Yahoo! Inc. Smush.it - Images Optimizer

Freebie: Images optimizer, (file size capacity up to 1MB)

Terms of use : SMUSH.IT Terms of Use

Support format: PNG, GIF, and PNG

Website: http://www.smushit.com/

Site feature: 2 options to optimize an images file, either upload from local computer or paste image URLs then submit for optimize.

Huge images size can decrease site performance. Some designer say that it is hard process to reduce images size, some even believe that no way to optimize an images without losing it's quality.

Smush.it is a handy images tool develop by Yahoo, the project run with algorithm to auto select the best images output, optimization technique including ImageMagick, pngcrush, pngout, optipng, pngrewrite, jpegtran and gifsicle.

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Blog.com - Free Blog Hosting

Freebie: Blog hosting, subscription service with more feature such as custom domain, ads remove and extra space

Terms of use : http://blog.com/terms-of-service/

Website: http://blog.com/

Blog feature:

1. Import post from blogger.com/ blogspot.com, wordpress, RSS, TypePad
2. Simple dashboard
3. Integrate with Polldaddy rating.
4. Support widget and theme
5. CSS editor
6. Ready with Google analytics and webmaster tool.

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iconizer.net - Free Icon

Freebie: Icon

Terms of use : Subject to licenses provided

File format: png, jpg, gif, bmp, ico

Website: http://iconizer.net/

Site feature: Site with icon search feature, beside that user can use the generator to preview the customize icon before download. User can select icon format, background color, size, rotate angle and constrain proportions

Iconizer.net is a project by Preloaders.net, it is develop by Timur Gafforov & Avraam Makhmudov (programming) and Timur Yerzin (design).

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icongal.com - Icon Gallery, Free Icon

Freebie: Icon

Terms of use : Creative commons license, some icon is free for commercial project.

File format: ico, png

Website: http://icongal.com/

Site feature: The site is like a icon search engine, user can search the specific icon or browser by category. icongal.com also provide a space for community submit icon.

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FatCow Web Hosting - Free Icon

Freebie: Free Icon (Up to date, 3000 png icon in single zip file, 2 formats 32x32 and 16x16)

Terms of use : Free for personal and commercial usage, require a link back and restrict to resell and redistribute.

File format: png

Website: http://www.fatcow.com/free-icons

About FatCow: FatCow is a leading web hosting company, it provide free icon as a marketing strategic to attract more referral traffic and links.

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Momentum To Continue Blog Writing

Recently this blog has not been active update as 2 months ago, this is due to I lose momentum to continue writing. Daily I look at my analytics report and webmaster tool, the number of web traffic and web impression are encouraging. The demotivate feeling is continuously, till one day I get approach with hey day itune game. Through the game, I get aware that to manage a success farming, I need to be efficiently assign the resource to complete each mission. Task for short term, medium term and long term. Produce raw material as per market need, trading with others to earn extra money and speed up level.

The entire game process is similar to blog writing, I must produce content as per reader needs, and stay focus grow the blog.

iconspedia.com - Icons Pedia, Free Icon

Freebie: Free

Terms of use : Subject to author license, some is free for commercial usage

File format: ico, png,icns

Website: http://www.iconspedia.com/

Site feature: Allow community submit and share their icon.

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spamhaus.org - Blacklisted IP Or Domain Removal Tool

Freebie: IP and domain tool

Terms of use : Free

Website: http://www.spamhaus.org/lookup/

Site feature: IP address lookup and remove blacklisted IP

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ahrefs.com - Ahrefs, Backlink Analysis Tool

Freebie: Backlink site explore and keyword research tool

Terms of use : Free, subscription service with more features

Website: https://ahrefs.com/

Site feature:

analysis on backlink no follow vs follow, top referring TLD, backlink gain and drop history, anchor text, top pages, and site issue. The analysis report is display nice UI in pie and chart.

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joomla.org - Joomla, Free CMS

Freebie: Content Management System (CMS)

Terms of use : open source, GNU General Public License

File format: php, mysql

Website: http://www.joomla.org

Site feature: Joomla build with object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques, the CMS support rich module and component. As of April 2012, the downloads hit more than thirty million. With over 10,000 of free and commercial component, user can easily make Joomla turn into any platform such as e-commerce, catalog, website, blog, event management...

