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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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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The site is only in French, however it’s really easy to find your way around. You can search for icons using related keywords or browse by categories.

You can also tweak the color behind the icon and preview how it looks on different backgrounds.

Features:

• Lists around 15,000+ high quality icons.
• Icons are available in different sizes and in PNG / ICO formats.
• Search and browse icons by categories (Twitter, Rss, Apple, Facebook… etc.)
• Completely free and no sign up.
• Similar sites: IconFinder, Iconza and IconPot.

Check out Icones.Pro @ www.icones.pro (via Tecnopassion)

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• IconFinder: Great Resource For Finding Icons
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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 LiveBannerMaker makes the entire process of creating website banners a cakewalk.

Features:

• Easily create website banners online.
• No sign up required to create and download banners.
• Add custom backgrounds and effects. Also upload images to the banner.
• Share your banner across various social networks directly from the site.
• Also see our recent post “How To Make Your Own Banner For Your Website“.

Check out LiveBannerMaker @ www.livebannermaker.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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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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• 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 click on your preferred dummy text to see it on the right side. You can increase/decrease the size of the text by the number of words or characters and/or divide the text into paragraphs. In advanced options, there are settings to adjust font family, font size, style and more.

Features:

• Dummy text generator.
• 10 different dummy texts available.
• Option to increase/decrease the size of text by number of words or characters.
• Divide text into paragraphs.
• Similar tools: Lorem2 and AdhesionText.

Check out BlindTextGenerator @ www.blindtextgenerator.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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Rapidshare.net provides a solution to this problem. Next time when you upload files to Rapidshare simply change the extension of your Rapidshare links from .com to .net. When a user clicks the Rapidshare.net link, they are redirected (within 15 seconds) to the official Rapidshare.com download page.

If the link is dead, the user is offered alternative download link to similar files.

There is a huge benefit for webmasters. Your users won’t get stuck with broken download links. And when you link from your website to Rapidshare.net, your site gets cached in its database and as a result you get search results traffic when someone searches on Rapidshare.net for that file.

Features:

• Index of Rapidshare hosted files.
• Search Rapidshare files in one place.
• Provides solution for broken download links and provides access to files that are similar.
• All the links are checked and updated against 10M+ links in the database.
• Offer direct download links to your users instead of simple tex.t
• Plugin available for webmasters that automatically replaces Rapidshare.com links to Rapidshare.net. Supports most popular forum and blogging platforms including Wordpress, Joomla, phpBB and vBulletin.
• Link to Rapidshare.net and get search results traffic when someone searches for your file.

Check out Rapidshare.net @ www.rapidshare.net

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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 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.

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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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1. By phone – Call provided number and speak to record.
2. Text-to-speech – Enter your text and let the app convert it to audio.
3. via Mic – Use your computer microphone.
4. upload file – Upload an existing audio file.

When the audio is ready, AudioPal will send the link to your email address. Just follow that link to get the embed code for your site.

Features:

• Create embeddable audio greetings and alerts for your site or web profile.
• Create as many audio alerts as you like.
• Set your audio alert to auto-play on every page load or new visitor.
• Free, no registration needed.
• Similar tools: ProfileGreeting.

Check out AudioPal @ www.audiopal.com

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• VisitorContact: Create Custom Contact Forms and Buttons
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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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You can also modify chatroom settings like its size (width, height), color, filter for offensive words, timestamps, text font size and even add a password (optional) to make it available to members only.

Check out sample chatroom below:

Features:

• Free chat rooms for websites.
• Just get the code and embed online.
• Adjust chat room settings: width and height, color, badword filter, timestamps and font size.
• Make your chat rooms public or for members only.
• Create unlimited chat rooms.
• No sign up needed.
• Similar tools: TinyChat, Conference.io, ChatMaker, Chatzy and Stinto.

Check out Talkinator @ www.talkinator.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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Currently there is also 400k image size limit per images. The GIFs can be uploaded both from a hard drive or web URL. Below is a list of features GIFWorks offers:

• Transload.
• Optimize for web.
• Revert.
• Insert text.
• Resize.
• Crop.
• Rotate.
• Flip.
• Replace color.
• Add transparency.
• Split  to frames.

Check out GifWorks @ www.gifworks.com/cgi-bin/gifworks

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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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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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To start, select the banner template, enter banner text and add select provided clip-art images from the library. Then customize the banner by dragging your graphics around. Finally can click on the “Create Banner” button and save it onto your computer. OnlineBannerGenerator is completely free to use and unlike many other banner creators it does not leave any watermarks.

Features:

• Free banner maker for websites.
• Create as many banners as you like.
• Customize banner with different templates, text and clip-arts.
• Download banners onto your computer.
• Completely free and there is no watermarks.
• Similar websites: BannerFans and AnimationOnline.

Check out OnlineBannerGenerator @ www.onlinebannergenerator.com

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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.

Check out WatchThatPage @ www.watchthatpage.com

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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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Features:

• Find popular design news articles voted by users.
• Search and browse site by categories.
• Check out front page and upcoming stories.
• Also shows the number of tweets each article received.
• Vote on articles and leave comments.
• Submit your own story.

Check DesignMoo @ www.designmoo.com

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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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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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Currently the app allows to preview te websites in almost all popular resolutions: 320×396, 800x 600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1400×900, 1600×1200 and 1900×1200.

Features:

• Test different resolutions on your site.
• Most popular resolution formats are supported: 320×396, 800x 600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1400×900, 1600×1200, 1900×1200.
• Free and no registration.
• You might also want to try other tests that we reviewed:
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