www.myvouchercodes.co.uk

Dependent on public goodwill, this is a site where people upload promo codes they've come across. Check out this site before buying anything online and you could save, save, save. It features discounts for hundreds of web retailers and products.

www.howtocleananything.com

Spring cleaning tips and tricks all the year round. You'll find gems like using soap and vinegar to clean wood, and a simple way to brighten up gold - a dab of handwashing soap on a toothbrush. There's a list of cleaning providers, and a discussion forum.

www.venues.org.uk

Getting married? Organising a birthday party or conference? This useful venue finder lets you search by type of venue, capacity and location. It's all on offer, from country houses and castles to village halls and auditoriums. Photos and full details of venues are available, along with booking discounts.

www.bitefinder.co.uk

Find a restaurant, takeaway or pub anywhere in Britain. Just insert a postcode and you'll get results to suit your tastes. Select whether you want to eat French, American, Chinese, Thai, Indian, seafood or vegetarian and you'll get full details of the establishment, with a handy Google Map.

www.sharpmail.co.uk

If you try and send anonymous text or email messages, you'll usually leave some kind of trace. But not with Sharpmail: it's been used by friends to bring together the love-lorn but shy, by parents sending messages to children at Christmas time, and - no doubt - a host of far less innocent pranks.

www.dearcupid.org

Post a relationship question on DearCupid.org and wait for replies. Every day, people ask things like: "My partner got me pregnant but was sleeping with his ex the whole time - what do I do?" And: "I love my wife, but I also visit prostitutes once a month - should I tell her?" Or become an agony aunt or uncle and answer questions yourself.
www.lovethatwine.co.uk

Wine reviews and information run by a team of enthusiasts. Publishes thousands of reviews from everyday wine drinkers - giving honest, unbiased opinions - along with information on over 10,000 wines available on UK shelves. Includes a powerful search feature for finding wine by colour, country, supermarket, price, occasion and food type.

www.uk-golfguide.com

Looking for a golf break? Or need to find a green in your region? This huge golfing resource lists Britain's best golf courses, giving details of prices, par, and size of the green - along with handy Google Maps so you can see exactly where a course is located. Also lists accommodation, tuition, and competitions.

www.emailias.com

Whenever you have to fill in your email address as part of an online signup process, Emailias lets you create a new, temporary address which automatically forwards the mail to your normal address. Then, if you start getting marketing messages or spam, you'll know how your address was obtained, and you'll be able to cancel that temporary address.

www.Auctioning4u.co.uk

For anyone too lazy - or disorganised - to sell their unwanted goods online, this site will be a godsend. An "eBay facilitator" that sells items on the vendor's behalf and completes all the admin (photos, postage) for a 30 per cent commission. The really idle can pay extra to have their items picked up direct.

www.walkingbritain.co.uk

The National Parks are featured strongly on this resource for walkers but you'll also find guides to great walks in the West Country and other parts of Britain. Has info on where to stay and an online forum to share the walks you've discovered. Also included is a guide for newbie walkers, detailing the gear you need, how far to go, and where to go.

www.thewhiskyguide.com

Find out the difference is between Scotch single malt and Irish whiskey. Discover other bourbons besides Jack Daniels, including Eagle Rare, Buffalo Trace and Elijah Craig. There's also extensive tasting notes from connoisseurs of the golden brew, giving you an excellent idea of what to expect.

www.migraine.org.uk

Migraines can be seriously debilitating and can lay you up for days. Migraine Action Association's site offers advice on identifying what triggers your migraine and how to recognise the early warning signs of an attack. Plus information on treatment, including tried and tested treatments, those in development and complementary medicines. Plus discussion forums.

www.helpwithpcs.com

Lots of useful info for keeping your PC running smoothly. There's detailed instructions on how to defragment your hard drive, a must to keep your machine running fast. Plus handy tips and tricks for FireFox, Internet Explorer and Outlook Express, along with game cheats for Tomb Raider, Delta Force and Battlezone.

ask.metafilter.com

Got a problem and need an answer? Log on to this community weblog, post your poser then await advice from the "hive mind". Current topics awaiting advice include what to do when a Mac shows the "blue screen of death", what financial aid is available to students and why cats follow you into the bathroom.

www.ukhairdressers.com /diy/index.asp

Everything you need to know about styling your hair. Choose from 2,500 styles to find one that suits you or the occasion, and use the virtual model to see how the styles look.

allrecipes.com/

Stuck for what to have for dinner? Don't feel like going out? This site has 40,000 free recipes, all created, tested, reviewed and approved by home cooks. There's even step-by-step videos.

www.imified.com

Add Imified to your friends/buddy list, and you can set yourself reminders, add diary appointments, post to your blog and all manner of other things.

www.sclipo.com

Provides user-submitted "how to" videos on subjects from how to defend yourself against a gun attack, open a beer bottle with a piece of paper, install programs on your computer, and lots of cookery.

www.roomauction.com

A time-saving, fun alternative to haggling on the phone, this offers hotels around the UK that are open to offers.


www.eventful.com

Fill in your likes and dislikes and this will notify you when your favourite band is coming to town, lets you know what's happening where you live today, this week, or this month, and you can share these events with your friends on your viewable calendar.


www.supermarketwine.com

Read about a great little Shiraz in your paper but can't remember what it was called? Log on here to read about wines that have been reviewed and recommended.

www.mobyko.com

Back up mobile numbers for free on this simple-to-use site.

www.onlineconversion.com

An absolute essential if you struggle with imperial to metric, miles to kilometres and Celsius to Fahrenheit.

