You’ve seen them everywhere–Google, Facebook, MySpace, etc.!! They are those little annoying ads that show up telling you that you can get an iPad, an iPod, a Macbook or some other expensive gadget for FREE.

In the wake of all these new social services we use such as Facebook, WordPress and Twitter plus with the Internet going practically mobile everywhere we look, these free URL shortener sites can come in really handy. So what exactly are they? Simply put, they allow you to take long URLs and shrink them down to miniature sizes.

Due to all the bad press that Apple has received recently regarding its failed antenna design, Apple will be giving away free Bumper cases to all iPhone 4 owners until September 30th. What fueled this fire was about a million blog posts and news stories that broke down the facts surrounding “antennagate”.

I signed up for Yahoo! Answers a long time ago because I remember searching for some information and I was amazed at how much mis-information there was out there! It was then that I discovered that I could share some of my knowledge, help people out and be able to build a reputation all at the same time.

All over the Internet, you’ll find lists like these and some are just basic, mindless collections of the same old ideas re-written to look new. While a lot of what you’d find on these lists are very obvious ways to increase traffic to your site, there are smaller details that you may not have thought about.