What free stuff is left and why? -- recommended sites

by Richard Seltzer, seltzer@samizdat.com, www.samizdat.com


The following list (updated May 2001) was originally based on chat sessions that were held Feb. 15, 2001 and Feb. 22, 2001. To connect to these weekly chats, on Thursdays, go to www.samizdat.com/chat-intro.html

This was the topic: "We want to share experiences and insights about free products and services available over the Internet.
Many companies used to offer free stuff and services to quickly build a large audience, with the idea of either selling advertising or selling the business based on the number of registered users. With the dot-com stock market crash, lots of free offers and the companies that depended on them have disappeared over the last year. What's still available? What's useful? What isn't worth the price? And what's the future of the Internet business model of giveaways?"

Thanks to participants Tim Again, John Hibbs, Ron Rothenberg, and Bob Zwick.  And thanks also to Dave Sciuto, Allan Sherman, Arnold Reinhold, Jeff Pulver, and Steve Ronan, who sent additional suggestions incorporated here.

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free Internet access (the only ones left): info about free ISPs: online payments (small fee): examples of the business model base service free, pay for "professional level": free email (a few of the many): free voicemail and related services: free collaboration services (document sharing, email, discussions, chat, calendar, etc.): free Web space: very inexpensive Web space: free translation: free index/search service for your own Web site: free courses: free Internet telephony: list of free telephony services: free radio service: free online anonymity: free Web business services: free newsgroup search, post, and read service: free chat: free advice (from volunteer experts): free content: free ability to move content easily from Web to palm or cellphone: free surveys: free newspapers (small sample of what's available): free personalized news feeds: free speciality content hosting: free web site traffic tracking and/or statistical analysis: resources for distance education Web design resources


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