Free Website Tools
Free Website Tools

Get free sitemaps of your website with up to 500 pages. XML-Sitemaps lets you create sitemaps in XML, ROR, text or html format that can be submitted to Google, Yahoo and other search engines. XML sitemaps can be used to create simple lists of all pages on a website, which can be used for analytical purposes, or as a navigation feature. This service will also create a list of broken links.

If you’re looking for a no cost option for a word processor, spreadsheet, presentations and collaboration tool, try Google Docs. You’ll avoid buying and updating expensive software and you can login from any computer with internet access. Another free online office suite is offered at Zozo.com. Basic services are free, with upgrade options available.

Convert your files without the need of a desktop application at Zamzar.com. You can convert image, doc, music, video and miscellaneous other files into dozens of different formats. There is also a browser button available for faster access and the option to store your files.

Create your own social news website with the free service at SlinkSet.com. Add feeds from your favorite blogs (or your own website) and allow people to add their own items as well. You get a custom URL and within your settings you can decide to make the site public or private, who gets to post and have admin privileges and more. You can also ustomize layout and colors to your liking, add a logo and off you go!

You can register up to 5 websites for free at AreMy SitesUp.com, which will send you an SMS alert to your cell phone if your site is down. You can add and delete sites with an iPhone app, but more frequent monitoring and more advanced features like RSS checks and Twitter integration required a paid plan.

If you’re simply trying to record a brainstorm session of yours, or you’re creating a presentation for your next project, you may want to give Mapul a try. The presets are intuitive and let you get right to work. You can also customize colors, font, size and more. Basic editing tools are available within the map or within the toolbar at the top. Requires installation of Silverlight (Mac or PC).

Seek out social comments and mentions from places such as Twitter, FriendFeed, Digg, and YouTube and display them in real time alongside your comments with Disqus. Users can sign in with Facebook Connect, OpenID, or Twitter Sign-in and can also manage and track all their comments through the system.

Turn long URLs into short ones for posting on Twitter, using in e-mails, cloaking affiliate links and for redirects with URL shortening service TinyURL. By clicking on “preview feature” you can also preview the link to see where it’s taking you before clicking it (works with cookies). Short URLs created by TinyURL don’t break and don’t expire.

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This is a great service for anyone who’d like to create an instant online backup of their files. When you install Dropbox, it creates an icon on your desktop and saving your files is as easy as dragging them onto that icon. You can save files fro private use or make them publicly available. That means that if your computer goes down, your files are available on the net and accessible from any computer. Great service for students or anyone working ‘on the road’ or as a solution for an additional backup of your important files.

To speed up getting out the word about your new post, you can ping dozens of news sites and other services at the same time. Services pinged through Pingoat include technorati.com icerocket.com weblogs.com newsgator.com blo.gs feedburner.com blogstreet.com my.yahoo.com moreover.com newsisfree.com syndic8.com feedster.com and more.