The 101 Most Useful Websites
These
sites solve at least one problem really well and they all have simple web
addresses
(URLs)
that you can easily memorize thus saving a trip to Google.
1.
screenr.com –
record movies of your desktop and send them straight to YouTube.
2.
ctrlq.org/screenshots –
for capturing screenshots of web pages on mobile and desktops.
3.
goo.gl – shorten long
URLs and convert URLs into QR codes.
4.
unfurlr.com –
find the original URL that's hiding behind a short URL.
5.
qClock – find the local
time of a city using a Google Map.
6.
copypastecharacter.com –
copy special characters that aren't on your keyboard.
7.
postpost.com – a
better search engine for twitter.
8.
lovelycharts.com –
create flowcharts, network diagrams, sitemaps, etc.
9.
iconfinder.com – the
best place to find icons of all sizes.
11.
followupthen.com – the
easiest way to setup email reminders.
12.
jotti.org –
scan any suspicious file or email attachment for viruses.
13.
wolframalpha.com –
gets answers directly without searching - see more wolfram tips.
14.
printwhatyoulike.com –
print web pages without the clutter.
15.
joliprint.com –
reformats news articles and blog content as a newspaper.
16.
ctrql.org/rss – a
search engine for RSS feeds.
17.
e.ggtimer.com – a
simple online timer for your daily needs.
18.
coralcdn.org – if
a site is down due to heavy traffic, try accessing it through coral CDN.
19.
random.org –
pick random numbers, flip coins, and more.
20.
pdfescape.com –
lets you can quickly edit PDFs in the browser itself.
21.
viewer.zoho.com –
Preview PDFs and Presentations directly in the browser.
22.
tubemogul.com – simultaneously
upload videos to YouTube and other video sites.
23.
dabbleboard.com –
your virtual whiteboard.
24.
scr.im – share you email
address online without worrying about spam.
25. spypig.com – now get read receipts for your email.
26.
sizeasy.com –
visualize and compare the size of any product.
27.
myfonts.com/WhatTheFont –
quickly determine the font name from an image.
28.
google.com/webfonts – a
good collection of open source fonts.
29.
regex.info –
find data hidden in your photographs – see more EXIF
tools.
30.
livestream.com –
broadcast events live over the web, including your desktop screen
31.
iwantmyname.com –
helps you search domains across all TLDs.
32.
homestyler.com –
design from scratch or re-model your home
in 3d.
33.
join.me – share you
screen with anyone over the web.
34.
onlineocr.net –
recognize text from scanned PDFs - see other OCR
tools.
35.
flightstats.com -
Track flight status at airports worldwide.
36.
wetransfer.com – for
sharing really big files online.
37.
hundredzeros.com –
best-sellers on all subjects that you can download
for free.
38.
polishmywriting.com –
check your writing for spelling or grammatical errors.
39.
marker.to –
easily highlight the important parts of a web page for sharing.
40.
typewith.me –
work on the same document with multiple people.
41.
whichdateworks.com –
planning an event? find a date that works for all.
42.
everytimezone.com – a
less confusing view of the world time zones.
43.
gtmetrix.com – the
perfect tool for measuring your site
performance online.
44.
noteflight.com –
print music sheets, write your own music online (review).
45.
imo.im - chat with your
buddies on Skype, Facebook, Google Talk, etc. from one place.
46.
translate.google.com –
translate web pages, PDFs and Office documents.
47.
kleki.com –
create paintings and sketches with a wide variety of brushes.
48.
similarsites.com –
discover new sites that are similar to what you like already.
49.
wordle.net –
quick summarize long pieces of text with tag clouds.
50.
bubbl.us –
create mind-maps, brainstorm ideas in the browser.
51.
kuler.adobe.com – get
color ideas, also extract colors from photographs.
52.
liveshare.com –
share your photos in an album instantly.
53.
lmgtfy.com –
when your friends are too lazy to use Google on their own.
54.
midomi.com –
when you need to find the name of a song.
55. bing.com/images – automatically find
perfectly-sized wallpapers
for mobiles.
56.
faxzero.com –
send an online fax for free – see more fax
services.
57.
feedmyinbox.com – get
RSS feeds as an email newsletter.
58.
ge.tt – quickly send a
file to someone, they can even preview it before downloading.
59.
pipebytes.com –
transfer files of any size without uploading to a third-party server.
60.
tinychat.com –
setup a private chat room in micro-seconds.
61.
privnote.com –
create text notes that will self-destruct after being read.
62.
boxoh.com –
track the status of any shipment on Google Maps – alternative.
63.
chipin.com –
when you need to raise funds online for an event or a cause.
64.
downforeveryoneorjustme.com – find if your favorite website is offline or not?
65.
ewhois.com – find
the other websites of a person with reverse Analytics lookup.
66.
whoishostingthis.com –
find the web host of any website.
67.
google.com/history –
found something on Google but can't remember it now?
68.
aviary.com/myna – an
online audio editor that lets record, and remix audio clips online.
69.
disposablewebpage.com –
create a temporary web page that self-destruct.
70.
urbandictionary.com –
find definitions of slangs and informal words.
71.
seatguru.com –
consult this site before choosing a seat for your next flight.
72.
sxc.hu – download stock
images absolutely free.
73.
zoom.it – view very
high-resolution images in your browser without scrolling.
74.
scribblemaps.com –
quickly create custom Google Maps online.
75.
alertful.com –
quickly setup email reminders for important events.
76.
picmonkey.com –
Picnik is offline but PicMonkey is an even better image editor.
77.
formspring.me – you
can ask or answer personal questions here.
78.
sumopaint.com – an
excellent layer-based online image editor.
79.
snopes.com –
find if that email offer you received is real or just another scam.
80.
typingweb.com –
master touch-typing with these practice sessions.
81.
mailvu.com –
send video emails to anyone using your web cam.
82.
timerime.com –
create timelines with audio, video and images.
83.
stupeflix.com –
make a movie out of your images, audio and video clips.
84.
safeweb.norton.com –
check the trust level of any website.
85. teuxdeux.com – a beautiful to-do app that looks
like your paper dairy.
86.
deadurl.com –
you'll need this when your bookmarked web
pages are deleted.
87.
minutes.io –
quickly capture effective notes during meetings.
88.
youtube.com/leanback –
Watch YouTube channels in TV mode.
89.
youtube.com/disco –
quickly create a video playlist of your favorite artist.
90.
talltweets.com –
Send tweets longer than 140 characters.
91.
pancake.io –
create a free and simple website using your Dropbox account.
92.
builtwith.com –
find the technology stack of any website.
93.
woorank.com –
research a website from the SEO perspective.
94.
mixlr.com –
broadcast live audio over the web.
95.
radbox.me –
bookmark online videos and watch them later (review).
96.
tagmydoc.com – add
QR codes to your documents and presentations (review).
97.
notes.io – the
easiest way to write short text notes in the browser.
98.
ctrlq.org/html-mail –
send rich-text mails to anyone, anonymously.
99.
fiverr.com –
hire people to do little things for $5.
100.
otixo.com –
easily manage your online files on Dropbox, Google Docs, etc.
101.ifttt.com –
create a connection between all your online accounts.
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