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Free Internet Phone Calls
Now you can make free calls from your PC to regular telephones

Free Offers from Walmart
Walmart has had a free offers page for some time, but recently it seems they have started adding many more free offers. The Walmart free offers page is worth checking out every week or so to see if new free offers have been added.

Top Free Time Wasting Sites
Some would say that the personal computer and the Internet have revolutionized how much we can we can get done in a day. That may be true, but they have also revolutionized how much time can be wasted in a day. But then again, I would contend that if you are having fun, you are not wasting time. Enjoy my picks for the ten best time wasting sites on the Internet. And don't blame me if you don't get anything done for the next few weeks!

Free Song Lyrics
If you have ever listened to a popular song and couldn't quite figure out some of the lyrics, you will appreciate LyricsDownload.com. They have an enormous database of over 600,000 unique song lyrics.

Free Phone Calls In and Out
You can now get free outgoing calls to real phone numbers and free incoming calls to a real phone number. You may be thinking "who is crazy enough to be offering that kind of service free in both directions" and that would be a wise question. The truth is that no one company is doing that -- You need to be a little creative and combine services from two companies to get free calling in both directions.

Free Virus Protection
There is no question that everyone needs to protect their computers from viruses but can it be done without spending lots of money to buy anti-virus software and spending even more money in yearly subscription fees to keep the software up-to-date

Highlights Hidden Pictures
The Highlights for Children Web site has many free hidden picture puzzles available with no registration required. Not only will you want to share the site with your kids, you may end up spending many hours there yourself.

Free Classical Music Downloads
I set out to see if I could find a source of free legal classical music MP3 downloads - After finding mostly sites with just a few selections to download I finally stumbled upon the mother-load of classical MP3 downloads

Free Jigsaw Puzzle Games
Download free jigsaw puzzle games. All these jigsaw puzzles stand-alone games. There is nothing to install and they will run on almost any Windows computer.

Free Printable Certificates
Free Printable Certificates has 100 printable certificates in about twenty categories. You can download the PDF file, print the certificate, and fill in your custom information. The standard certificates are free, but they charge for editable versions.

Free US and Canadian Offers
Offer Processing Center hosts free US and free Canadian offers for consumer product companies and they have a list of their current free offers.

Free Online Room Design
Better Homes and Gardens has a free online room design application that makes it easy and fun to create a room design. The room design application includes a huge array of furniture and accessories you just drag and drop.

Free Tattoo Flash Designs
TribalShapes.com offers a huge assortment of free tattoo flash with tribal designs and Kanji symbols. Even if you are not into tattoos, these designs would be cool to use for other printable projects.

Music Lab Free MP3 Downloads
Columbia University is conducting a study on how people form opinions about music. All you need to do is listen to part of a song then click to rate the music. For each song your rate you get the choice to download the MP3 file.

Free Stuff with a House Party
Houseparty.com organizes "marketing parties" for a wide variety of companies. You can score some nice free stuff if this kind of thing interests you and you don't mind getting a lot of marketing email and postal mail.

Freebies 101
So you heard that you could get all kinds of free stuff on the Internet but where do you start? Here are some pointers for the new and perhaps not so new freebies lover

Free Office Alternatives
Microsoft Office has been the de facto standard in office software suites for years. Aside from having many bugs and numerous security problems Microsoft Office has one other big drawback -- the software costs a small fortune - It may be a surprise to many but there are viable alternatives to Microsoft Office and a number of them are totally free

Summer Word Search
Summer word search - have fun circling all the words in this fun summer-time word search puzzle

Monthly Free Audio Book
Simply Audiobooks is offering a new free audio book download every month. The books are usually very interesting, but the quality of the reading can vary greatly.

Free Greeting Cards
Free greeting cards - have some fun and try sending some of these cool free greeting cards

Free Comic Book Downloads
More and more publishers are realizing the value of giving away some of their wares for free. DC Comics is now on the free issues bandwagon. It's great for them because they get more people interested in buying the paper versions and it is great for us because we can read some first rate comic books for free.

Free Liz Is Subscription
Liz Claiborne Inc. is offering a free subscription to Liz Is magazine when you register.

