Setting up a forum is very fast and simple. Just set your forum URL when you register and fix your board settings in the admin panel. The admin panel gives you quick access to forum functions, themes, and thread categories. You can also install cool plugins to enhance your forum.

Vanilla has an intuitive set of features for such a simple program. Users can bookmark discussions, read activity feeds of other users, and create private conversation threads. Vanilla also has a Facebook-like function where you can post random thoughts and musings in your profile. Premium features are also available such as login integration to your website.

Features:

• Free, quick, and simple forum setup.
• Control your forum from the admin panel – manage themes, add plugins, add categories, set user roles and permissions, and more.
• Post and share what you are up to in your activity feed.
• Users can bookmark their favorite discussions, send private messages, and view profiles of other users.
• Optional premium features are also supported.
• Similar sites: Forumotion and Omgili.

Check out Vanilla @ www.vanillaforums.com

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But what if you have a shortened URL that you want to share with others say on twitter or other social networking site but don’t want the contents of the page be indexed on search engines. Enter Imfy.us, a free online tool that provides you with the link protection that you need.

With this free tool, you can easily generate secure short URLs with anonymous referrers and anti-bot protection. This will keep you links safe from search engines.

But that’s not the only feature of this website. When a user clicks on your link, he’s/she’s not simply redirected to your page. First a user is shown a thumbnail view of your link’s content along with a ReCaptcha test to see it is indeed an actual computer user trying to access your page.

Being an absolutely free service which doesn’t require you to download anything, or register for any account, Imfy is one web tool which will be beneficial for sharing links that point to content that shouldn’t be indexed by search engines.

Check out Imfy.us @ www.imfy.us

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Just register on the site first and spend a couple of minutes customizing your form in terms of content, dimensions and color. Finally copy the code and paste it onto contact page of your website.

Demo video:

Features:

• Create simple contact me form for your website.
• Create as many forms as you like.
• Easily customize it in terms of content, color and dimensions.
• Simple to use, and no programming skills needed.
• Similar tools: VisitorContact, Contactify and Whspr.

Check out EmailMeForm @ www.emailmeform.com

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Once the generated files are uploaded to your server, anyone who wants to tries to access the protected directory will be asked for a username and password that you set-up.

If you liked this tool you can also check a similar application called htaccessEditor and also read earlier MakeUseOf article on how to create and edit the .htaccess file for your website.

Checkoutt DirProtect @ www.dirprotect.com

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• Hurl: Easily Make HTTP Requests
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• Wordoid: Get Company Name Ideas

Features:

• Quickly check how mobile friendly is your website.
• Check as many websites as you like .
• Free, simple to use.
• Similar tool: Movylo, Ubik, Mowser, Mofuse and Google Mobilizer.

Check out MobileO Checker @ www.validator.w3.org/mobile

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• VisitorContact: Create Custom Contact Forms and Buttons
• Talkinator: Free Live Chat Rooms To Add To Your Website
• RapidFeeds: Create RSS Feeds For Any Website

Each test runs from a server location that you specify. You can choose a browser and network configuration, set-up the various test options such as number of runs, parallel browser connections, HTTP basic authentication, scripting, and block request.

You can also check your pages’ load performance against the provided optimization checklist. Pagetest does a great job of breaking down the elements within your pages while measuring their load speed. This is handy if you want to know what slows up your webpages.

Features:

• Run your website through various page load scenarios.
• Page test results are available for first view and repeat view.
• View and compare your page load results against an optimization checklist.
• Breaks down the load speed of different elements in your website.
• Similar tool: WebSite Speed Test and WebWait.

Check out WebPagetest @ www.webpagetest.org

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• WebGraficMaker : Create Backgrounds, Lines and Bulleted Points
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Usabilla offers an easy way to quickly collect visual feedback on a webpage, mockup, sketch or an image. It has a nice interface with clear instructions on how to get the user feedback.