www.specialistauctions.com

Collectors should check out this site as a more focused alternative to eBay. With auction categories that include pocket watches, minerals, stamps and meteorites there's tons of treasures to buy.

www.patient.co.uk

Patient.co.uk is packed with easy to access information from doctors.
www.sust-it.net

Buying a cheap electrical appliance may seem like a bargain but how much will it cost you to run it? Sust-it.net works out much power your appliances use - and how much it will cost you to run them.
www.weather2travel.com

The site's Holiday Planner feature helps tourists find destinations that match their exact requirements.

www.photobox.co.uk

In this digital era, it's all too easy to leave photos to rot on a memory card rather than printing them out. This online lab prints out your pictures from just 5p and posts them out on the same day.

www.skyscanner.net

Type in your destination and setting off point and Skyscanner will come up with as many options as possible on your desired date of departure. And show you how much your chosen trip will cost.

www.imdb.com

If you haven't heard about this site yet it's high time you did. The Internet Movie Database is the place to end arguments about who has been in which film and what the name of that actor is.

www.moneysavingexpert.com

Financial advice, consumer revenge and ready-made bank charge letters to print off and keep.

www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts

Oxford University Press experts offer advice on grammar and English usage. Ask what comes after once, twice, thrice... Or a word like "siblings" for nieces and nephews.

www.cbfsms.com

If you're finding the cost of sending text messages to be a crippling drain on your meagre resources, this site allows you to send texts to any UK mobile phone number for free. No limits on the number of messages you can send - but remember to include your name in the message, otherwise the recepient won't know who it's from.

www.sms2email.com

Most modern mobile phones have the facility to send email messages, but setting it all up can involve intensive fiddling and hours spent on the phone to technical support. sms2email offer a solution in their suite of services: simply text the email address and message to 07766 404 142, and they'll take care of the rest.

www.google.com/translate_T

Either paste in text, or the address of a webpage you need translating, and Google will do the work. It translates to and from a range of languages, including French, Chinese and Korean; the results are always grammatically awkward, but give the gist.

www.kayak.co.uk

This website searches hundreds of other sites in real time for the best travel deals available. Kayak lets you look at a full range of airlines, hotels and car rental agencies quickly and efficiently based on the exact criteria you select. The people who run the site are dedicated to making it fast, fun and cool - which is just what it is.
www.gizmocall.com

Instead of picking up the phone to make an international call at eye-watering cost, just go to a website, type in the phone number and chat for free. And it works on any computer, private or public. You're limited to 10 free minutes a day if you're not a member, but signing up gives you a wealth of extra features.

www.recyclenow.com

Confused about recycling? Not sure what can and can't be recycled or how to get started? This site provides all the advice you need from whether you need to wash out jam jars and tins, to whether you can recycle a broken mirror. Has a handy "where can I recycle" feature. Just insert you postcode and a Google Map will pop up with the nearest recycling sites to you.

www.bluecross.org.uk

Cat got fleas? Horse got colic? Or your dog obese? Visit the Blue Cross site for free downloadable leaflets giving pet care advice on everything from health and behavioural problems to feeding and euthanasia. Oh... and you can, if you wish, make an online donation to the Blue Cross, which is one of Britain's oldest animal charities.

www.diydoctor.org.uk

If you're stuck on a DIY issue this site provides an interactive question and answer service with qualified tradesmen who do this kind of thing for a living and can put you on the right track. But if you're ready to give up altogether there's a countrywide "locate a specialist" search tool.

www.askachef.com

Volunteer chefs answer your questions about cooking. If you need help on making that soufflé rise or need to know whether chilli should have kidney beans in or not, this is the place to ask.

www.blurtit.com

Get advice and answers to anything. BlurtIt has a team of researchers and professionals on hand to help you with everything from careers, health and beauty, and relationships, to shopping, education and genealogy. You can also try your hand at being an advisor too. If you're any good you'll be featured on the home page as Star of the Day or as a Weekly Top Blurter.

www.howstuffworks.com

Covers everything from creating a home office to how mortgages work, along with solving such quandaries as whether antibacterial soap is any better than regular soap. Also lists essential gadgets and how to get the most from your digital camera. Plus fascinating, but less practical topics, such as how Black Hawk helicopters work.

www.diyfixit.co.uk

Free home improvement guide covering a wide range of DIY projects. There's tips on using a paint brush properly (don't load your brush with paint higher than half way up the bristles), fitting new mains sockets and installing a dishwasher. Along with practical guides on fixing ball-valve cisterns and loft insulation.


www.webwedding.co.uk

If you're getting married, this is the site for you, offering help on what music to choose on the special day, along with a list of the top 20 cost-saving tips and a comparison of traditional vs modern weddings. And there's expert advice on questions such as: "My nine- and 12-year-olds are not invited to my sister's wedding... I feel it is rude to exclude them - what do you think?"

www.babyworld.co.uk/experts

Having a baby for the first time can be incredibly daunting - if not downright scary. Whether you are trying for a baby, pregnant or already a parent, the BabyWorld site answers all of your questions and offers advice from a group of resident experts made up of doctors, midwives, health visitors and fertility experts. The website also has discussion forums and pregnancy diaries.

You can create valid passport photos with idphoto4you.com website.
It uses face detection to set size and position of head.
It is free.

For voucher codes, I found a website called Smartybug: www.smartybug.co.uk . I found lots of useful vouchers allowing me to save lots when shopping over the XMas period.