Free Press Release
Got something you'd like to publicize? This is a popular free press release distribution service. The site also includes tips and advice about how you can write an effective press release.
GetATravelDeal.com
Looking to save money on your travels? This regularly updated site offers loads of advice, articles, tips and tricks for saving money when you travel. Topic categories include airfare, cruises, hotels, rental cars, and more.
FuneralProgram-Templates.com
This site offers a nice collection of free, professionally designed, full-color templates for funeral programs, which are designed to be keepsakes to honor the memory of the deceased. Here, you'll find other free funeral-related content as well.
Green Conference Call
This is a conference calling service that can be accessed from anywhere in the world. The conference call service is free; only the normal phone company charges (if any) apply. To get started, follow the instructions to receive an access code. You may request as many accounts as you want.
Talkster
This service lets you make free long distance phone calls. International calls are available for more than 30 countries. Conference calls can be made with up to five participants. Talkster is ad-supported and requires some legwork, but there are no catches.
YouTube AVI
Have you ever seen a YouTube video that you'd like to download and keep on your computer, iPod, or PSP? This free online program lets you easily convert YouTube videos into AVI format (which you can download to your hard drive). No registration or installation is required.
TheLaw.com
This popular site offers free legal advice, consultations, articles, FAQs, and legal outlines, as well as other law-related items, including free downloadable legal forms. If you have law-related questions, be sure to check out the free legal advice forums here.
Mandarin English XL
This site offers free lessons in Mandarin Chinese, a language spoken by over 1.3 billion people. Here, you'll find 25 online lessons. The courses include pinyin and Chinese characters.
FreeTideTables.com
This site offers a large roundup of free, printable online tide tables. The tables here include predictions of times and levels of the ocean tides for more than 3,000 locations along U.S. coasts.
Scrimper.net
Craigslist, the online classified ads site, offers loads of free stuff. But finding it can sometimes be a challenge. A handy free tool, Scrimper.net lets you easily search Craigslist for freebies.
ClassifiedAdsFree.com
Got something to buy or sell? At this site, you can post classified ads for free. Regions covered include the U.S., U.K., Canada, Mexico, India, Korea, and Japan.
Free English lessons
This site offers free English lessons. Here, you'll find 25 English grammar lessons, as well as song-based lessons and explanations of 100 common English idioms.
Download.hr
This site offers a good collection of over 5,000 free Windows software programs and games. Categories include business, desktop programs, education, graphics, Internet, multimedia, programming, security and more. The site has a handy search engine that can help you quickly find what you need.
FreeInEurope.com
Planning a trip to Europe? This site offers a big roundup of free activities for budget travelers in Europe. Free tourist attractions here are sorted by city and nation.
Juggletime
Looking for a specific service? Do you have a service of your own to offer? This site offers a handy directory of services ranging from clowns for hire to live bands to limousines. Juggletime is free for both providers and users of services.
Buzz411.org
This site offers a free SMS group messaging service. The service is easy to use and offers many handy features. You can queue text messages to be sent later, and members can subscribe to your group, as well. You can create as many groups as you want.
FreeNapkin.com
The perfect site for our recessionary times, this is a unique Web recycling center where you can go to claim free items that others have discarded. Here, you'll find everything from free furniture to puppies to plants to electronics. There are local listings for all 50 states.
FreeAux.com
This is a new free online auction site for general merchandise. Here, there are no fees for creating a standard auction and selling your item. You must be 18 or older to participate.
The Mutopia Project
This site, run by volunteers, offers a big collection of free sheet music that you can output on your printer. Artists include Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, and more. The site includes a search engine that lets you browse by artist, or by instrument.
MySpaceHippo.com
This site offers lots of free resources to customize your MySpace profile. Here, you'll find free graphics, glitter images, layouts, comments, themes, games, and other enhancements.
TradePub.com
This site offers a directory of over 300 trade magazine subscription offers that are "free to professionals who qualify." Note: many of the offers have international availability, but most are U.S. only.
WebMeetme.com
This is a conference calling service that can be accessed from anywhere in the world. The conference call service is free; only the normal phone company charges (if any) apply. To get started, follow the instructions to receive an access code. You may request as many accounts as you want.
Free land offer
Follow the instructions at this site, OwnAPieceOfAmerica.com, to claim a free (one-square-inch) land parcel. Land is available in all 50 states.
FreezePage
This unique new free service lets you save (or "freeze") Web pages for later access (which you can share with friends and colleagues). Each page you save here has the time and address stamped on it.
Jumpcut
A nifty free service that lets you upload and edit your videos online. With Jumpcut's easy-to-use Flash-based video editor, you can create your own "movies," (combinations of individual video clips, photos, music, titles and effects). Jumpcut's only drawback is that the content you create here is "locked in" to the service (it will reside permanently on Jumpcut).
Softprint.net
This site offers a free online monthly calendar maker that lets you create custom calendars that you can output on your printer. If you have a Web site, you can easily add this online tool to your pages.
TextGrams
This free service converts your text message to an artificial voice, which reads your message to your cell phone recipient. The service offers a variety of synthetic voices to choose from.
BeggarsCanBeChoosers.com
This isn't really a "freebie;" it's the blog of TheFreeSite.com's creator, Marc McDonald. Although this political commentary blog leans progressive, it mainly focuses on issues that the U.S. mainstream press neglects to cover. If you'd like to set up your own blog, check out TheFreeSite.com's roundup of the Web's top free blog services.
