Most Useful Websites on the Internet

280slides.com – create beautiful presentations, access them from anywhere, and share them with the world

alertful.com – quickly setup email reminders for important events

animoto.com – assembles stunning slideshows

aviary.com/myna – an online audio editor that lets record, and remix audio clips online

awesomehighlighter.com – easily highlight the important parts of a web page

bing.com/images – automatically find perfectly-sized wallpapers for mobiles

bounceapp.com – for capturing full length screenshots of web pages

boxoh.com – track the status of any shipment on Google Maps

bubbl.us – create mind-maps, brainstorm ideas in the browser

buzzfeed.com – never miss another Internet meme or viral video

chipin.com – when you need to raise funds online for an event or a cause

citrify.com – supplies quick photo-editing tools

copypastecharacter.com – copy special characters that aren’t on your keyboard

coralcdn.org – if a site is down due to heavy traffic, try accessing it through coral CDN

crimson room – Takagi’s cultish puzzle game

cutmp3.com – trims any song to ringtone length

dabbleboard.com – your virtual whiteboard

dingitsup.com – alerts you via SMS, twitter or email when a website goes down or comes back up

disposablewebpage.com – create a temporary web page that self-destruct

downforeveryoneorjustme.com – find if your favourite website is offline or not

dropbox.com – gives 2GB of storage and syncs files

droolr.com – lists the hottest gadgets

e.ggtimer.com – a simple online timer for your daily needs

encrypted.google.com – prevent your ISP and boss from reading your search queries

errorlevelanalysis.com – find whether a photo is real or a photo-shopped one

eventful.com – lists happenings in your area

evernote.com – captures ideas, notes, or audio

everytimezone.com – a less confusing view of the world time zones

example.com – this website can be used as an example in documentation

faxzero.com – send an online fax for free

fb.me/AppStore – search iOS app without launching iTunes

feedmyinbox.com – get RSS feeds as an email newsletter

filleritem.com – digs up useful but cheap items on Amazon for meeting the free-shipping amount

flightaware.com – live flight tracking service for airports worldwide

flightstats.com – track flight status at airports worldwide

followupthen.com – setup quick reminders via email itself

fontsquirrel.com – a good collection of fonts – free for personal and commercial use

formspring.me – you can ask or answer personal questions here

gasbuddy.com – reports current local fuel prices

genbook.com – allows clients to schedule appointments with your company

ge.tt – quickly send a file to someone, they can even preview it before downloading

goo.gl – shorten long URLs and convert URLs into QR codes

google.com/dictionary – get word meanings, pronunciations and usage examples

google.com/history – found something on Google but can’t remember it now

grooveshark.com – provides diverse music and social features in a slick interface

gtmetrix.com – the perfect tool for measuring your site performance online

hackaday.com – serves up fresh hacks (short tutorials) every day from around the web and one in-depth ‘How-To hack’ guide each week

historio.us – preserve complete web pages with all the formatting

homestyler.com – design from scratch or re-model your home in 3D

howjsay.com – talking dictionary of English pronunciation

huddle.net – helps your workgroup manage projects, and offers online storage

humyo.com – provides 10GB of free storage

iconfinder.com – the best place to find icons of all sizes

imo.im – chat with your buddies on Skype, Facebook, Google Talk, etc. from one place

isendr.com – transfer files without uploading to a server

isnsfw.com – when you wish to share a NSFW page but with a warning

iwantmyname.com – helps you search domains across all TLDs

jobspice.com – generates attractive online resumes

join.me – share you screen with anyone over the web

joliprint.com – reformats news articles and blog content as a newspaper

kuler.adobe.com – get colour ideas, also extract colours from photographs

librophile.com – offers downloadable audiobooks

livecage.com – allows live audio and video streaming

livestream.com – broadcast events live over the web, including your desktop screen

lmgtfy.com – when your friends are too lazy to use Google on their own

localti.me – know more than just the local time of a city

logmein.com – gives you remote access to your PCs

lovelycharts.com – create flowcharts, network diagrams, sitemaps, etc

mailvu.com – send video emails to anyone using your web cam

measy.com – gives quizzes to narrow down choices

memorari.com – reminds you of your important dates by sending out quick notices to your mobile/email/im handle

