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Free Goodies for Websites and Blogs |
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The following
are great free tools and website gizmos I have found and used in my
creation of the Puzzlebus website. I assure you I would
never recommend anything that puts popups or intrusive advertising on
your site or anything that I would not want my children to come across
on the internet. Bookmark this page now - if you are anything like me you kick yourself when you can't find "that really useful page" again. |
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Free Hit Counters and Free Web Stats |
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I really geeked off to the World Map View of my stats (last vistor shown as a red dot and previous 10 in green). Just need to add discrete site link. |
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Really easy to understand charts. You have an option to exclude your own visits from the totals. Discrete site link or custom number counter. |
| Finally no stats just straightforward hit counter with easyhitcounters. Choose from a selection of ready made counters. You do have to put a link and the counter in. | |
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Free FrontPage Software |
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A free cut down version of the Microsoft FrontPage web page design tool. I made this site using FrontPage. |
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Free Website Clock and Free Countdown Timer |
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Free website clocks and countdown timers which only show the website name when moused over. Customize for any time zone or event. |
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Free Money - Don't be greedy it's just a little! |
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Google Adsense is a nice clean advertising tool which displays text or picture ads. You have complete control over the appearance of the ad to blend in with your website.You won't make lots of money from it but I have found it better than affiliate schemes and less intrusive. |
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Amazon have an associates scheme. You can put a search box on your site or custom ad collections. Again it's just pennies - but they mount up over time. |
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Free Spyware Removal |
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| Spybot Search and Destroy is a brilliant program which scans your computer for programs and cookies related to spyware. If your computer is running slow or taking a long time to start up the chances are some spyware has made it onto it. | |
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Free PDF File Reader and Free PDF File Writer |
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Use this to read files written in .pdf format like my blank grids and worksheets. |
| Create professional quality PDF files from almost any printable document. No watermarks! No popup Web advertisements! | |
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Free Fonts and Free Font Browser |
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| Tons of free fonts. A really informative site if you are setting up an online business too. | |
| If like me you go crazy on the above site download the free trial version of this software to browse the fonts without having to install them. Time limited trial. | |
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Free Paypal Shopping Cart and Selling Tools |
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If you are selling goods on your site or on ebay you need a secure way of taking payments. Paypal is secure, easy to set up and handles major credit cards. You pay a small percentage of what you sell as a handling fee. The business account is ample for my needs. |
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Free File Synchronisation Software |
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| If like me you have a pen/flash/usb drive and swap between computers frequently and lose track of which computer the latest version of a file is - try this. Also great for backups. Time limited trial version. | |
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Auctions |
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Click here to trade on eBay.co.uk! |
I am an eBay convert. I sell my software and books on there and junk I find when I have a Spring clean. Don't be put off - it really is easy. |
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Free Pad File Submitter |
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If you submit software to download sites, even using PAD files it can still be a tedious process. This is free and speeds it up for you. |
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Free Shop |
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| Make custom Mugs, T Shirts, clocks just about anything. You can give them as gifts or sell them in your own cafepress shop front. | |
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