Free Texas Roadhouse Appetizer
Texas Roadhouse Restaurant is offering a certificate for a free Cactus Blossom (fried onion appetizer) with your next purchase of two entrees. The certificate says you can substitute a potato skins appetizer if you prefer.

Win a Car
Win a Car -- The best links to win a car sweepstakes on the Internet.

400,000 Free MP3 Music Files
Finding legal free MP3 music files to download can be time consuming since you usually only find a few here and there. Fortunately for free music addicts there is now one place to feed the need for free MP3 files by the thousands.

Revlon Makeup Sample
Revlon is offering a free sample of eye, face or lip makeup products.

Free Seed Catalogs
Free Catalogs - Here is a great list of free plant and seed catalogs from your gardening Guide

Free Countdown Timer
Create a free event countdown timer that you can place on your website, blog, forum signature or just use on the page that is created for you when you set it up.

Free Games for the Brain
Games for the Brain is a progressive set of fun and free mini games that let you exercise your brain while you think you are just having fun. The games are written in JavaScript and should run in any modern browser on any operating system including Windows, Mac, and Linux.

free car - you can really get a car for free
Need a new car - Dont have the money to buy a new car - Could you get your new car for free

Brand Name Freebies
Free samples and other free offers are powerful marketing tools and companies of all sizes offer them. However, it's the big brand name companies that are most consistent about following through with free offers. I've put together links to profiles of free offer pages from the top name brand companies. You will want to bookmark this page and visit the brand name company pages often to find new free offers.

Free Online Spell Check
Orangoo Spell Check is a very handy free online service. Many of us have come to rely on doing a spell check when we create documents. Unfortunately, most online text applications do not have a spell check function.

Money Saving Tips
Money Saving Tips - ideas for frugal living and saving money

Freebies Myths
I've been having fun with and writing about freebies for over ten years. As you might guess, I have encountered my share of “unbelievers” who take the cynical stance that nothing is free. Here are many of the myths that the skeptics mistake for obvious truths and my considered views on them:

Free Sudoku Puzzles
challenge your mind with an essentially infinate number of free Sudoku puzzles

Free Mozart Symphony MP3 Files
The Danish Broadcasting Corporation offers free downloads of nine Mozart Symphonies in MP3 Format. The music is played by the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Costco Free Sample Offers
It seems Costco has joined the trend of large retailers hosting free sample offers. That is great news for us freebies fanatics and good business too, I'm sure.

Free Stuff Scams
The lure of free stuff is a powerful marketing tool and is used to good effect by many savvy marketers - unfortunately, not every free stuff offer is what it appears to be

Free Online Word Processors
The pundits have been saying for years that software will become a service that is accessed on the Net instead of discrete programs that are installed on our local computers. There are a number of free online word processors that are leading the way. These may not replace installed software for most of us, but they can be interesting to experiment with and downright useful for some of us and for some applications.

Free Offers from P&G
Procter & Gamble is one of the biggest and most reliable sources of free sample offers. They conveniently offer a single page which lists many of current offers and promotions. This is a page that is well worth bookmarking and checking periodically.

Free Fax Number
Too good to be true - It is not only for real it is easy and less intrusive than many free services I have used - The registration is very short - eFax asks for little other than your name and email address

Send and Receive Free Faxes
Quite a number of free fax services have come and gone over recent years. I don't know of any one current service that lets you both send and receive faxes for free, but that doesn't mean you can't have your fax and send it too! All you need to do is use two free services, one to send your faxes and another to receive faxes.

Free Sheet Music
The Mutopia Project offers a collection of free printable sheet music. Most of the collection is classical, but there is some jazz and other styles are represented.

Free Google Website
Google has launched their free Web site offering called Google Page Creator. They offer an easy to use tool for creating your Web site and free hosting for up to 100 megabytes of files. The Google Page Creator requires no knowledge of HTML.

Free Sex Advice
What is almost as good as free sex -- free sex advice from knowledgeable and experienced About.com Guides.