mesh.com – syncs files and gives remote access

mint.com – syncs with your financial accounts to help you monitor your budget

mywot.com – check the trust level of any website

namemytune.com – when you need to find the name of a song

noteflight.com – print music sheets, write your own music online

nutritiondata.com – details the content of food at restaurants and in recipes

nutshellmail.com – Get your Facebook and Twitter streams in your inbox

office.com – download templates, clipart and images for your Office documents

onlineocr.net – recognize text from scanned PDFs and images

opentable.com – makes reservations at restaurants

passpack.com – manages all of your online passwords

pastebin.com – a temporary online clipboard for your text and code snippets

pdfescape.com – lets you can quickly edit PDFs in the browser itself

pearbudget.com – tracks your income and spending

phonebooth.com – provides phone services

picresize.com – online picture resizer

pixorial.com – presents easy-to-use video-editing tools

polishmywriting.com – check your writing for spelling or grammatical errors

prezi.com – create astonishing presentations live and on the web

printwhatyoulike.com – print web pages without the clutter

privnote.com – create text notes that will self-destruct after being read

proxify.com – gives you anonymous access to regionally blocked content

random.org – pick random numbers, flip coins, and more

regex.info – find data hidden in your photographs

retailmenot.com – provides store coupon codes

runpee.com – let’s you know when the best time is during a movie to go to the toilet

screenr.com – record movies of your desktop and send them straight to YouTube

scribblemaps.com – create custom Google Maps easily

scr.im – share you email address online without worrying about spam

seatexpert.com – shows the best seats on any flight

seatguru.com – consult this site before choosing a seat for your next flight

similarsites.com – discover new sites that are similar to what you like already

sitorsquat.com – indicates the closest clean restroom

sizeasy.com – visualize and compare the size of any product

smart.fm – provides free online courses

snapask.com – use email on your phone to find sports scores, read Wikipedia, etc

snopes.com – find if that email offer you received is real or just another scam

speedtest.net – assesses your Internet connection’s download and upload speeds

springpadit.com – supplies templates for organizing your personal data

spypig.com – now get read receipts for your email

sxc.hu – download stock images absolutely free

stickybits.com – links digital data to physical objects

stupeflix.com – make a movie out of your images, audio and video clips

sumopaint.com – an excellent layer-based online image editor

syfy.com – everything sci-fi

tabbloid.com – your favourite blogs delivered as PDFs

tempalias.com – generate temporary email aliases, better than disposable email

teuxdeux.com – groups your weekly tasks by date

textflow.com – simplifies document collaboration

thefind.com – ferrets out obscure products

thesocialmediaguide.com.au – awesome blog on social media!

timerime.com – create timelines with audio, video and images

tineye.com – this is like an online version of Google Goggles

tinychat.com – setup a private chat room in micro-seconds

topicfire.com – aggregates news in topics you choose

topsy.com – a better search engine for twitter

translate.google.com – translate web pages, PDFs and Office documents

truveo.com – the best place for searching web videos

twitpay.com – lets you raise funds via Twitter

tubemogul.com – simultaneously upload videos to YouTube and other video sites

typingweb.com – master touch-typing with these practice sessions

umbrella.com – tells you whether or not it’s umbrella carrying weather

untiny.me – find the original URLs that’s hiding behind a short URLs

urbandictionary.com – find definitions of slangs and informal words

usestacks.com – organizes tasks by person and project

valebrity.com – validates the authenticity of celebrities on social networks

viewer.zoho.com – Preview PDFs and Presentations directly in the browser

virustotal.com – scan any suspicious file or email attachment for viruses

vocaroo.com – record your voice with a click

wakerupper.com – makes calls to rouse or remind you

warrick.cs.odu.edu – you’ll need this when your bookmarked web pages are deleted

wetransfer.com – for sharing really big files online

whatdoestheinternetthink.net – let’s you know what the internet thinks about something

whatfontis.com – quickly determine the font name from an image

whichdateworks.com – planning an event? find a date that works for all

whisperbot.com – send an email without using your own account

whoishostingthis.com – find the web host of any website

wobzip.org – unzip your compressed files online

wolframalpha.com – gets answers directly without searching

woorank.com – everything you wanted to know about a website

wordle.net – quick summarize long pieces of text with tag clouds

yammer.com – gives workgroups a private microblog

youtube.com/leanback – enjoy a never ending stream of YouTube videos in full-screen

yypewith.me – work on the same document with multiple people

zoho.com – offers a large variety of cloud-based apps

zoom.it – view very high-resolution images in your browser without scrolling

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