Free Internet Activities
This page lists some of the more common activities performed on the internet and free sources for doing them.
Web Browsing/Search Engines
Google.com
Yahoo.com
MSN.com
Bing.com
Ask.com
About.com
aol.com
dogpile.com
altavista.com
webcrawler.com
alltheweb.com
lycos.com
Specialized Search Engines
Snap.com - provides a snapshot of the websites when you mouse over the titles on the search results
Ask.com - mouse over the binoculars in the search results to see an image of the site's homepage or some of the website's statistics.
spacetime.com - View multiple home pages in 3D
Accoona.com - Search company profiles. B2B search engine.
Pixsy.com - "Search millions of videos and images"
Kosmix.com - Search engine which separates results into categories.
blackle.com - Google search engine with a black background. Intended to save energy by reducing the watts used by a computer screen.
Email
gmail.com
mail.yahoo.com
hotmail.com
fepg.net
mail.com
Chat
Chat in Gmail
messenger.yahoo.com (requires download)
download.live.com/messenger (requires download)
Video Chat and Video Conference
Gmail
Skype
tokbox.com (free video conference for up to 20)
Short Messaging
twitter.com
See also Social Networking below
Social Networking
Facebook.com
Myspace.com
Specialized Social Networking
momslikeme.com - social network for moms
librarything.com - social network for book lovers
Blogging
Blogger.com
Wordpress.com
tumblr.com
typepad.com
en.netlog.com
File Sharing and Email Large Files
drop.io
multiply.com
plaxo.com
See also Webmaster freebies for file hosts.
News
AllYouCanRead.com - a directory of all the free magazines and newspapers on the web
cnn.com
abcnews.go.com
foxnews.com
news.google.com
msnbc.msn.com
nytimes.com
news.cnet.com
news.yahoo.com
espn.go.com
reuters.com
cbsnews.com
tmz.com
theonion.com
npr.org
huffingtonpost.com
news.nationalgeographic.com
newsvine.com
usnews.com
Bookmarking
While you're here, why not take the time to bookmark ActuallyFree.info by using this:
digg.com
delicious.com
buzz.yahoo.com
backflip.com
diigo.com
faves.com
friendfeed.com
kirtsy.com
stumbleupon.com
linkagogo.com
mister-wong.com
mixx.com
netvibes.com
netvouz.com
propeller.com
reddit.com
simpy.com
spurl.net
technorati.com
thisnext.com
tipd.com
Shopping
What?! Why are you looking for shopping sites when you can learn how to get virtually everything for free at ActuallyFree.info? Alright, you asked for it, but at least look at the Non-Free Bargains page first.
eBay.com
Amazon.com
Buy.com
kaboodle.com
Watch Videos
See the Movies, TV & Videos page
Job Search
See the Job & Workplace Freebies page
Banking/Bill Pay
See the Financial Freebies page
Play games
See the Free Online Games page
See the Free Video Games page
See the Hobbies Freebies page
Build a Website
See the Webmaster Freebies page
Business
See the Free Business Solutions page
For other ways to pass the time see the Hobby Freebies page