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labs.good.is - Create simple pie chart

Freebie: Inforgraphic

Terms of use : Free

File format: .jpg

Website: http://labs.good.is/

Site feature: Nothing much special on this site, you can only create some simple pie chart for fun.

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infogr.am - Free Tool to Create Infographic

Freebie: Free tool to create inforgraphic

Terms of use : Free

Website: http://infogr.am/

Site feature: The tool build-in with multiple chart, you can simply choose the theme and UI they like, the tool also allow user to insert map and video.

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backlinkwatch.com - Backlink Watch

Freebie: SEO online tool

Terms of use : Free

Website: http://www.backlinkwatch.com/

Site feature: Trace backlink and scan backlink anchor text.

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opensiteexplorer.org - Open Site Explorer, Explore Backlinks

Freebie: SEO Tool To Explore Backlinks

Terms of use : Free version limit to 3 search a day. Subscribe version with full access and social metrics such as Facebook likes, tweets and Google +1

Website: http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/

Site feature: The tool is develop by http://www.seomoz.org/, it can perform competitive website research, explore number of backlink, anchor text, page and domain authority.

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Trimble 3D Warehouse Power By Google

Freebie: 3D Model

Terms of use : It is a long explanation advise visit the term and condition.

File format: .skp

Website: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/

Site feature: Trimble 3D warehouse is power by Google, the site bundle with Google forum support, 3D rotate preview, work with SketchUp editing, user can share and upload the 3D model.

To download, user require a Google account.

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pppst.com - Pete's Power Point Station, Free Clip Art

Freebie: Clip Art

Terms of use : Free for personal use, for commercial purpose it is advise to email owner.

File format: gif

Website: http://www.pppst.com/

About:

All creative work is own by Phillip Martin a published artist. Recently Phillip is getting popular, his work is feature as Adsense story, Google did the following video.



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wordpress.org - Wordpress, Content Management System (CMS)

Freebie: Content Management System (CMS)

Terms of use : GPLv2

Support format: PHP, MYSQL

Website: http://wordpress.org

WordPress is an open source web CMS build by hundreds of community volunteers; you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. With plugin feature you can even transform the CMS to become a powerful shopping cart, event manager, forum and community portal and news press.

App support, user can even edit and update the content through mobile device such as Android, iOs, Windows Phone, Nokia, WebOS and BlackBerry.

Site feature: More than 20,000 free plugin and 1500 free theme for download.

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thefree3dmodels.com - The Free 3D Models

Freebie: 3D model

Terms of use : Free for personal and commercial project, restrict to resell, redistribute and claim ownership.

File format: max, fbx, obj, tga, cd4, dds, 3ds, mb

Website: http://thefree3dmodels.com/

Site feature:
A free 3D exchange portal for community member to submit and share their 3D work.

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blender.org - Blender, 3D Content Creation Suite

Freebie: 3D Design software

Terms of use : GNU General Public License, it is free for commercial use, you can repackage and distribute under your own branding. The only requirement, you can not change Blender's copyright notices, claim as ownership program.

Blender Supported format:
CAD formats - DXF, DWG, IGES and STEP
DCC formats - OBJ, LWO, 3DS, Collada
3d content formats - Shockwave, VRML, X3D, U3D
Image format - PSD, PNG, JPG, GIF

Website: http://www.blender.org/

Software feature:

character modeling, interface, solids modeling, rigging, rendering, animation, raytrace rendering, UV unwrapping, shading, physics and particles, imaging and compositing, realtime 3D and game creation, extensible.

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Software Feature


Sample Gallery

Power Searching with Google certificate

Just receive my certificate (Power Searching with Google).

Congratulations! Here is the certificate you earned through your participation in Power Searching with Google. Below are your assessment scores.

