other A. Phone Calls and Accessories – these links can all be found on John’s Help Page at http://home1.gte.net/res05eyc/ http://www.dialpad.com - unlimited calls net to any phone in U.S. http://www.deltathree.com - unlimited calls net to any phone in U.S. or Canada http://www.ureach.com - fax, email, and phone messages all in one - free calendar - free personal 800 number http://www.callwave.com - answering machine http://www.efax.com - faxing service http://www.fax4free.com - faxing service http://www.hotcaller.com - free calls net to any phone in over 50 countries http://199.172.8.27/weblink/Default2.asp - Phone to Phone calling - sponsor driven - 48 states This is a PC initiated phone to phone free long distance service. If your internet connection uses your only phone line you can still make three minute calls. If you have an extra phone line you can extend your calls one minute at a time as long as you want. They are currently in beta testing and their servers are often at capacity. (US - continental)
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http://www.whoisit.com - Allows callers to reach you while you are online. The caller can leave a message and you can answer or transfer the call if you choose. This one uses much less advertising than Callwave. Requires an inexpensive call forwarding service from your phone company. (US) B. Envelopes and Stamps http://www.postage4free.com C. WebCam Community http://www.citizenx.com D. Price Comparison http://www.pricescan.com http://www.mysimon.com E. Free Online Greeting Cards 1 Love Street Cards http://www.1lovestreet.com/cards.html 3-D Cyber Cards http://www.3d-cyber-greetings.com/card.htm Blue Mountain http://www.bluemountain.com/index.html Digital Greetings http://www.digital-greetings.com/?AID=677477&PID=272237 All Yours http://www.all-yours.net/ Angels Greeting Cards http://www.forworld.com/cardsindex.html Audiocard.com http://www.audiocard.com/ Awesome Cards http://www.marlo.com/labor.htm Cardsup.com http://www.cardsup.com/ Electronic Cards http://www.netcards.com/cgi-bin/tgc/index.pl Expressit.com http://www.3dgreetings.com/ DGreetings.com http://www.dgreetings.com/ Bharath Greetings http://www.bharathgreetings.com/ NC Buy http://www.ncbuy.com/entertainment/greetingcards/ Nice Cards http://nicecards.com/partner.cgi?p8771 OhMyGoodness.com http://www.ohmygoodness.com/ Passion Up http://passionup.com/?AID=166217&PID=272237 EFU Cards http://www.eforu.com/cards/ Pig Pig Greeting Cards http://www.pigpig.com/ Hallmark Online http://www.hallmark.com/hmk/Website/hallmark_home.jsp Zen Cards http://www.zencards.com/ List of Online Greeting Cards sites at http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus53832/eus62416/eus328828/eus141181/r?l&
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F. Other Games - online play and downloads, more links can be found on John’s Help Page at http://home1.gte.net/res05eyc/ http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?63594:11005456 http://www.gamesville.com/cgi-bin/homePage Rebates Cyber Rebate - http://www.cyberrebate.com/ Kool Rebate http://www.koolrebate.com/ Brooktoo.com http://www.broketoo.com/cgi-bin/broketoo Rebate Place http://www.rebateplace.com/main.cfm MyRebates.com http://www.rebates-rebate.com/ Demo Programs – Demo Programs often are not fully enabled Free Demo Programs http://www.rkom.com/demos.htm Formlink's Game & Demo Programming Links http://www.formlink.com.au/links/gamedemo.html Vaytek Demonstration Programs http://www.vaytek.com/vbdemo.html Cnet http://download.cnet.com/ Qnet http://www.qnetworld.com/download_1.htm Sigma http://www.rohr2.com/demo_e.htm Woodweb http://www.woodweb.com/~woodweb/demos/demopage.html Origin Lab http://www.originlab.com/www/demo_english/index.cfm Demo Planet http://www.demoplanet.com/ Free Stuff #1 Free Stuff http://www.usawebmail.com/ Gimme Free Stuff http://www.gimmefreestuff.net/ Free Beauty Sample http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus317830/eus317872/eus328961/eus262222/eus886729 /eus886734/eus888020/r?l& Free Health Product Samples http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus317830/eus317872/eus328961/eus262222/eus886729 /eus886734/eus887896/r?l& Free Pet & Animal Supplies http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus317830/eus317872/eus328961/eus262222/eus886729 /eus886734/eus887985/r?l& Free Computing Products http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus317830/eus317872/eus328961/eus262222/eus886729 /eus886734/eus887898/r?l& Free Household Products http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus317830/eus317872/eus328961/eus262222/eus886729 /eus886734/eus888053/r?l& Free Publications & Posters
