Free Guestbooks
In this category, FreebieList.com takes a look at the Internet's best free guestbook services. If you happen to stumble across an outdated link, we'd very much appreciate it if you could report it.
123Guestbook.com
- This well-designed Web site is home to a superb free guestbook service.
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
perform lots of other tasks.
> Unlike some other services that offer long-winded Web addresses,
123Guestbook.com provides a free sub-domain for your guestbook page
(e.g. "yourname.123guestbook.com").
> Unlike some other services that offer long-winded
Web addresses, 123Guestbook.com provides a free sub-domain for your
guestbook page (e.g. "yourname.123guestbook.com").
Freeguestbooks.net - A great free remotely hosted guestbook service that's packed with lots of useful features, including: a customisable guestbook interface, private messaging, user and IP address banning, usage of smileys (emoticons), entry editing, site rating feature, etc. Once registered, you'll have access to a control panel, where you may delete, edit and reply to entries as you wish.
FreeGB.eu - A free and reliable guestbook provider, offering a wide range of features. This service provides Webmasters with an easy-to-remember sub- domain, resembling "yourname.freegb.eu". They also offer an online control panel, IP blocking, customisable guestbook logo, the ability to edit messages, smiley (emoticon) support, language filter, HTML code filtering and more.
Guest
Gear - A famous free guestbook provider, now under the control
of Lycos. Guest Gear's free, advert supported guestbooks are user-friendly
and allow you to collect valuable comments from visitors. They offer
a range of features, including basic customisation options, e-mail
notification of new entries, auto-responses to visitor entries and
abusive language filters. No HTML knowledge is required.
> A small and attractive 88x31 pixel button
is offered by Guest Gear. This can be placed anywhere on your site
and includes both a "view guestbook" and "sign guestbook"
link.
> Guest Gear has gone under a number of
different guises, including "LPage" and "GuestWorld".
In recent years the portal Lycos has re-branded the service as "Guest
Gear", one component of the larger "HTML Gear" Webmaster
site, which offers free
polls, feedback
forms, headline
boxes, etc.
Guestbook Central - A popular free guestbook service is available at Guestbook Central. They provide a range of features, including guestbook customisation with your site's colour scheme. Signing up takes literally seconds (even if you're a beginner), and their simple installation process means anyone can set up and maintain one. This service is one of our favourites, most notably for their "traditional" approach to Web guestbooks.
GlobalGuest - GlobalGuest has been designed with simplicity and functionality in mind. Their guestbooks are simple, easy to use and do an excellent job of generating visitor feedback. We also like the way you're able to customise your guestbook during the registration process, meaning that once you've signed-up, there's little more to do than paste a snippet of HTML into your pages. This service is supported by banner adverts.
Bravenet Guestbook - Bravenet's guestbooks are ideal for adding extra interactivity to your Web site. The guestbooks offered here are customisable (so you can add your own logo, text colours and background image). And, additionally, you can administer your site via a "members area". As well as guestbooks, Bravenet also provides countless other freebie services, including free counters, URL redirection, tell a friend boxes, etc.
User Book - At this site, you can register for a free guestbook service, courtesy of User Book. One of the best features of this service is they host all of the scripts remotely, meaning your bandwidth and Web space aren't used up. The guestbook is particularly good and allows you to remove unwanted messages and customise the design. You'll also have access to a "members area". This service is funded by donations from satisfied members.
Sparklit Guestbook - Here's another fine guestbook service from the Web tools provider, Sparklit.com. They offer a simple classic guestbook layout but also allow you to customise it with your colour scheme and logo. Alternatively, you are able to create a fresh guestbook from scratch. From what we've seen so far, they are reliable and take literally minutes to install. Once a member, you can login and maintain your guestbook from a control panel.
MilcoBook - A versatile free guestbook service, offering numerous features with no accompanying banner advertisements. MilcoBook's free guestbook allows you to fully customise the HTML coding to match that of your site's original design. It's also hosted remotely (on another server), so data transfer issues will not be a problem. To register for a free account, follow their three simple steps, and then you're all set to go.
Dream Book - Everything has been thought of in this free guestbook service. Dream Book allows you to select the fields you want to appear in the guestbook, the background and even your own welcome message. Their site has a handy help page should you need any assistance. Since this is a free service, a small 88x31 pixel button and text link will be displayed at the bottom of your guestbook pages - negligible considering the service you'll be getting.
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