Free white paper downloads
At this site, you'll find a directory of hundreds of free business, computer, engineering and trade white papers, downloads and podcasts that are "free to professionals who qualify." Topics include management, marketing, operations, sales, and technology. Note: many of the offers have international availability, but most are U.S. only.
eCheat.com
At this popular site, you'll find a big collection of free school essays, as well as homework help and other student resources. The essays have been submitted and graded by high school and college students. Be sure to read the site's FAQ, which points out that the materials here are not intended to promote cheating (despite the site's title) but rather to "provide a reference for students writing papers."
GoalSetting1.com
Do you have goals that you'd like to accomplish? At this new "interactive goal-setting site," you can share your goals with an online community, as well as get support and share advice with other goal setters.
Lulu
Looking to publish your own book? This is the place to go. Lulu lets you easily convert your manuscript into a printed book and get it listed for sale on online retailers like Amazon. The service is free (Lulu only takes a cut if and when you sell your work). You also retain all rights to your work.
BugMeNot.com
These days, more and more sites (such as NYTimes.com) pester you to register before you can access their content. Even more annoyingly, the registration process often requires you to divulge personal info. A handy free service, BugMeNot.com, lets you easily bypass mandatory registration at nearly 100,000 sites.
Free homework help
Need help with your school homework? This free service lets you post questions in any one of hundreds of subject categories and have them answered by tutors. Although the basic service is free, there's also an optional pay service that's aimed at those who have particularly complex questions, or are on a tight deadline.
FindFreeCollegeEssays.com
At this site, you'll find thousands of free college essays and term papers. The site requires you to register to access the full text of the contents of each paper. Registering is free, but you're required to submit a paper of your own.
Sheet Music Web
Looking for free sheet music? The biggest resource of its kind, Sheet Music Web serves up a large collection of links to sites that offer downloadable sheet music that you can output on your printer.
FreeWoodPlans.net
Looking for free woodworking plans? This is the place to go. FreeWoodPlans.net offers thousands of categorized woodworking plans that you can output from your printer. The site also offers tips, tricks, tutorials and more.
Babies Online
Have you got a newborn in the family? Then check out this free birth announcement service for new parents. Here, you can easily set up a free Web page for your baby that includes pictures, text, music and wish lists. The site also offers photo contests, special offers for parents and more.
Ringtones Galore
Looking for ringtones for your cell phone? This site serves up hundreds of free ringtones, including many current popular chart hits. Most of the ringtones are in Nokia Composer format, although there are other formats available here, as well.
PhoneImage.com
This site offers a free service that lets you upload any picture from your computer to your cell phone. PhoneImage.com converts your image to the wallpaper formats used by most mobile phones with color screens.
MyFreeCalendarMaker.com
This helpful free online service lets you generate monthly or yearly calendar grids, based on the dates you select. You may then output the calendars on your printer.
Skype
This free program lets you make unlimited free voice calls worldwide to other Skype users, via P2P (peer-to-peer) technology. Developed by the same team behind the popular file-sharing program Kazaa , Skype offers decent call quality and is easy to set up and use. (For Windows, Mac, Linux and Pocket PC).
National Do Not Call Registry
Fed up with unwanted calls from telemarketers? This free service lets you easily remove your name from telemarketers' lists. The National Do Not Call Registry is managed by the Federal Trade Commission (the U.S. government's consumer protection agency). The site is available in English and Spanish. (U.S. only).
Ryze
This free service lets you easily build up a network of people who share your interests. Here, you can sign up for a home page, where you can display your photo and describe yourself and your interests. Ryze also includes an events calendar, a message board, a contact manager and more.
GasBuddy
Which gas station offers the cheapest fuel prices in your area? A free service, GasBuddy lets you see at a glance what the lowest (and highest) gas prices are at various stations in major cities in the U.S. and Canada.
MC MCSE
This site offers a treasure trove of free learning resources for Microsoft, Cisco, CompTIA and CIW certifications. The content here includes study guides, online practice exams, forums, news and more. MC MCSE also features a good roundup of other free certification sites.
AllYouCanRead.com
It's amazing how many magazines and newspapers (such as The New York Times ) display their entire contents online these days for free. This site, AllYouCanRead.com, rounds up thousands of magazines and newspapers from around the world. There's also a handy search engine, so you can quickly find the publications you're looking for.
Vegetarian starter kit
Complete the short form to request a free copy of a vegetarian starter kit from GoVeg.com, a fascinating, informative site, which is run by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The starter kit includes a DVD, recipes, tips, advice and more. (International availability).
Project Gutenberg
A marvelous resource that rounds up the world's free public domain books and makes them freely available as e-texts that you can download. Although you won't find the latest bestsellers here, (or any books still in copyright), you will find a treasure trove of classic books, from authors like Shakespeare, Poe, Dante, Lewis Carroll, and thousands of others.
Free travel book
Complete the short survey to request a free 92-page book, "151 Travel Tips for Mature Travelers" from Vantage Deluxe World Travel. (U.S. only). (Note: this site is occasionally inaccessible).
FreeAdvice.com
Looking for free legal advice? There's plenty of consumer advice available at this comprehensive site. There's a vast number of topics to select from: tax law, intellectual property, labor law, estate planning, bankruptcy law and much more. The information appears to be up-to-date and, in many cases, reflects recent changes in the law. Here, you can browse for basic information (and if you want to pursue the matter further, there's a handy state-by-state categorized index to help you select a lawyer specializing in a given field).
Internet Traffic Report
Why is the Net so slow today, you may be wondering? Click over to this free service and get the details. Find out if the bottleneck is just in your area or global. An information-packed site, the Internet Traffic Report measures the performance of major Internet routers around the world hourly.
AnnualCreditReport.com
At this site, you can request a free credit report. Unlike other "free credit report" sites, here you're not required to pay for a trial subscription to credit monitoring services. This site, sponsored by three major credit bureaus, resulted from the U.S. government's "Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act."