Here’s how it works:

1. The developer creates a test in the tool.
2. He then selects webpages to run the tests on and that will be shown to the users.
3. Then he selects the questions to be asked. He can also create his own questions.
4. Next step is to invite the users to answer the questions and give feedback.
5. Finally, he can go through visual statistics and analyze the results.

A nice thing about this tool is that visitors can give feedback right on the page they are at. They could write notes, mark the things they don’t like etc, right on top of the mockup, image or the webpage. Also, as you can see in the screenshot above, the statistics are presented visually in forms of heatmaps and other such methods. You can also easily export the data in CSV, XML or plain text.

Check out Usabilla @ www.usabilla.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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Users may search through domains by city, state, zip code or you could just zoom into a specific location of the map.

It lists the available domain names based on the location you’ve selected on the map. It also lists open auctions for domains on sale. It depicts the options to buy or add to wishlist via orange and green balloons on the map respectively. And finally, you can refine your domain search using keyword filters.

Overall, a good service for domain hunters and local businesses.

Features:

• Location based domain name search by GoDaddy.
• Advanced search options with keywords filter.
• Zoom into the specific location on the map and get the corresponding domains.
• Buy domains directly from GoDaddy or add to wishlist.
• Se other cool domain tools in, 6 Domain Generators To Find Killer Domain Name.

Check out GeoDomainMap @ www.geo.godaddy.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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The next is translation bookmarklets for a huge number of different languages. Just drag them to your browser toolbar and click when you need to translate a page. And finally, Google toolbar’s translation feature which isn’t new. Overall, some nice tools, especially for those whose first language isn’t English.

Features:

• Translate your website using Google.
• Includes Google’s website translator, translation bookmarklets and the toolbar.
• Add Google translation to your site using the website translator.
• Use bookmarklets and the Google toolbar to quickly translate pages and words.
• Free and simple to use.

Check out Google Translate tools @ translate.google.com/translate_tools (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Mobile Translator : Free Online Dictionary for your Mobile Phone

You start by browsing for a picture of your website from your computer. This picture should be less than one 1MB and either in jpg. or png. formats. After you have selected the picture of your website, click ‘Heat map.’ This will take a few seconds to load.

You will then see the same screen shot you uploaded, just with various colors on it. Click (the magnifying glass with the flame) to enlarge the image.

So what do all of these numbers, lines, colors and circles mean?

The number shows the order in which a persons eyes move, with the lines representing that movement. The colors show the quantity of interest. If the color is bright blue, there is minimal interest. If the area if bright red then it is a main focal point. The circles resemble the size of the focal points.

Features:

• Generates visual heatmap for uploaded images.
• Save created heat map onto your computer.
• Ability to zoom and change the opacity of the picture.
• Helps you find weak and hot spots in your website design.
• Free, and no need to sign up.
• Premium accont with more features is also available.
• Similar tool: CrazyEgg.

Check out Feng-GUI @ www.feng-gui.com (via Ben Lang, by Alex Ainsberg)

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To use TraceBullet, simply select desired test, enter required data and click on “Submit this Bullet!” button. The result will be presented on the same page.

Features:

• Combines 6 different net testing tools on one page. These tools are:
  - Hostname to IP Check
  - Port Check
  - Ping Request
  - Page Contents Check
  - Sent Headers Check
  - WHOIS Check
• Free, quick and easy to use.
• Similar sites: Test Everything, ServerCheck and You Get Signal.

Check out TraceBullet @ www.tracebullet.com

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The interface is quite simple. Select the programming language on the left, paste the code on the right and click on run code. It’ll execute it and create a short url for the result page which could be used to collaborate on the code with friends. If you want your code to be private, there’s an option for that too. Plus there there are many languages to select from including C, C++, PHP and Perl.

Features:

• Web based code compiler and interpreter.
• Simple to use, just select the language and paste the code to run it.
• Get the url for the result page and test the code along with other developers.
• Supports many popular programming languages such as C, PHP, Ruby, Python, C++ etc.
• See more web apps to work with programming code here.

