By Brad Andersohn
There are so many free tools and sites on the Web this year that can help Realtors, creating a list of just 100 was a difficult task. But I love a good challenge! Below are my top 100-plus picks for free Web sites for Realtors in 2008.
ANIMATED GIFS
GifAnimations.com
ANIMATED
SIGNATURES
TextGifs.com
AUDIO EDITOR
Audacity.Sourceforge.net
BLOGGING SITES
Wordpress.com
Blogger.com
InmanNews.com
Trulia.com
Business Tools
Docs.google.com
OpenOffice.org
CALLS AND
TEXT MESSAGES
Jaxtr.com
Skype.com
Chat Tools
Meebo.com
iChat.com
E-MAIL
Gmail – google.com
Yahoo – yahoo.com
Hotmail – msn.com
FLYER PROGRAMS
Postlets.com
vFlyer.com
craigslist.com
GRAPHIC TOOLS
ImageChef.com
Glittermaker.com
LogoMaker.com
CustomSignGenerator.com
INTERNET RADIO
BlogTalkRadio.com
MOBILE SITES AND MICRO BLOGGING
Utterz.com
Jott.com
MAPPING APPLICATIONS
Google Earth – earth.download.googlepages.com
Google.com/GMM
BatchGeoCode.com
RandMcNally.com
HousingMaps.com
MP3 DOWNLOADS
MP3DownloadZone.com
PHOTOGRAPHY HOSTING AND EDITING
Flikr.com
PhotoBucket.com
Picasa.com
Slide.com
KodakGallery.com
Picnik.com
PHOTOS AND IMAGES
CopyrightFreePhotos.com
LogoDesignWeb.com/StockPhotos
FreeFoto.com
public-domain-photos.com
publicdomainpictures.net
FreePhotos.se
PDPhoto.org
FreeGraphics.org
TheWebSqueeze.com
SOCIAL BOOKMARKING AND SHARING
Diigo.com
AddThis.com
ShareThis.com
StumbleUpon.com
Del.icio.us.com
Digg.com
SOCIAL NETWORKS
ActiveRain.com
Localism.com
LinkedIn.com
FaceBook.com
Twitter.com
Naymz.com
FriendFeed.com
Plaxo.com
chicagoreconnect.ning.com
realestatehappyhour.com
SOFTWARE
Tucows.com
TASK MANAGER
RememberTheMIlk.com
TEXT MESSAGING
Txt2day.com
VIDEO HOSTING
Google Video
WellcomeMat.com
Viddler.com
YouTube.com
Vimeo.com
VEOH.com
Zipvo.com
VIDEO MESSAGING
Seesmic.com
Eyejot.com
VOTING AND POLLING APP
Polldaddy.com
WEB SITE AND
BLOG TRACKING
Clustermaps.com
sitemeter.com
Websitegrader.com
Hitstats.com
Google Analytics
Pr.Blogflux.com
WIDGETS
WidgetWorld.wordpress.com
WidgetBox.com
ZIP CODE INFO AND STATS
ZipCodeStats.com
acg.media.mit.edu/people/fry/zipdecode/
BONUS SITES AND MISCELLANEOUS
MyBlogLog.com – Track Visitors
PayPal.com – Online Account
AnnualCreditReport.com – 3 Free per year
WifiFREESpot.com – Free Wifi
Retaggr.com – Best Online Business Card
Feedburner.com – Media Distribution
FeedBlitz.com – Create Subscribers
BirthdayAlarm.com – track Bdays
Switchboard.com – Find Anyone
HitTail.com – Keyword and Tags
Brad Andersohn (ActiveBrad) is a community builder and evangelist on the ActiveRain Professional Real Estate Network. ActiveRain spans the entire country and currently has over 110,000 members. Andersohn has over 22 years of experience and resources in the real estate industry, and has been with ActiveRain Corp. full-time since March of 2008. He has been a member of the network and contributing to the community since March 2007. Contact him at Brad@ActiveRain.com.