Ad-Free WordPress Hosting with FTP Access

Debbie    Featured     ad, blog, free, hosting, website, wordpress

Want to start a blog or website, but not sure what your choices are? Or, have you tried the free, big-name WordPress sites, and want to look more professional, with a domain name and no ads? Then you’ve come to the right place. Here at DirectSite.net, we host dozens of WordPress blogs and HTML websites. We are not the biggest company out there, but we offer one-on-one service, and you can call any time during the day (8-4 CST), and speak to a real person. read more

Top Ten Best Free Anti-Virus Programs

Debbie    Featured, Free Software     anti-virus, best, download, free, freeware, program, reviews, scam, software, spyware, threats, top

There are some excellent free anti-virus programs out there. If you are an average user, there is no need to buy one. Unfortunately, there are a lot of scammers in this market. So it pays to do some research before you download any one of them. We did that for you. I asked six computer techs their opinions, and added my own. So you will get an educated review of these products. read more

Best Free Photo Editing Software: Gimp Image Manipulator

Skaggmo    Free Software, Free Web Content, Webmaster Tools     download, editing, free, free software, free software download, freeware, image, photo, webmaster

I’ve tried just about every free image editing software out there. Not one of them filled the bill for my needs, until I found Gimp. This is the only freeware I know of that can work with PNG images, and gif’s, delete layers, add layers, create and edit transparent backgrounds, save as any file type, including ico (which is important for making favicon’s). read more

Killer Free Flash Components to Pimp your Page

Debbie    Featured, Free Web Content, Webmaster Tools     components, coolest, direct, flash, free, gadgets, joomla, page, pimp, site, technology, wordpress

This has to be one of the coolest flash gadgets I’ve seen in a long time. I love technology. It never ceases to amaze me. Flash, although not SEO friendly, is a very cool way to pimp out your site, if used in a sparing way. I made a couple of flash banners at this site. They also offers some excellent tutorials on how to install their flash stuff on WordPress, Joomla, and more. read more

Top Ten Websites for Free Webmaster Tools

Debbie    Featured, Top Websites, Uncategorized, Webmaster Tools     competition, desgner., design, digital, domain, free, funny, name, photoshop, SEO, ten, tools, top, tutorials, web, webmaster, website

On August 5th, 2010, I took a long, hard look at the top websites for free webmaster tools. I used to have all the best ones bookmarked, but for some reason, a lot of those websites either went away, or started selling their tools. These days, SEO is vital to survival, and all of these free webmaster tools are priceless (pun intended). read more

Top Music Websites for 2010

Debbie    Top Websites     free, hot, music, ranking, search, site, ten, top, video, websites

I love music- especially free music! It’s too bad all the top ten music websites don’t give their music away for free. Some sites do though, if you know where to look. As we considered the top ten music websites, we realized that everyone is different. read more

Free Short URL Redirect Tool

Debbie    Webmaster Tools     domain, free, js, js url, mini, name, page, redirect, script, short, shortening, small, tool, url, url redirect

Here is a free URL shortening tool- a Javascript URL shortening script. If you are stuck with a super-long, hard to remember URL, try this tool. You will get a small URL something like this- http://directsite.net/my/64. If you are an affiliate who gets stuck trying to look legitimate when your url is hlqkdjhf-qoiuhfb-qku_wgfkqjhd, we understand.

Make a quick new short url. It’s almost like getting a free domain name. No need to give out your email or sign up for a stupid newsletter. Just copy and paste your long url into the box and poof. read more

Welcome to DirectSite.net!

Debbie    Uncategorized     content, direct, free, knowledge, needs, site, templates, top, tutorials, US, web, webmaster, websites, world

This is the first post- woo-hoo! Directsite.net has been online since 2000, and after much cajoling we finally installed a blog.

Our goal is to review the top websites in the US and the world. Through this knowledge maybe we can learn to be one of them too. Here, we will also supply links to all things a webmaster needs, like web templates, tutorials, free web content and more. read more