Despite all the hype over search engines, personal recommendation still serves as one of the best ways people find and use websites on the Internet.
In that spirit of person-to-person sharing, we again tour the web to find the best, most helpful, unusual, or just plain cool websites every surfer should bookmark.
** JunkBusters.com
Is your email in-box swamped with junk emails? Telemarketers interrupting dinner every night? Website advertisers invading your privacy? Who you gonna call - JunkBusters!
Log on to www.junkbusters.com and find a large resource of how and where to get help in cutting down on the "junk" advertising that threatens to engulf us all! Learn exactly what to do to shut down everything from junk faxes to people who trade your personal data.
** Blog, Blog, Blog
Web logs, commonly referred to as "blogs," represent all the rage right now in online publishing.
Not really a newsletter or traditional publishing, blogs resemble more of a web-based diary where the creator records their thoughts, posts links, or responds to questions.
If you want to find one of the thousands of blogs online about everything from cooking to puppy potty training, log onto www.daypop.com to search through a rapidly expanding database.
** Who's on the line?
Anyone with caller ID asks the same question when an unfamiliar number pops up on the screen. "Who is that?"
Even with enhanced caller ID you can't always figure out who called.
Rather than call back and risk looking foolish by saying something like "Somebody called me from this number.", you can log on to www.anywho.com or www.addresses.com to do a reverse search by phone number. You can also do a number of other searches on people's addresses and other information.
** Identity Theft
Sadly, not everyone in the world tries to operate under the "Golden Rule."
Identity theft rates as one of the fastest growing crimes in the world, mostly because it's such an easy crime to commit.
Whether you go online or not, everyone carries a risk of falling victim to an identity thief.
Prevention and proper information rank as the top ways to prevent identity theft from happening to you. Log on to www.idtheftcenter.org to understand the risks and get specific information for making yourself a less-likely target.
** Free Conference Calls
Need to schedule a conference call with family, friends or business associates, but don't want to pay for an expensive bridge line or sign a long-term contract?
Log on to www.freeconference.com and sign up for a free account.
You can put up to 100 people on a phone call together (long distance charges apply) and use the service to make presentations, do product training, or even hold a family reunion by phone.
Since they don't charge for the service, I'd advise using this one fast since most free services end up shutting down after a few brief months.
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