The New Free AOL
Finally AOL is doing something to get the attention of those of us who love free services. They are in the process of transforming themselves from an expensive dial up Internet service provider to an advertising supported free service for those with other Internet connections. They still offer dial-up, and you still have to pay for that if you need to use it to get your Internet access, but they are making most of their "value added" services free to everyone.

Free Helicopter Game
This is a fun little diversion that is simple to play but still gives you a good challenge. I like the elegance and simplicity of the one button control.

Free Stuff for Teachers
Free materials and resources for teachers and educators

Free Connect the Dots
And you thought connect the dots was just for kids. David Kalvitis has managed to create connect the dots drawings that are fun and challenging for kids and adults. These are not the simple connect the dots that you remember from your childhood and that gave away the picture even before you started to connect the dots. You can download and print a weekly free connect the dots plus three other free sample connect the dots puzzles.

Animals Word Search
A free animal word search puzzle

Free Magazine Subscriptions
Magazine subscriptions that you can get for free - not trial issues - totally free subscriptions

Avoiding Junk Email
Sometimes when you sign up for free offers, you can get more than you bargained for. Although most of the sites that I refer you to are unlikely to cause you to receive unwanted email, if you register for freebies (or use an email address anywhere on the Net) you will eventually find yourself on unwanted mailing lists.

Create Your Own Cookbook
Better Homes and Gardens has a free online application that allows you create your own cookbook. You can use any of their recipes and/or your own recipes. You can customize just about everything but the cover with your own text and pictures. There are five cover designs to choose from.

Print Custom Graph Paper
If you ever have occasion to use graph paper or any lined paper for that matter you will want to bookmark this site. You can create a pdf file with just about any kind of lined paper you could imagine in just about any size and color you could desire.

Free Degree Deodorant Samples
Degree Deodorant from Unilever is offering your choice of two free deodorant samples. You can choose Degree Ultra Clear for women or Degree Ultra Clear for men.

Kraft Foods Offers
Kraft Foods puts a lot of effort into keeping their brands foremost in the minds of consumers. One of the ways they do that is to provide free offers and free services related to food and healthy living.

Music Word Search
A free word search puzzle with music words

Free Online Mahjongg Game
There are many Mahjongg games around the Net, but I particularly enjoy this one by Thomas Weibel. It is written entirely in DHTML and should work with any browser and operating system. After the page is fully loaded you can even continue playing if you disconnect from the Internet.

Freebies Ethics
You are probably wondering how ethics and freebies are connected ...

Free Printable Sudoku Books
PrintSudoku.com offers three free printable Sudoku books with 25 puzzles each. Book one features 25 very easy Sudoku puzzles, book two has 25 easy Sudoku puzzles, and book three has 25 Sudoku puzzles of medium difficulty. The books are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.

Pumpkin patch Word Search
Pumpkin Patch word search - have fun circling all the words in this fun Autumn word search puzzle

Charmin Free Offers
Charmin is making it easy for you to find their free offers by collecting them on one page. The Charmin offers tend to run for a long time, but any offer may end at any time.

Free Robert Sabuda Pop-Ups
Pop-up book author and paper engineer Robert Sabuda offers free pop-up designs you can print and build.

Free Pocket Planners
Normally I would not be very excited about a free printable pocket planner, but PocketMod is actually pretty cool. It is an application that lets you generate an eight page pocket sized booklet with various formats and content. There are online and downloadable versions of the program as well as a program that will take any PDF file and create a pocket booklet from it.

Sinus Relief for (almost) Free
I did my first sinus rinse yesterday evening and I must say -- the results are pretty amazing -- I can breathe more freely today than any time I can remember

Free Digital Photo Storage
Digital cameras have become very popular and now a new kind of free service has emerged for this new breed of photographers - Free digital photo storage and sharing seems to be THE new free online service

Free Baby Stuff
There is lots of free baby stuff on the Net as long as you know where to look. Be sure to check otten for new free baby stuff.

Women's Magazine Subscription
The women's magazine, For Her Information, is offering a free subscription. This is a quarterly print magazine that is associated with the TV show by the same name.

80's and 90's Rock Musicians Word Search
80's and 90's Rock Musicians -- A free word search puzzle

Two Free Trees
DoubleTree Hotels and The National Arbor Day Foundation have teamed up and are giving away two trees to each of the fist 10,000 people to pledge to plant the trees.