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http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus317830/eus317872/eus328961/eus262222/eus886729 /eus886734/eus887895/r?l& Free Food Product Samples http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus317830/eus317872/eus328961/eus262222/eus886729 /eus886734/eus887892/r?l& Free Clothes http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus317830/eus317872/eus328961/eus262222/eus886729 /eus886735/r?l& Free Stuff Center http://www.freestuffcenter.com/ Free Cat Stuff http://www.i-love-cats.com/ Free Stuff daily http://www.freestuffdaily.com/ Free Cell Phones http://www.freecellphones.com/ More Free Stuff http://www.crays.com/ans/ The Free Page http://www.pregio.com/mall_freepage_master.html The Free Shop http://fs5.freeshop.com/default.htm Mega Mooch Free Stuff http://www.megamooch.com/ Volition.com http://www.volition.com/free.html All Things free http://www.allthingsfree.net/ Unlimited Freebies http://freebies.at/index.php3?ref=goto Free Fun Site http://www.free-n-fun.com/ Free CD’s, and more http://universityoflife.com/free.htm Jill’s Fabulous Freebies http://www.jillsfreebies.com/ Ugetpay.com http://www.ugetpay.com/ Shareware 3D Files.com http://www.3dfiles.com/ 5 Star Shareware http://www.5star-shareware.com/
Allen's Winappslist http://www.winappslist.com/ Dave Central Shareware http://www.davecentral.com/index.html Freeware 98 http://www.freeware98.org/ Win-Shareware.com http://www.win-shareware.com/mainpage.mv Moochers Freeware http://www.moochers.com/
NetShareware.com http://www.netshareware.com/ NewApps http://www.newapps.com/ Pass The Shareware http://www.passtheshareware.com/ Pkware http://www.pkware.com/ Simply The Best Shareware http://www.simplythebest.net/shareware.html TopFile.com http://www.topfile.com/ Windows PC http://www.windowspc.com/2000/ Allen’s Winappslist http://www.winappslist.com/ NetDownload http://www.netdownload.com/ Software Archives http://www.softwarearchives.com/ Freeware Home http://www.freewarehome.com/ Super Shareware http://www.supershareware.com/ Graphics Software Downloads http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus53832/eus64750/eus574349/eus66043/r?l& ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/specials/free.html
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Chat Rooms Chat Spot http://www.chat-spot.com/ Wallywood http://www.wallywood.com/ LiveChatters http://www.livechatters.com/ Chat Hubs http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus325798/eus151538/eus221445/eus15 1539/r?l& Chat by Subject http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus325798/eus151538/eus221445/eus14 9630/r?l& Chat Communities http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus325798/eus151538/eus221445/eus17 2389/r?l& Regional Chat http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus325798/eus151538/eus221445/eus22 1158/r?l& Free Newsletters Interactive Marketing & Advertising News http://www.commarketing.com/tips.html Cooking.com http://cooking1.m0.net/m/p/ckg/reg/subscribe.asp? Free Newsletters http://cyber-mallusa.com/free2.htm e-Newsletters http://e-newsletters.internet.com/ Freebies Direct http://www.caragraphics.com/nletters.htm Free Marketing Newsletter http://www.clienttell.com/web_site_builder/index.shtml Free Ezine Newsletter http://www.freebieezines.com/ About.com Free Newsletter http://freebies.about.com/shopping/freebies/blomcnl.htm?iam=dpile&terms=%2B Free+%2BNewsletter Infomailing.com http://www.infomailing.com/ Outsmart.com http://www.outsmarted.net/ Zdnet Newsletters http://www.zdnet.com/filters/email/ Market Central Newsletters http://www.marketcentral.net/NewsLetter/index.htm Newsletters, Newsletters, Newsletters http://members.tripod.com/~bluedog9/news.html Gridline Newsletter Directory http://www.gridline.com/Newslet/newslet.htm The Financial Newsletter Network http://www.financialnewsletters.com/ Free Stuff http://www.usawebmail.com/ Tucows http://mailman.tucows.com/ Coupons Freebie http://www.freebieclub.com/FC_Advertising.asp?c=42&a=19262 BizRate http://www.bizrate.com/marketplace/merchandising/savings_center.xpml?rf=gotr eb&ctkey=coupon& Baby resource http://www.babyresource.com/coupons.html
