The internet is evolving and changing all the time, and the free resources, free samples and other freebies which are available on the web are likewise changing constantly. As a matter of fact, the only constant in life is change, and the internet is merely a reflection of real life. In addition to the ever-evolving world wide web, Freebies also change over time because of other factors, such as economic reasons. For example, before the bursting of the technology bubble earlier in the decade, there were a lot of extra freebies being offered by dot com startups.

These various internet startups had an abundance of spending money that was largely funded by Wall Street, despite unrealistic profit expectations. So these cash rich dot com companies threw money at website visitors in the hope that they would eventually be return visitors and possibly customers as well. This money took the form of excessive freebies including free internet access from AOL (who didn't see their CD-Roms lying around Post offices and other places) and even high speed internet access by Netzero as well as a plethera of free downloads of almost every conceivable kind. It really got ridiculous because it got to the point where many regular internet users expected everything for free and were unwilling to pay for anything, knowing they could eventually find a site offering a one time freebie or perhaps a one-time sample if they surfed and searched the web long enouph. Or you could often find a site that allowed you to download pay software for free, at least for a time. But ultimately not enouph of these tire kickers and freebies fanatics came back or ordered to make it all profitable and one by one these freebies disintegrated as it was realized that the vast majority of the people filling out these forms just wanted the proverbial free lunch.

A few profitable ones remain to this day, such as the famous jelly bean free samples. But most faded away over time, especially as the dot com bubble burst wide open as it came to be realized in Wall Street and beyond that many of these dot coms were never going to be profitable. So following that rouph and tumble crash a few companies survived and thrived, such as Amazon, Ebay and America Online. Of course, there are still a variety of free samples, free coupons and other types of freebies available online, just not in the same numbers as in the pre-crash era. It is still relatively easy to find websites that will send you free samples of candy, pet food, beauty products and various household freebies such as toothpaste and shampoo.

In addition, free hosting sites still exist, and you can find sites which offer webmaster freebies like screensavers, fonts, clipart & various graphics, multimedia freebies, travel coupons, software downloads and the like. Although fewer overall freestuff is available, in a strange way it is easier to find the freebies that exist than ever before. A lot of this is due to the improved relavency of the big search engines. When you type in free anything these days to a major search engine they are getting smarter and giving you what you are looking for.