Installment #49 - Free Online Radio/Music

Every once in a while I like to listen to music while I surf. I tend to run into problems though like a lot of websites start up with sound and the music overlaps - ugh! Also, since music is a teen/young adult "thing" and that age group consists of the most notoriously careless surfers, music websites tend to be very "dangerous" as far as malware, hacking, and whatnot go.

I checked up on 17 websites - unfortunately, only 7 were worth a darn! Personally I prefer Pandora and occasionally AOL radio. Here are my results:

BAD:

• napster.com
• deezer.com
• radiotower.com
• spinner.com
• real.com
• rhapsody.com
• we7.com
• smashitsusa.com
• live365.com
• last.fm

GOOD:

• grooveshark.com
• pandora.com
• jango.com
• listen77.com
• jukeboxalive.com
• lala.com
• slacker.com

Installment #47 - Song Lyrics

Lyrics - lately my kids have been interested in getting the words to their favorite songs - I figured I had better check things out first. Oh! I was so very disappointed! It just ticks me off that the "bad guys" tend to target the young because they are a bit careless and impatient. Teens don't give a hoot about all the bad stuff that can happen online - to them or their computers! And, unfortunately, the cyber-criminals KNOW this!

Of the 15 web sites I checked out, guess what!? Only 2 were safe! That is absolutely pitiful! It's not fair! So, folks, warn your kids!

Here's my results:

BAD:

• songlyrics.com
• azlyrics.com
• elyrics.net
• lyricsmode.com
• songmeanings.net
• lyricsmania.com
• lyrics.com
• lyricsfreak.com
• musicsonglyrics.com
• thesonglyrics.com
• lyricsbay.com
• letssingit.com
• songs-lyrics.net

GOOD:

• 1songlyrics.com
• superlyrics.com

Gosh - it makes me want to start up a lyrics site just to spite the others! I applaud them for all the work that has to go into them; but, you would think that, after all the work put into it, they wouldn't let their websites be compromised. Kinda defeats the whole purpose, doesn't it? Duh!

Installment #10 - $ Different Searches

I tackled 4 different subjects this time:

• free webmaster tools (5 of 12 were bad)
• free music downloads (8 of 13 were bad)
• free puzzles (3 of 10 were bad)
• free quizzes (6 of 12 were bad)

BAD:

• bravenet.com
• webmasterpaste.com
• lunarpages.com
• 123webmaster.com
• onestepwebmasters.com
  

• music.download.com
• mp3.com
• ez-tracks.com
• officialares.com
• bresso.com
• limewire.com
• kazaa.com
• musicalhell.com
  

• jigzone.com
• coloring.ws
• quizland.com
  

• chatterbean.com
• quizrocket.com
• jokesunlimited.com
• wishafriend.com
• quiz-tree.com
• quibblo.com

GOOD:

• free-webmaster-tools.com
• webtool.com
• webmaster-toolkit.com
• webweaver.nu
• searchbliss.com
• animation-station.com
  

• yourfreemusicdownloads.com
• mtv.com
• goingware.com
• wuzam.com
  

• artistdirect.com
• freepuzzles.com
• websudoku.com
• gotofreegames.com
• mindbluff.com
• puzzledepot.com
• puzzlemonster.com
  

• quizilla.com
• funquizcards.com
• quizfarm.com
• quizriot.com
• quiz-winner.com
• quizium.com
  

Yes! I used SiteAdvisor and WOT and my other usual resources.

Installment #7 - Music Playlists & Video Codes

My teen daughter was listening to a playlist she made using Imeem, which got me to wondering. So I "googled" 'music playlists' and also 'music videos codes' and, out of the 20 I researched, 13 of them were safe enough. Two of them were fairly new, so, so far, they're okay.

Here are my findings:

BAD:

• projectplaylist.com
• rhapsody.com
• deezer.com
• musicvideocodes.info
• videocodes4u.com
• videocodezone.com
• webratsmusic.com

GOOD:

• imeem.com
• myflashfetish.com
• finetune.com
• webjay.org
• mystrands.com
• soundflavor.com
• nutsie.com
• lbfw.com
• dailymusiccodes.com
• okmusicvideos.com
• quackit.com

new: (so be careful)

• spotdj.com
• last.fm

As you may know by now, I used Siteadvisor, and Firefox's WOT extension, as well as experience and knowledge picked up through the years.