Free Windows Game Downloads
This site features over 2500 freeware Windows games -- all categorized and ranked and ready to download.

Space Word Search
A free word search puzzle with space words

Betty Crocker Free Offers
Betty Crocker, a General Mills brand, maintains a coupons and promotions page. The promotions page sometimes lists free sample offers along with the usual contests and online coupon offers.

Free Dove Deodorant Sample
Unilever is offering a free sample of Dove Ultimate Clear Deodorant.

Free Origami Diagrams
If you have ever wished you could make nifty little paper animals and flowers just by folding ordinary paper then this is a site you will want to check out

Prevx Home Preemptive Security
Available free for home users -- Even if you have up-to-date anti-virus and good personal firewall Prevx can offer you even more protection

Free Music
Find out where to go to get free music MP3 downloads without risking infection by nasty adware - spyware and viruses from those questionable file-sharing networks

Colors Word Search
Colors -- A free word search puzzle

Free Tide and Downy Samples
Procter & Gamble is offering a free samples of Tide Simple Pleasures and Downy Simple Pleasures scented laundry products.

Family Free Stuff - Freebies for Families
Free and fun stuff for families

Free Xbox Live Diamond Card
If you have an Xbox Live 12 month subscription (Xbox Classic or Xbox 360) you can request a free Xbox Live Diamond card. The Xbox Live Diamond card can be used for discounts with participating merchants.

Free Teacher Resources
An index to all the free teacher resources listed on Freebies at About.com.

Free Wedding or Baby Book
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is offering a free wedding planner or new baby book.

Free Cookies?
A site called EatMyFreebies is offering a free pack of eight cookies. Is the offer for real? I'm not sure if it is or not, so if you decide to request the free offer I would suggest using a junk email account, not giving an exact birth date, and not providing your phone number -- the number for information (555-1212) will do the job.

Free Senseo Coffee Maker
Sara Lee Coffee and Tea and Phillips North America are running a promotion that allows you to get a Senseo single cup coffee maker for free

Vegetable Word Search
A free vegetable word search puzzle

Free MS Accounting Software
Microsoft is offering Office Accounting 2007 free. You can either download the 200 megabyte file or order a free CD-ROM. This is a single user accounting package intended for small businesses. It has integration of eBay and PayPal features.

Free Posters from the NIDA
The National Institute on Drug Abuse is offering a variety of free posters. Although the free posters are great for the classroom, anyone in the US can order them. You can order multiple copies of each free poster for schools or other organizations. The target audience is listed with each poster.

Free CDs
Free CDs for the asking

Reynolds Free Offers
Reynolds is one of those household brands that works hard to get consumers to understand that they have more to offer than their original product line. As a result, you can usually find at least one free offer on their site. Whenever they come out with a new product or are having a marketing push on an existing product, you can usually expect they will post a new free sample offer.

Persian Kitty Puzzle
This jigsaw puzzle game is absolutely free - Enjoy it and feel free to share it with all your friends

Neutrogena Free Sample Offers
Neutrogena has a "what's new page" where they list free sample offers and other promotions. At this writing they are offering a free trial size tube of Oil-Free Acne Wash Daily Scrub.

Free Gigabyte Email Accounts
Fortunately there is a new trend among some free email providers to dole out more email storage space than most people will ever be able to fill

Free Mozart for Baby Downloads
Munchkin is offering free downloads of Mozart music that is performed specifically for babies and children. It may be designed for children, but it sounds just fine to my adult ears too.

Fireworks Word Search
Fireworks word search - have fun finding all the times FIREWORKS appears in this word search puzzle.

Free Jigsaw Puzzles
free high quality jigsaw puzzles that you can download and solve

Sailing Jigsaw Puzzle
You can almost feel the wind at your back as you solve any of this set of free sailing jigsaw puzzles. The set includes a 24 piece for the young ones, a 54 piece, a 96 piece, and a 260 piece version.