Check out Codepad@ www.codepad.org (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• TextSnip: Easily Share Formatted Text or Code with Others
• TextFixer: Text to Capitals, Remove Line Breaks & Whitespaces etc.

Currently site shows only 2 types of errors:

1. Errors made by forgot to type a character.
2. Errors made by press a nearby character.

To use the site, enter the domain URL into provided field, hit the TAB button and wait for the “Make Error” button to enable. Once the button is enabled click to view all possible typo errors.

Features:

• View domain name typos for any given domain name.
• Currently shows only 2 types of errors:
  - errors made by forgot to type a character.
  - errors made by press a nearby character.
• The site is new and more features are coming.
• Free, no sign up needed.
• Similar tool: Domain-Typo-Generator.

Check out ErrorNow @ www.errornow.com

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Simply enter hostname (ex: domain.com) or IP address into the field and press “Enter”. You can then copy the results to your clipboard or send them to your email

Features:

• Traceroute any hostname or IP address online from 4 different geographical locations.
• Copy the results to your clipboard or send them to your email.
• Similar tools: WhatIsMyIPAddress and DomainTools.

Check out Just-traceroute @ www.just-traceroute.com

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Features

• Quickly and easily compare code online.
• Just copy, paste and hit compare.
• Compare side-by-side or inline.
• Also remove empty lines and extra white spaces from the text.
• Similar tool: CompareMyFiles.

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The widget is completely free and very easy to embed. Once the person has signed up and customized widget configurations, SnapABug provides a code that can be added before the </body> tag on any web page. The widget appears as a button on the side of the page.

Features:

• Handy visual feedback widget for blog or website.
• Automatically takes screenshot of users web page.
• Makes things easier for both feedback provider and the support team.
• Free and easy to embed.
• Other tools for gathering feedback online: Foozya, VisitorContact, Contactify and Whspr.

Check out SnapABug @ www.snapabug.com

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The names could contain the your choice of word in the position you specify while searching. It shows you if the corresponding .com or .net domains are available and how many times the name has appeared on the web. Search names in 4 languages and book domains directly through GoDaddy.com.

Features:

• Discover unique company name ideas.
• Search names in 4 languages – English, Spanish, French and Italian.
• Insert words of your choice in the names.
• Check if the corresponding domain name is available.
• Also check how many times the name appeared on the web.
• Similar websites: Dot-o-mator.

Check out Wordoid @ www.wordoid.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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Once the sitemap or flowchart is finished, it can be saved online, exported as PDF and shared as HTML with others. The service is free and doesn’t put any restrictions on the number of sitemaps users can create.

Features:

• Generate professional looking sitemaps and flowcharts.
• There is no limit on the number of maps you can create.
• Easy to use online editor.
• Save created sitemaps online, exports as PDF, or share via direct link.
• Free, registration required.
• Try a demo account here.
• Similar tools:  LovelyCharts, ProductPlanner and LucidChart.

Check out SlickPlan @ www.slickplan.com

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To get started, register on the website and add URLs you want to track. In the next step customize scan frequency and alert settings. Done.

Features:

• Online website security monitoring tool.
• Monitor as many resources as you want.
• Checks for things such as:
- DNS hijacking.
- Whois hijacking.
- Blacklisting.
- Malware injection.
- Site defacement.
• Set scan frequency to as often as every 20 minutes (24×7).
• Receive alerts showing what has changed.
• Easy to setup and use.
• Similar websites: UnmaskParasites and WebAnti-Malware.

Check out Sucuri @ www.sucuri.net

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Features

• Online domain name typo generator.
• Six different types of typos sets could be generated for a particular domain.
• View the results by TLD, DNS or name of the registrant.
• Export the results in CSV format.
• For more domain tools see MakeUseOf “domain” section.

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To use the site, simply enter a URL and click ’send’. Hurl will then fetch the URL and display the headers as well as the body of the webpage. It enables you to choose the request method, customize headers and POST parameters. You can add basic authorization and even follow redirects.