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Cash-US http://www.cash-us.com/ Deal of the day http://www.dealofday.com/ Tyechbargains.com http://www.techbargains.com/ Deal Catcher http://www.dealcatcher.com/ Deal Dude http://dealdude.com/ Bargain Boardwalk http://www.bargainboardwalk.com/ Savecents.com http://www.savecents.com/internet/index.cfm Couponcollect.com http://www.couponcollect.com/ Totaldeals.com http://www.totaldeals.com/ Flamingoworld.com http://www.flamingoworld.com/ Sale.com http://www.sale.com/ Clevermoms.com http://www.clevermoms.com/ Amazing Bargains http://www.amazing-bargains.com/ Special Offers http://www.specialoffers.com/ A2Zdeals.com http://www.a2zdeals.com/ Coupon Craze http://www.couponcraze.com/ Slick Deals http://www.slickdeals.net/ Daily eDeals http://www.dailyedeals.com/coupons/index.htm Savvydeals.com http://www.dailyedeals.com/coupons/index.htm Big Big Savings http://www.bigbigsavings.com/ That’s Cheap http://www.thatscheap.com/ Clever Coupons http://www.clevercoupons.com/ Dot Deals http://www.dotdeals.com/ Couponsanddeals.com http://www.couponsanddeals.com/ 1BargainWorld.com http://www.1bargainworld.com/ Music Deals and Coupons http://musicdeals.8m.com/ Salecents.com http://www.salecents.com/ Savings Hunter http://www.savingshunter.com/ Dealitup.com http://www.dealitup.com/ Frugal Rewards http://www.frugalrewards.com/ Coupons-Coupons http://www.coupons-coupons-freebies-freebies.com/ Dealdig http://www.dealdig.com/ OnThem.com http://www.onthem.com/ MyBargainbuddy.com http://www.mybargainbuddy.com/ Savings Central http://savings-central.com/ #1 Coupon Zone http://www.1couponzone.com/ Dealprovider.com http://dealprovider.com/ Almost Shoplifting http://www.almostshoplifting.com/ Edeals Ect http://www.edealsetc.com/ Pricezilla http://www.pricezilla.com/ Big Hoopla http://www.bighoopla.com/ Savingstree.com http://www.savingstree.com/Home.phtml It’s A Mom Thing http://www.itsamomthing.com/ Save The Dollars http://www.savethedollars.com/ The Geek Next Door http://www.thegeeknextdoor.com/ Fatwallet.com http://www.fatwallet.com/index.cfm
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BargainShopping.org http://www.bargainshopping.org/ QGENuity Deals http://www.qgenuity.com/ The Bargain Board http://www.thebargainboard.com/ Ddeva.com http://www.ddeva.com/ Spydeal.com http://www.spydeal.com/ Good Bazaar http://www.goodbazaar.com/coupons.htm Deals For You http://www.dealz4you.com/ 21st Century Coupons http://www.21stcenturycoupons.com/ YourBestBargain.com http://www.yourbestbargain.com/ Sale Universe http://www.saleuniverse.com/index.asp Savings Count http://www.savingscount.com/ GoQuick.com http://www.goquick.com/ Egazing.com http://www.egazing.com/ 1Amazingdeal.com http://www.1amazingdeal.com/ Hot Deals http://www.hotedeals.com/coupons-and-discounts.html EZ Discount http://www.ezdiscountz.com/index.htm Freebies At http://freebies.at/OD/freecoupons.htm AAA Coupons http://www.aaa-coupons.com/ CcRewards.com http://www.ccrewards.com/servlets/ccr.user.Index Special Links http://www.speciallinks.com/index.stm Bargain Updates http://www.bargainupdate.com/ Value Page http://www.valupage.com/ Online Software – These programs can be used while online directly from the Internet with no download needed. 3D Text Maker http://www.3dtextmaker.com/ Button Maker http://www.buttonmaker.com/ Flamming Text & More http://www.flamingtext.com/ GIF Works http://www.gifworks.com/ Spinwave http://www.spinwave.com/ Cool Text http://www.cooltext.com/ FormMail.To You http://formmail.to/formmailto/ Gohtml.com http://www.gohtm.com/ Online Dictionaries http://teenwriting.about.com/teens/teenwriting/cs/dictionary/index.htm Online Tools and Utilities For Writers http://teenwriting.about.com/teens/teenwriting/cs/onlinetools/index.htm Online Webpage Builder http://www.comfo.ca/qsecure/qdemoup.htm
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