Mid-class assessment score: 70%
Post-class assessment score: 79%

You can print out the attached certificate and hang it on your wall. We hope you enjoyed the class!

texturewarehouse.com - Texture Warehouse, Free Texture

Freebie: Texture

Terms of use : Creative Commons License(Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 2.0)

File format: jpg

Website: http://www.texturewarehouse.com

Site feature:

Texture categories:

• Asphalt
• Brick
• Concrete
• Fabric
• Glass
• Ground Textures
• Liquids
• Marble
• Mechanical
• Metal
• Miscellaneous
• Organic
• Paint
• Plastic
• Rock
• Rubber
• Rust
• Tile
• Wood

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Power Searching with Google: Post-class Assessment

For those who are not sure what is Power Searching With Google, here is the website
http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com

Although I work as a SEO specialist, everyday dealing with Google optimization work, but there are lot of advance search skill that I never try it. I am impress with Google images filter search and combination search operator e.g. filetype: and site:,.

After 2 week learning on Power Searching with Google, finally I took the Post-class Assessment.

Below is my first try score:

Thank you for completing the post-class assessment. Your score is 76%. Based on your Course Overall Score (which includes the mid-class and post-class assessments), you have passed the class. Congratulations! You will be receiving your Certificate of Completion in your e-mail starting from October 11, 2012.

For those who missing the class, here is the list of videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3qT4fnQCNU&feature=player_embedded 1.1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHkKAA7-NjE&feature=player_embedded 1.2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCRaNoqaWLo&feature=player_embedded 1.3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41MbhzAucpw&feature=player_embedded 1.4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocARsFU7hLw&feature=player_embedded 1.5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRQxUZfFdTo&feature=player_embedded 1.6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GePYczhM2g&feature=player_embedded 2.1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX-VEiETKsc&feature=player_embedded 2.2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3ohTvKoB5I&feature=player_embedded 2.3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NYbq6rFACM&feature=player_embedded 2.4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iala-SMNyDQ&feature=player_embedded 2.5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGqRMYN-wf8&feature=player_embedded 3.1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OVjVGPBEwA&feature=player_embedded 3.2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLQpn82-uvQ&feature=player_embedded 3.3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUe2FitXre8&feature=player_embedded 3.4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Ta-YYVO08&feature=player_embedded 3.5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEtzw4yuLw8&feature=player_embedded 4.1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud6yXjYTs3c&feature=player_embedded 4.2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p30A63tuWEc&feature=player_embedded 4.3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7NOrNaI9RY&feature=player_embedded 4.4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyRdvWZYdAc&feature=player_embedded 4.5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AReuCJ86r34&feature=player_embedded 5.1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVLfc8uKvz4&feature=player_embedded 5.2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WRzECKfQEE&feature=player_embedded 5.3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9D_-mldWHE&feature=player_embedded 5.4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLxBRNDo6eE&feature=player_embedded 5.5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJDIjugviJc&feature=player_embedded 6.1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZz7Zw34HZU&feature=player_embedded 6.2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVY0IueLjAM&feature=player_embedded 6.3

freewebtemplates.com - Free Web Templates

Freebie: HTML5 Template, Wordpress Theme

Terms of use : Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

File format: html, CSS, JS

Website: http://www.freewebtemplates.com

Site feature: Open for public submission.

Most of premium templates are provide from 4templates.com and wix.com

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texturelib.com - Texturelib, Free Texture

Freebie: Texture

Terms of use : Free for personal and commercial project, not allowed to sell or re-distribute images.

File format: jpg

Website: http://texturelib.com

About Texturelib:

Texturelib is manage by Dmitriy Chugai, Ukraine Graphic Designer. All images are taken by his own cameras, he edited and share those images to public.

List of free texture:

• animals texture
• brick texture
• buildings texture
• concrete texture
• debris texture
• doors texture
• fence texture
• grass texture
• ground texture
• grunge texture
• metal texture
• nature texture
• paper texture
• plaster texture
• plastic texture
• road texture
• rock texture
• roof texture
• rust texture
• soil texture
• tile texture
• vehicles texture
• water texture
• windows texture
• wood texture

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free-graphics.com - Free graphic and clip art

Freebie: Graphic and clip art

Terms of use : Freely used by anyone

File format: jpg, gif

Website: http://www.clipart-graphics.net/

Note: The site is full of advertisement, it is advise to use custom search to find the target clip art.