It provides you with suggestions while adding custom headers and parameters. With an optional registration, Hurl can remember the requests you make for future reference. You can always edit and modify the hurls accordingly.

Watch the demo video below:

Features:

• Make HTTP requests.
• Choose the request method, customize headers and POST parameters.
• Keeps a history of all made HTTP requests.
• Share your Hurls with others by forwarding a URL.
• Free to use, optional registration.

Check out hurl @ http://hurl.r09.railsrumble.com (by Srikanth AD from Techonaut )

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Adding Olark to your site is a 4 step process. Enter your site address, choose a color theme for the chat window, choose an olark nickname and password (or add your existing IM account details) and finally get the link as well as the embed code for the chat box to put on your site.

Although Olark has various price plans starting from $5 per month to $149 per month, there is also a free plan which website owners can make use of.

Features:

• Live website chat widget.
• Quickly embed the widget. No need to download extra software.
• Use your existing IM client like Gtalk etc to chat.
• Use the app from your iPhone or Blackberry.
• Both free and paid plans available.
• Similar tools: Talkinator, TinyChat, ChatMaker, Chatzy and Stinto.

Check out Olark @ www.olark.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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To get started and begin managing PHP and other files user first needs to add an FTP server(s). Built-in FTP explorer lets users edit/delete remote files, modify folder permissions and perform other FTP functions.

Features:

• Code and edit PHP files from browser. No need to install anything.
• Real time code syntax highlighting.
• Add multiple FTP servers.
• Manage remote files using built-in FTP client  (change file and folder permissions, edit/delete files  etc).
• Different skins to change the look of the application.
• Real-time code collaboration is coming soon.
• Free, sign up to get started.

Check out PHPAnywhere  @ www.phpanywhere.net

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You can use the various plugins it provides for Wordpress, Drupal and Ruby on Rails based sites to quickly integrate it with your site. Alternatively, you can get a code from their Google code library page and implement it yourself.

Features:

• Image based CAPTCHA service.
• Makes CAPTCHAs more secure and fun at the same time.
• Free to use and configure with your site.
• Use the plugins they provide or their source code to apply it to your site.
• Try sample captcha here.
• Similar website: MailHide ReCaptcha.

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Features:

• Create disposable URLs redirecting to a page of your choice.
• Create as many URLs as you like.
• Customize the URL expire time based on the number of visits or duration.
• No email or registration needed.

Check out VapURL @ www.vapurl.com

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• Fill out the price quote form by mentioning the URLs to your website(s), an analyst checks the sites and you will be sent a quote in 48 hours.
• If the price is satisfactory and you accept to sell the websites, SiteRedeemr transfers the domains and associated website files to their own systems.
• The payment to your PayPal account will be completed within 48 hours.

Features:

• Sell your old and unwanted websites for cash.
• Get a free price quote for your websites/blogs.
• Once you accept the offer, you will be paid via PayPal within 48 hours.
• Free, no sign up required.
• Similar web service: Flippa

Check out SiteRedeemr @ www.siteredeemr.com (by Srikanth AD from Techonaut )

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The counter starts counting visitors as soon as it is added to the site. Clicking on the counter bring up live overview of visitor. View visitor profiles by county, check visitor statistic over time, visualize data on graphs, see forecasts and pageviews.

See sample counter below:

Features:

• Free visitor counters for website or blog.
• Simile and easy to embed.
• Customize counter in terms of design, color and font.
• Shows detailed overview of your visitor statistics.
• Similar tools: 99counters, Amung.us, FlagCounter and FeedJit.

Check out TrendCounter @ www.trendcounter.com

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First you need to enter a primary word for your domain (a term describing your site or business). Next, choose the topic area (Tech, Shops etc.) to get a list of relevant “endings”. Then click to combine them. Afterwards you will be presented with a list of domain names that you can check for availability and optionally save any of them on a provided scratch board.