10 Free Itunes
Ford is offering ten free Itunes donwloads - This offer requires quite a bit of effort but you may become a better driver while you are at it (US, ages 15 – 18)

Free Noxzema Razor
The Universal Group is offering a free Noxzema four blade razor.

Free Posters from the USEPA
The USEPA is offering a variety of free posters. Although the free posters are great for the classroom, anyone in the US can order them.

Amazon Free Music Downloads
Amazon.com offers a couple thousand free music downloads. You can download one or two songs from CDs in about twenty categories covering just about all music tastes. The files are in MP3 format and are free of any digital rights management so you can burn them to CD or copy them to your portable MP3 player.

Southern Food Word Search
Southern food -- A free word search puzzle

Top Three Senior Freebies Books
Find the top books for those over 50 looking to save money and get free stuff

Free Stuff
Admit it - you like getting free stuff - in fact you love getting free stuff

Free Wordoku Puzzles
By now you have probably heard of Sudoku and you may even be one of the millions hooked on Sudoku. Now meet Wordoku. Wordoku uses a set of nine letters instead of digits and the diagonal spells a word.

7 Digit Numbers Word Search
7 Digit Numbers -- A free word search puzzle

Free Mousepads
Mousepads are a popular giveaway for both vendors and web surfers - mousepads are a good choice for the vendors because they provide a relatively low cost way to get their name and logo on the desktops of customers - freebie lovers like them because we can use them or even collect them

Free Legal Game Downloads
I knew some game companies had been releasing a few of their older titles as free downloads, but until I encountered the site Liberated Games I had no idea how many games had been set free by their producers

Free Olay Beauty Samples
The Olay site almost always has one or more free offers and a couple discount offers on their site. I've listed both the US and Canadian free offer pages. The US site is now offering a free sample of Olay Definity Intense Hydrating Cream and the Canadian site is offering a free sample of Olay Regenerist.

Free Jigsaw Puzzles for Macs
Because of the popularity of my free jigsaw puzzles, I frequently get asked for jigsaw puzzles that work with Mac computers. Unfortunately, I don't have the means to create Mac compatible versions of my free jigsaw puzzles. However, I have found a couple sites that have good free online jigsaw puzzles that Mac users, Linux users and Windows users can enjoy.

Free Samples
Great fresh links to free samples and they are organized so that you can find what you want

Free Radio Show MP3 Downloads
RadioLovers.com has assembled thousands of old time radio show mp3 downloads and made them available for free. You can find everything from the Abbott & Costello comedy show to the X Minus 1 science fiction show. These would make great drive time fodder for your iPod or other MP3 player.

Skype
What the heck is a Skype you ask - Skype is a voice over IP (VOIP) telephone company that has made an enormous splash by offering free high quality PC to PC calling

Free Email Accounts
We are going to get you a free email account or two or three - It seems that free web-based email services have been popping up all over

Free JLo Fragrance Sample
Coty is offering a free sample of Glow After Dark Jenifer Lopez fragrance.

Free Body Lotion Sample
Coty of offering a free sample of Healing Garden Organics Wild Honey body lotion.

EPA Education Materials
The USEPA is offering a wide selection of free education materials for teachers including posters, CD-ROMs, activity books, lesson plans and more.

Shania Starlight Sample
Coty is offering a free sample of Shania Starlight fragrance.

fourth of july
Fourth of July word search - have fun celebrating the fourth of july with this educational word search puzzle

Free Custom Photo Calendars
I've seen a number of sites that offer free printable calendars over the years, but I believe this is the first quality site I have seen that allows you to upload your own picture for your calendar and print it for free.

Algebra Word Search
Algebra -- A free word search puzzle

Valentine Love Word Search
Valentine love word search - have fun finding all the times LOVE appears in this word search puzzle and reveal the secret message.

Free AV and Firewall
If you are a Microsoft customer you can opt ain the EZ Armor Security Suite for free - EZ Armor Security Suite is an antivirus and personal firewall bundle from Computer Associates

Free Classic Arcade Games
There are many sites offering online classic arcade games, but I really enjoy this one because it allows you to play them full screen instead of in a tiny window.

Print Free Custom Calendars
Using simple online forms you can create just about any kind of calendar you might need in in various sizes and in one of a dozen languages.

