Website Freebies

Using their advanced code generator it's easy to add a Java chat applet to your page with Quick Chat's services. Just copy and paste some HTML code into your Web site and the chat room will be set up. You can ban users who continually misuse the chat room and even have a nice tech support page, where frequently asked questions are answered.

Talk City believes that the ability to form truly global communities around businesses, ideas, interests, brands, and hobbies will be one of the signature developments of the early 21st century. They offer a large selection of chat rooms from general chat to music and entertainment.

Register here and follow the prompts to receive a free version of Norton SystemWorks 2005, a popular utilities suite, which includes an anti-virus program and various other utilities. Using this, you can optimize your PC's performance, fix and prevent problems, recover from system failures and also keep dial-up connections active. (U.S. Only)

Chat in a 3D house-environment when you download this great chat client called "moove". Basically, it follows the rule of traditional IRC but offers graphical images of people mimicking what you state in text.

Odigo's instant messenger loads up dynamic buddy lists from ICQ, MSN, Yahoo! and AIM, then allows you to communicate with users of each program. Features: voice chat, multi-user conferencing, message archives, offline modes, content channels, people finder directory and popular pages.

123Guestbook.com provides a customisable guestbook solution with a ton of different features. Via an online control panel you can edit and delete messages, set up automatic "thank you" e-mails, edit the presentation of the guestbook (e.g. your personal logo) and lots more besides.

Boldchat is a free live chat service that allows you to interact in real-time with your visitors. It is particularly useful for providing technical support with a product, or for responding to queries from potential customers. The free version available here is fully functional, although you can't really customise the layout.

Offers free Java-based chat rooms for use on your Web site. All are very easy to set up and no doubt will increase the "interactivity factor" of your site. They also offer various upgrades to existing chat rooms, however, these cost money and are not offered in the freebie rooms. Technical support via e-mail is good.

ChatAge.com features three room categories: general (for all ages), teens and adults (for 18 years and over). The chat rooms here are moderated to ensure safety for younger chatters, although we advise caution in any Internet chat room.

Here's a massive community Web site that focuses on chat for teens, adults, Internet newbies and romance. Apart from providing some of the best free chat rooms on the Web, Chatway has a nifty message board where you can post, chat and reply to topics at your convenience. Games, a free email account and Net-ID's make this one a nice Web sites to visit.