Features:

• Domain name generator.
• Generate as many domains as you like.
• Also lets you quickly check it’s availability.
• iPhone version supported (not free).
• For more similar tools see our article “”.

Check out Dot-o-mator @ www.dotomator.com

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There is nothing to install, you simply sign for a free account, get the trackin code and insert it into a template file of your website.

When it comes to reportsing, reports available for the last day, month, 60 days and a full year.

Features:

• Free wtraffic anayltics service for your blog or a website.
• View detailed information about your visitors (browser, OS, screen resolution).
• See where most of your visitors are coming from.
• View referring URLs (blogs, search engines) and search keywords.
• View most popular pages of your website.
• Quick and easy to get started. Nothing to download or install.

Check out 99Stats @ www.99stats.com

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After the user has registered and customized his/her contact details, there are two different ways to add the form to their website. First, by placing a contact button which when clicked takes visitors to a contact form. Second, is by embedding the contact form directly. In both cases you simply need to copy the given code and paste it on your web page.

You can also keep a record of all those who has contacted you over time, view their locations and set auto responding messages notifying that message has been received.

Features:

• Custom contact form generator.
• Shows location of people contacting you.
• Captcha protection, auto responder and Google maps included.
• Keep a record of people who has contacted you.
• WordPress plugin available.
• Free and premium versions available.
• Similar tools: Contactify and Whspr.

Check out Visitor Contact @ www.visitorcontact.com

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With free account users may you monitor up to 5 websites with time intervals ranging between 15, 30 and 60 minutes. Premium account options with additional features available as well.

Unlike many other similar sites which are filled with flashing banners and annoying ads, 247WebMonitoring has a clutter free design and easy to use interface.

Features:

• Monitor the uptime of your website from different locations.
• Receive notifications by email or SMS whenever your site goes down.
• Loading time graphs, uptime charts and historical reports.
• Monitor http, https, ftp, smtp, pop3, image, ping and DNS.
• Disable monitoring for site maintenance period.
• Sign up for free account to monitor up to 5 sites with time intervals of 15,30 and 60 minutes.

Check out 247WebMonitoring @ www.247webmonitoring.com

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• Observu: Get an eMail Alert When your Website Goes Down
• IsThisDown: Check If The Website Is Really Down

Visualize your traffic stats (top referrers, daily visitors, traffic by region etc) without leaving Wordress. Moreover, if you have a MailChimp account, you will be able to view the traffic coming from your email campaigns and track your mailing list growth alongside your traffic stats.

If you don’t use Wordpress for blogging, plugin is also available for Movable Type, Expression Engine and Drupal blogging platforms. To use it, first you need to install the plugin in your Wordpress and then associate it with your Google Analytics account from plugin settings.

Watch a video tour below:

Features:

• View your Google Analytics stats from your Wordpress dashboard.
• Subscribe to MailChimp’s email marketing services to track the performance of your email campaigns on your site traffic.
• Plugin available for Wordpress, Movable Type, Expression Engine and Drupal blogging platforms.
• Install it in your Wordpress and associate with your Google Analytics account.
• Plugin is free. MailChimp account is not required.

Check out  Analytics 360 @ www.mailchimp.com/wordpress_analytics_plugin/

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• WagWire: Enable your Visitors to Leave you Audio Comments
• W3Counter: Traffic Reports For Your Website
• VisitorContact: Create Custom Contact Forms and Buttons

You may even create channels to separate different type of changes into different emails.

To get started all you need to do is sign up for an account and start adding pages you want to monitor.

Features:

• Monitor web pages for changes online.
• Receive updates (daily or weekly) by email or check for changes from your online account.
• Get changes summary in one email or receive them in different emails.
• Get alerted on all changes or only those matching specified keywords.
• Browser add-on that lets you add pages for monitoring with a single click.
• Free, sign up online
• Similar sites: FollowThatPage, PageTiki and SparkTooth.