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brushking.eu - Brush King, Free Brush

Freebie: Photoshop brush

Terms of use : N/A, advise to contact owner

File format: abr

Website: http://www.brushking.eu

About Thomas Beal:

Brush King is manage by Thomas Beal; he is a design lover, he run couple of design community to share art collection, design idea and inspiration, tutorial and freebies. Other site maintain by Thomas Beal:

• http://www.tutorialking.eu/
• http://www.thomasbeal.com/
• http://www.cssleak.com/
• http://www.moltee.com/

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brandigirlblog.com - Brandi Girl Blog, Personal Freebies Blog

Freebie: Social media icon, mask shapes, place cards, art print and gift tag

Terms of use : Free for personal and commercial project, restrict to redistribute and claim ownership.

Website: http://www.brandigirlblog.com

About the site:

This is a personal blog create by Brandi, she is an artist blogger, art lover and color junkie. When I first visit her blog, I get impress with her creative work and cheerful smilling face. Branding is a also a friendly person, she willing to share createive work and tips to public.

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pixelperfectdigital.com - Pixel Perfect Digital, Free Stock Photo

Freebie: Stock Photo

Terms of use : Creative Commons Attribution and require link back to pixelperfectdigital.com

File format: jpg

Website: http://pixelperfectdigital.com

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findicons.com - Free Icon

Freebie: Icon

Terms of use : commercial use, freeware for non commercial, freeware with link require.

File format: icns, bmp, gif, jpg. psd, tga, tiff, eps, svg

Website: http://findicons.com

Site feature:

User can sort icon categories by size, color filter and style such as 3D, crystal, hand drawn. For designer who needs to create multiple size of different desktop resolution; FindIcons has provide a automatically .ico converter services the size cover from 8x8, 16x16, 24x24, 32x32 and all the way up to 128x128.

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fontsquirrel.com - Font Squirrel, Free Fonts

Freebie: Font

Terms of use: Free for personal and commercial use. The font is pack in zip format, the zip file contain detail license.

File format: ttf

Website: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/

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searchfreefonts.com - Search Free Fonts

Freebie: Fonts

Terms of use : It is a long articles, advise to visit the page.

File format: .ttf, .otf

Website: http://www.searchfreefonts.com

Site features: User can type and preview the font before download the particular font. For contribution, your can always register and submit their fonts.

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subtlepatterns.com - Subtle Patterns, Free Texture

Freebie: Texture

Terms of use : Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License

Note: User can pre-test the texture before download.

File format: zip, png, gif

Website: http://subtlepatterns.com/

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freerangestock.com - Free Range Stock Photo

Freebie: Stock Photo

Terms of use : Allow for both personal and commercial usage, restrict to redistribute and claim for ownership.

Note: User require create an account to download photo.

File format: jpg

Website: http://freerangestock.com

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freestocktextures.com - Free Stock Textures

Freebie: Texture

Terms of use : Free for personal and commercial project, restrict to claim authorship and redistribute.

Texture Categories:

• Abstract Textures
• Graffiti Textures
• Ground Textures
• Grunge Textures
• Liquid Textures
• Metal Textures
• Nature Textures
• Other Textures
• Stone Textures
• Wall Textures
• Wood Textures

File format: jpg (camera raw file)

Website: http://freestocktextures.com/

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hasslefreeclipart.com - Hassle Free Clip Art.com

Freebie: Clip Art

Terms of use : free for personal and commercial use, restrict to claim as ownership effort and redistribution as clip art collection and branding.

File format: gif

Website: http://www.hasslefreeclipart.com

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iconarchive.com - Icon Archive, Free Icon

Freebie: Icon

Terms of use : Subject to author license, some is allow for commercial use but require a link back, some is restrict for personal usage and tied with creative common license.

File format: png, ico

Website: http://www.iconarchive.com/

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FreeVectors.net - Free Vector

Freebie: Vector

Terms of use : Creative Commons

File format: ai, zip, eps

Website: http://www.freevectors.net

Note: The site itself does not host the vector files, to download vector file user need to visit author site.

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urbanfonts.com - Urban Fonts, Free Font

Freebie: Font, Font Dingbats

Terms of use : Mostly freeware, some are link ware or shareware, subject to author license.

