*156 Run Commands: Over the course of the year, this article has brought in an enormous amount of traffic and really put FixMyXP on the map, over 140,000 hits. This article even has been plagiarized numerous times (other websites copying and pasting into their websites, and claiming it as their own).

*Audacity: Broadcasting messages on a site makes your homepage come to life and seem more personable. Statistics consistently verify that such on-site dynamics increase sign-ups and sales exponentially. Audacity is a free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.

*Belarc: The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks, and displays the results in your Web browser.

*Mail Cleaner Express: Free program for cleaning up your email from ugly markings, ie >>>, from forwarded mail. Very handy, simple application.

*Poweroff: Poweroff is a small program that allows you to control the power state of your pc. It can power off, shutdown or reboot your pc, log you off, lock your workstation, go to standby or hibernation mode and even wake up another pc. All actions can be done locally or on a remote pc (if they are running Poweroff).

*Avast: They say you can't get something for nothing, but Avast is certainly an exception to that rule. A full-featured antivirus package designed exclusively for home users and non-commercial use. Small learning curve and high, Norton-equivalent performance. Comes in a host of languages including Japanese.

*FileZilla: FileZilla is a fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows with a lot of features. FileZilla Server is a reliable FTP server.

*NVU: A complete Web Authoring System for Linux desktop users as well as Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users to rival programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver. Nvu (which stands for "new view") makes managing a web site a snap. Now anyone can create web pages and manage a website with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML.

*OpenOffice: This full office suite comparable in almost every way to the pricey Microsoft Office systemt, is an open source freeware which can be downloaded and installed on almost any pc. Although it is a rather big download, it put me at home right away after installation. I seldom use Microsoft Office now because almost every single file type Microsoft produces can be made in OpenOffice and transferred to Microsoft-operated systems.

*Oxygen Office Professional: Spun off from OpenOffice.org, this free software with a confusing name beefs up the power of the standard six OpenOffice.org apps with a bevy of add-ons like a huge clip- art and photo gallery, and integrated Wikipedia searching.

*Firefox Browser: The linux-based, free-source browser which is my choice over Internet Explorer without hesitation. It does almost everything Microsoft IE does and a whole lot more. There is a boatload of software applications available for download which will make your Internet and marketing life tons'sbetter. Even if you are stubborn and IE-focused, I'm sure you'll want this much more stable browser sooner or later. It is growing rapidly in popularity. Besides English, it comes in dozens of languages including Japanese.

*Avant Browser: They claim it's the "fastest browser on earth." I don't have a stopwatch to verify the claim, but this spiffy browser does have a lot of bells and whistles making it worth downloading for a different surfing experience.

*Google Chrome Browser: Google Chrome is well organized and fairly intuitive. The simple interface is anything but cluttered, but gives users the tools they need at hand. Google Chrome features are powerful and effective, yet simple to use. The frame is thin, and Google Chrome even allows users to launch certain web apps in their own window, without the toolbar and url box, taking fullscreen views to a new level.

*Thunderbird: What Firefox is to Internet Explorer, the same can be said about Thunderbird E-mail Client in comparison to Outlook Express. Stable, easy learning curve, great spam blocking system - these are the benefits of Thunderbird.

*PDF 995 Suite: Easily create professional-quality documents in the popular PDF file format. Its easy-to-use interface helps you to create PDF files by simply selecting the "print" command from any application, creating documents which can be viewed on any computer with a PDF viewer.

*Password Unmask: Data Doctor Password Unmask is a freeware utility. It can show a previously recorded password like '*****' in the original format. If you are a space cadet about saving passwords, this can be a lifesaver.

*W3 Schools: All the web-building tutorials you'll ever need, from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced XML, SQL, Database, Multimedia and WAP. The price is affordable...FREE...and it's comprehensible!

*Opera Browser: While Firefox Browser (above) is my favorite, Opera gives many of the same features without being as heavy a program.

*Advanced SystemCare: This will clean and fine-tune your computer better than an virtual enema out there...and it's free. Your computer will purr after installing this freebie.

*PDFOnline: Convert all your PDF files to Word documents without losing the graphics, fonts and formats. Just upload your file and download your converted Word file.

*Ustream: Experience live video. In just minutes, you can broadcast and chat online with a global audience. Completely free, all it takes is a camera and Internet connection. Try it now!

*Jing: Use Jing freeware to capture anything you see on your computer screen and share it instantly...as an image or short movie.

*iTools: A giant resource trove of the best Internet reference tools without having to comb the web.

*Live Keyword Analysis: Using the live keyword analysis for text documents tool below, you can simply type in your keywords and then paste in your text and your keyword density analysis will be done on the fly.

*Submit Express: Using the live keyword analysis for existing web content tool below, you can simply type in your keywords and then paste in your text and your keyword density analysis will be done on the fly.

*Kasamba: 30,000 skilled professionals are ready to give you immediate advice or assistance on any conceivable topic, live via chat or email.

*A~Z Worldwide Airfreight Directory: Track your air cargo worldwide using this directory of close to 100 air cargo websites to answer your queries.

