Internet Tool Zone
- Offers free tools for adding interactivity to web sites; guestbooks, counters, web chat and more!
Search Engine Watch
- Devoted to how search engines work, search engine news, search engine information, tips on using search engines.
Alexa - Free software package; provides info about the website you are visiting, then recommends other sites based on the actions of the entire Internet community; provides popularity of the website, site ownership, institutional information and site statistics; contains an archive of the Web so users can still view pages that have since been removed.
Bookmarklets - Free tools for power surfing; tiny tools you keep like bookmarks for better surfing and searching. Works for Windows, Macintosh, Unix, on Netscape or Explorer. Each tool is a small JavaScript application which you can bookmark directly from the page and use from your Bookmarks or Favorites menu.
CometZone.com - Cursor Freeware from Comet Systems; allows Web designers to customize their Website cursors. LiveCursors is free and can be implemented in under five minutes. Just cut and paste, and visitors to your site will see beautiful cursors.
Digital Voice Plugin - Allows you to record and send audio email directly from a web page.
eXTReMe Tracking - You get every advanced feature required to picture the visitors of your website. Conveniently arranged, numbers, percentages, stats, totals and averages. All the way up from simple counting your visitors until tracking the keywords they use to find you.
GIFCruncher - Optimize site size and download times of GIF images by up to 90%. Free GIF compression tool works automatically from a local disk, ftp or www. Shrink banners GIF animations, even entire sites. Auto mode, easy for beginners.
The Informant - Your personal search agent on the internet. Enter search keywords and URLs, and we will monitor them for you. When things change, we will notify you, and you can come browse the changes on our easy-to-use interface.
Internet Archive Wayback Machine - Puts the history of the World Wide Web at your fingertips. The Archive contains over 100 terabytes and 10 billion web pages archived from 1996 to the present.
Internet Bumper Stickers - Stick em on your website or your email and make a statement. All kinds: social, political, silly, bad taste, just plain stupid; free.
Matt's Script Archive - Over 20 free Perl and C++ CGI scripts to help make your web site more interactive!
MediaBuilder GifOptimizer - A free, online tool that reduces the file size of any gif image up to 75%, allowing web pages to load faster.
Meta Medic - Simply give this application your url, and it will generate a report on your meta tags.
Position-It.com - How to really use internet search engines and directories to 'sky rocket' your web site traffic - absolutely free.
Promotion 101 - Free Articles, Resources, Tools, and Links to Help You Promote Your Web Site and Improve Your Search Engine Placement.
RankThis! - A free online tool to help you determine your 'ranking' on different keyword sets in eight of the major search engines.
TracerLock - Can monitor search engines for you and notify you by e-mail when a new instance of a search term is found; i.e. if you tell TracerLock to monitor search engines for the word "Peacefire," TracerLock will e-mail you when new pages appear on the web containing the word "Peacefire."
Virtual Sites - A Web Surfer's Guide of over 300 helpful pages pointing towards 10,000 Selected sites within Seven Content areas including Freestuff, Reference, Search Engines, Cams and Tours.
VirtualPromote - Free tools to promote your site and increase traffic. My favorite marketeer.
Virtual-Stampede - Analyze your website, check your listing in the search engines, optimize your site, promote and market your site.