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• Yotify.com: Stay Notified About Content You Are Interested In
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• Pingability: Receive Alerts when your Website goes Down

This add-on supports report viewing based on time periods such as: today, yesterday, last 7 days etc. You can either view the data in a single line or as a scrolling notifier. You can also set different update frequencies for content, feeds, search, mobile and domains.

By default, a left click on the add-on will refresh the statistics, a right click on the other hand will open your account. Clicking the logo will bring up the add-on settings. These settings can be customized accordingly from the add-on settings window.

There is also a WordPress plugin that allows you to easily insert and manage Adsense ads on your blog without modifying the template. This plugin also features the ability to exclude ads wherever you like i.e. based on individual posts, recently published posts etc.

Features:

• Monitor your Google AdSense earnings right in your browser status bar.
• View the AdSense data in a single line or as a scrolling notifier.
• Option to choose the update frequency of AdSense statistics for content, feeds, search, mobile and domains.
• An associated WordPress plugin to help you easily manage AdSense ads on your blog.

Get AdSense Monitor @ addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12735 (by Srikanth from Techonaut)

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You can customize your store design, track inventory and offer product discounts. Unlike other e-commerce solutions they don’t take commission on your sales, your only fees are the PayPal fees to process your orders. There are bothe free and paid accounts. Free account lets you sell up to 5 products and provides basic stats and customization options. Paid plans start from $10/month and include additional benefits like better stats, full customization, inventory tracking, discount codes and custom domains.

Features:

• Allows anyone to set up online store and sell stuff.
• Easy, hassle-free setup.
• No need to know technical stuff like merchant account, server configuration and software installation.
• No commission on your sales, orders processed via PayPal.
• Free plan lets you sell up to 5 products and provides basic stats and customization options.

Check out BigCartel @ www.bigcartel.com

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Website features, like a message board, shopping basket or chat room, can be achieved through a simple click and drag format. And once the site is published, editing it is super easy as well. Starting with a decent free plan, Moonfruit has premium options too.

Features

• Quickly build elegant websites through drag and drop.
• Add stuff easily and promote your site.
• Easy editing after the site is published.
• Free and Premium plans available.
• For similar web services see ‘Top 4 Web Tools to Create Free Websites Instantly‘

Check out Moonfruit @ www.moonfruit.com (via Lifehacker) (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• WhenDOUP: Monitor Uptime and Downtime Of A Site

WhenDOUP checks the website every 15 minutes, and if it goes down or is back up, it sends you a quick email informing when it went down or was back up.

Feature :

• Informs you when a site is down or returns back online.
• No need to sign up, but email ID is required to receive alerts.
• Very easy to use and get started.
• Similar sites: AreMySitesUp, BasicState, Montastic, MrUptime, Pingability and Notify Mee.

Check out WhenDOUP @ www.whendoup.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• IsThisDown: Check If The Website Is Really Down

To compare prices, simply select domain extension you want and the type of price you want (e.g. register, renew or transfer), Domparison will then display all available prices starting with the lowest one.

Features:

• Domain name registration price comparison engine.
• Compare domain registration, renewal & transfer prices.
• Supports popular domain extension such as .com, .net, .me, .org, .biz, .info, .mobi, .tv, .tel, .us, .ca, .co.uk, .org, .uk and .eu.
• Free and no sign up.

Check out Domparison @ www.domparison.com

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There is a custom preview feature which lets you preview fonts before downloading. You can also check out the newly added and top fonts.

With an optional registration you can save fonts to your online wish list, submit your fonts and add comments. You can even rate the fonts and share them with friends easily.

Features:

• Directory of free amazing fonts.
• Browse fonts by alphabet, category and search.
• Save fonts to your wish list.
• Check out top fonts and new fonts.
• Custom preview and download fonts with one click.
• Free to use, with optional registration.
• Similar sites: Fawnt, Dafont and Fontex.

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Currently Google offers Web Elements for the following services.

• Calendar
• Conversation
• Custom Search
• Maps
• News
• Presentations
• Spreadsheets
• YouTube News

Check out Google Web Elements @ www.google.com/webelements (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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