*About: About.com is owned by the New York Times Company and the quality and depth of the information is in my humble estimation the most useful on the web.

*Find Sounds: Search the the Web for sound effects and musical instrument samples. From rattlesnake to taiko drum, this site has it all in a huge database.

*The Internet Public Library: This is the first public library of and for the Internet community. It is founded by librarians and has a professional, taut logic to how information is sequenced and retrieved.

*Project Gutenberg: Offers over 36,000 free ebooks to download to your PC, Kindle, iPad, iPhone, Android or other portable device. Choose between ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text formats.All works are in the public domain.

*Wikipedia: Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based, free-content encyclopedia project. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers, allowing most of its articles to be edited by almost anyone with access to the Web site. From mainstream topics to minutae, this site has a database of everything under the sun.

*DLL World: If you've been on the Internet a while, you know the frustration of a missing .dll file. When you can't run interesting programs or favorite game because of "missing DLL file" error, that's when this site comes to you rescue! That is a great relief for non-techies (like me). They have the biggest collection of *.dll, *.ocx, *.vxd files over the Internet. Take it and use for free.

*File Transit: A software distribution site with thousands of high quality applications and games. They support over 25 Operating Systems and hold thousands of titles which are carefully placed in hundreds of relevant categories. The site is updated several times daily to ensure the freshest content possible.

*Kim Komando: This woman and her jam-packed site on Internet usage and applications is an essential for paeople who want an honest and entertaining broker of Internet-related products and services. I love her syndicated radio show as well.

*Wilson Web: The Web's largest source of key information about doing business on the Net -- with over 2,500 pages and annotated links to more than 17,000 resources on e-commerce and Web marketing. The free newsletter is rich in content and their site could well be documented as the largest of its kind.

*Affiliate Programs Directory: Thousands of pages of affiliate programs, useful tips, money-making articles, researched recommendations, and a helpful affiliate forum. Alan Gardyne has been doing this since affiliate programs took off in the late 1990s...and doing it better than anyone else.

Freelance Sites For Outsourcing Netrepreneurs

Adveres, Agave Blue, All Freelance Work, Projects Simple

BBS, Freelance Center, Freelance Central, Project Lance

Freelance Groups, Freelance Web Programming, Get a Freelancer, Freelancers, Project Spring, Scriptlance,

Smarter Work, Smart Hunt, Technical Outsourcing, Listbid, ProjectSpring, Guru,

No Agencies Please, Christianlance

Contracted Work, Coswap, Dev Bistro, Developreneurs, Elance, Freelance Quotes

Freelance Auction, Freelance Auction Network, Freelance Seek, Freelance, Freelance Ireland,

Freelance Mom, Casting Words

*Article Geek: Provide publishers, editors and webmasters free website content in the form of copyright free articles!

*Building A News Release: A five-step process outlines how to effectively promote yourself through press releases on the Internet.

*New-List: Over 8000 newsletters awaiting submission of articles are listed. Details of who, what, when, where and hows of submission are also included.

*Ezine Article Submission: Created to be a matching service -- bringing writers and ezine publishers together. Expert Authors & Writers are able to post their articles to be featured within the site. The searchable database of over 200,000+ quality original articles allows email newsletter publishers hungry for fresh content to find articles that they can use for inclusion within their next newsletter.

*Ezine Masters' Directory: You can have access to a long list of ezines which you can subscribe to and the subscription email address. Good starting point for gathering information or finding ezines which you can advertise on to your niche audience.

*Get Response: A very comprehensive and user-friendly autoresponder service used by many of the big-name marketers on the Internet. They have a free autoresponder option which, for first-time users and those with small or no lists, can be sufficient while you go through the learning curve. Reasonably priced.

*Aweber: Another very comprehensive and user-friendly autoresponder service used by many of the big-name marketers on the Internet. They have a test drive autoresponder option which, for first-time users and those with small or no lists, can be sufficient while you go through the learning curve. Reasonably priced.

*Paypal: When you signup for PayPal, you can start accepting credit card payments instantly. As the world's number one online payment service, PayPal is the fastest way to open your doors to over 86 million member accounts worldwide.

*Clickbank: ClickBank is the Internet's largest digital marketplace, where thousands of the web's most popular products are sold every day. Whether you're looking to buy, sell, or promote digital products, ClickBank is for you.

*PayDotCom: While Clickbank.com is an excellent marketplace, there are limitations to sell products or earn affiliate commission. PayDotCom is a new free marketplace to sell any product you want. Yours or become an affiliate for any item in the marketplace.

*SiteBuildIt: A user-friendly, non-technical turnkey solution to building a content-rich, high-search-engine-ranked site using some of the most sophisticated web building tools on the planet. Ken Evoy is a consummate entrepreneur who has several products on the market that over deliver. He's trustable and his software applications to build a website are top of the line. For less than $300/year you will have a top ranking site with all the bells and whistles...guaranteed!

Free & Low-Cost Software Applications For Marketing Success

Dynamite Online Reference Resources

Freelance Sites For Outsourcing Netrepreneurs

Marketer's Trove

Sites Where You Can Publish Your Videos