Free Sudoku Games
Here are three great Sudoku variations to please just about any Sudoku fan. I am most fond of the jigsaw based variation, but many may like the challenge of Samurai Sudoku with five overlapping grids. And for those who want to stay with the traditional Sudoku game there is an excellent version of the standard Sudoku offering.

Free Bottle of Nail Polish
Whirlpool and OPI are giving away a free bottle of nail polish when you enter the [i]I Don't Do Dishes[/i] sweepstakes.

DVDs and More for Teachers
Izzit.org offers a free DVD on your birthday or other day of your choosing for teachers of grades 6-12. They ask that you give them feedback after using the DVD in your class. They also have other offers for teachers including other DVDs and even free ice cream.

Spybot Search Destroy
Spybot Search & Destroy may be an odd and even dangerous sounding name for a software product but you may consider it your best friend when you find out how much spyware and adware it removes from your computer

Free Online Samegame Versions
Samegame is arguably one of the most addicting online games. There are many versions and variations based on the game ChainShot which was developed for UNIX text based systems in 1985 by Kuniaki Moribe. Some of the versions are more fun and more addicting than others. I set out to find the top five Samegame versions and almost didn't finish this article because I couldn't pull myself away for these insidious addicting games.

Word Search
Free word search puzzles for you to enjoy - you will find a nice collection of word search puzzles with varying difficulty

Free Greeting Cards Part 2
More free greeting cards for your emailing pleasure"

Butterflies Jigsaw Puzzle
Butterflies are free just like this set of free jigsaw puzzles. The set includes a 12 piece for the very young, a 48 piece, a 108 piece, and for the experts, a 494 piece version.

Pokemon Word Search
pokemon word search abra alakazam beedrill bulbasaur charizard charmander charmeleon exeggcute exeggutor gyarados jigglypuff jolteon kadabra kakuna kangaskhan machoke machop mewtwo nidoking nidoran nidorino ninetales pidgeotto pidgey pikachu pinsir pokemon poliwag poliwhirl raichu rattata scyther staryu wartortle weepinbell zapdos

Long Vowels A, I, O Word Search
A free word search puzzle for teachers -- long vowles a,i,o, -- easy print version

Unilever Offers and Promotions
The HomeBasics site presents information about and offers from Unilever and associated brands. They maintain an offer page which usually has eight to ten promotions of various types. Some of the brands represented are SlimFast, Skippy, Ragu, Dove, Real Simple Magazine, and more.

Free Commercial Software
Get A New Free Commercial Software Package Every Day

Free 411 Service
411metro is a free directory assistance service that can save you significant money if make a lot of directory assistance calls. This is particularly true if you make them from your cell phone. Many cell phone companies charge you over $1 per call for directory assistance. 411metro is totally free for as many calls as you wish to make.

Want a free car?
What do you see as the driving factors in the growth in advertising on cars

Pathmark Samples and Coupons
Pathmark maintains a page of sample offers and coupons. Although the Pathmark chain stores are only located in New York, New Jersey, and the Philadelphia area, the sample offers are available nationwide.

Free Cheer True Fit Sample
Procter & Gamble is offering a free sample of Free Cheer True Fit laundry detergent.

Free Dove Shampoo Sample
Dove is offering a free sample of their shampoo and conditioner.

Art Word Search
Art -- A free word search puzzle

Back to School Word Search
Back to school word search - have fun circling all the back to school words in this fun word search puzzle

Mark Twain Word Search
Mark Twain -- A free word search puzzle

Mardi Gras Word Search
A free word search puzzle with Mardi Gras words

Earn Free Magazines
Adperk has put a modern twist on the get paid to view ads model and they sometimes also offer a pretty good perk for a small time investment. They offer free magazines for watching short video ads.

Free Offers from Dove
Dove now has a special offers page where they list all of the current offers including a number of free sample offers.

Freebies Newsletter
Subscribe to the most popular freebies newsletter on the Net -- No junk and no hoaxes -- just the good stuff

Free Stride Gum
CadburyAdams USA is offering a free pack of Stride gum when you enter their Battle of the Factory Bands contest.