File format: zip, ttf

Website: http://www.urbanfonts.com

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vector.us - Free Vector

Freebie: Vector graphic, vector logo

Terms of use : Creative Commons Licenses, some is allow for commercial use.

File format: eps, ai

Website: http://vector.us/

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stockvault.net - Stock Vault Free, Stock Images

Freebie: Stock Photo

Terms of use : Personal use, non commercial purpose.

Note: User can submit photo by create a registration account.

File format: jpg

Website: http://www.stockvault.net

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free-css-templates.com - Free CSS Template, Free HTML And WordPress Template

Freebie: CSS template and WordPress theme

Terms of use : Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License agreement. For commercial and personal purposes.

Note: Require link back

File format: html, php, css, js, zip

Website: http://www.free-css-templates.com

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templatemo.com - Free CSS Template

Freebie: CSS Template

Terms of use : Free for personal and commercial use.

Note: To support the site, user can make donation or give a link back.

File format: zip, html, css and js

Website: http://www.templatemo.com

Sample creative:

dryicons.com - Dry Icons, Free Icon, Vector and Template

Freebie: icon, vector, template

Terms of use :
Free License - For personal use and require link back
Commercial License - Paid services
Extended License - Paid services

File format: png, ics, icns, eps, zip

Website: http://dryicons.com

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vectorartillustrations.com - Vector Art Illustrations, Free Vector

Freebie: vector, Photoshop brushes

Terms of use: Most of the items for non commercial use

File type: zip, eps, ai

Website: http://vectorartillustrations.com

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Paint.net - Graphic editing tool

Freebie: Graphic editing tool (With layer, and special effect e.g. hue and saturation, curves, level)

Terms of use: Free

System requirement: windows and .net

Website: http://www.getpaint.net/

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Paint is just nice for you, but you need something more advance for images editing.
Paint.net is like the upgrade version of basic paint, it is simple and yet powerful graphic editing software for Windows system.

About.com Mailto URL Encoder

Freebie: mailto URL generator

Terms of use: Free

File format: URL encoder

Website: http://email.about.com/library/misc/blmailto_encoder.htm

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List of mailto setting:

1. Most basic mailto link
mailto:example%40huntfree.com demo

2. mailto link with email subject
mailto:example%40huntfree.com?subject=example%20subject demo

3. mailto link with email subject, cc, bcc and body message
mailto:example%40huntfree.com?subject=example%20subject&cc=example1%40huntfree.com&bcc=example2%40huntfree.com&body=example%20content demo

Simply fill up the form, above tool will automatically generate complicated link code.

gimp.org - GIMP, Free Image Manipulation Software

Freebie: Images editing tool (Features: layer, interface customization, photo enhancement, digital retouching)

Terms of use : GNU General Public License(GPL), free for commercial purpose.

Support OS: Windows, Linux, Macintosh (Mac OS X) and USB installation

Support format: tiff, jpg, png, psd

Website: http://www.gimp.org

Control Panel:

All-Free-Download.Com - Free Vector, Photo, Template

Freebie: vector, photo, web template, icon, psd, brushes, patterns, styles, font, wallpaper

Terms of use : Subject to author license, some are allowed for commercial use

File format: zip, eps, xhtml, abr, psd, pat, grd, ttf, jpg, png, ai

Website: http://all-free-download.com/

Sample creative:

dnsever.com - DNSEver, Free DNS Services

Freebie: Free DynamicDNS to any domain, unlimited domain and record added.

Note: For time being URL forwarding is not available, so redirection from non-WWW to WWW is not supported. We will update this statement, once we receive further notice.

Terms of use : http://www.dnsever.com/index.html?user_domain=&selected_menu=termsofservice&skey=

Support record: A, MX, CNAME, TXT, SRV, PTR, NS, AAAA, TTL and Records

Website: http://www.dnsever.com/

Control Panel:

freehostia.com - Free Hostia, Free Hosting

Freebie: Ads Free Hosting (250 MB Disk Space, 6 GB Bandwidth, 5 Domains Hosted, 1 MySQL Database, 1 click App Installs, email forwarding, URL redirect, mx entry, DNS management)

Terms of use :http://www.freehostia.com/terms/

Website:http://www.freehostia.com

Control Panel: