In Search of : Best Freelance Sites

This morning I just get my mind thinking about getting a freelance jobs, so I googling for the best freelance sites out there. A good point that someone write on a forum (sorry I forgot which site is it) is that freelancing is about yourself, how you choose the right jobs, raise your rate while in the same time raising your expertise and gain reputation.. yes having right place to get work is important too, making sure that you'll get paid after finishing tasks that was given to you.

Ok, I will say first that I'm not a (successfull) freelancer (yet), I'm trying to be one of, but still in search of which niche that I could and should enter. Here I will give short explaination about several freelancer site which some freelancer said it's a good site to search, bid, and get a job. This list is in no particular order.

RentACoder.com (Start, January 2001)

Quote From RentACoder About Page

Rent a coder was the brainchild of Ian Ippolito, the CEO of Exhedra Solutions, Inc. As a programmer himself, Ian had been receiving too many requests for custom programming. After turning away paying customer after paying customer he realized that there was a need that was not being met. In January of 2001 he began sketching out the idea while on training trips and a long vacation in Italy. By the middle of the year the site was ready to go live. A year later in March 2003, the site facilitated 1,478 successful software projects per month, and that number has grown substantially since (up to date stats are here). The majority of buyers on the site are from the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia (in order of volume). The majority of coders are from the United States, India and Romania (in order of volume).

Guru.com (USA, started August 2000)

Guru.com originated in 1998 as SOFTmoonlighter.com and several other similar sites that consolidated as A2Zmoonlighter.com in 2000.

In Less than one year, the site attracted more than 50,000 registered users. Guru's Mission is to provide businesses with the most efficient platform to connect and perform transactions with freelance professionals locally, nationally, and globally.



elance.com (USA, Founded in 1998)
One of the largest freelance sites. Elance charges the freelance providers to just be listed on the sites so if you have no money to spend, you might want to choose Scriptlance or RentACoder.









Scriptlance.com (Canada, started in 2001)
Scriptlance provides users with escrow payment options to help projects get completed smoothly. Best if you want really cheap coding










GetAFreelancer.com (Sweden, started in February 2004)
For Professional programmers, interpreters and graphic designers. There is a free escrow system for freelancers and buyers

Forgotten (first) home

Once upon a time....

I started this blog, ummm, about five years ago. start with this welcome post. Actually this blog started perhaps in 2003 or maybe 2002. when blogs was not hype yet. I have install a blog machine on a free hosting in that time. forgot the address but it works. As far as I remember it use text files as database and in that time I try to write fiction and something poetic. but that's the past.

Before installing a blog machine actually I have registered to blogger, yeah, when blogger is still owned by Pyra. befer pyra was acquired by google. but I feel blogger is so slow even for updating or adding a blog post. perhaps it's because a slow internet connection in that time

Five years doesn't mean I become a famous blogger or something like that. No, not at all. I Still a blogger which blog just have a small amount of traffic. but I still love blogging.

Even that this is my first blog, currently I usually post on Entahlah.... so this blog a little bit forgotten. but I will try to write more often here. no promise. but I'll give it a try

13 Rayuan gombal 2009

13 Rayuan Terbaru 2009

1. Tadi malam aku kirim bidadari untuk menjaga tidurmu. Eh, dia buru-buru balik. Katanya, 'Ah, masa bidadari disuruh jaga bidadari?' --- Hoek!
2. Kalau kamu nanya berapa kali kamu datang ke pikiranku, jujur aja, cuma sekali. abisnya, ga pergi2 sih! --- Najis Loh!
3. Sempet bingung jg, kok aku bisa senyum sendiri. Baru nyadar, aku lagi mikirin kamu. --- WAKS!
4. Kalau suatu saat kamu hancurkan hatiku... akan kucintai kamu dengan kepingannya yang tersisa. --- Hoeeek!
5. Berusaha melupakanmu, sama sulitnya dengan mengingat seseorang yang tak pernah kukenal. --- Hahaha nice one!
6.. Kalau kamu ajak aku melompat bareng, aku ngga bakalan mau. Mending aku lari ke bawah, bersiap menangkapmu. --- idih gepeng ntar!
7. Aku pernah jatuhkan setetes air mata di selat Sunda. Di hari aku bisa menemukannya lagi, itulah waktunya aku berhenti mencintaimu. --- jitak!
8. Ga usah janjiin bintang dan bulan untuk aku, cukup janjiin kamu bakal selalu bersamaku di bawah cahayanya. --- najooos..
9. Kalau kamu nanya mana yg lebih penting buat aku: hidupku atau hidupmu, aku bakal jawab hidupku. Eits, jangan marah dulu, karena kamulah hidupku. --- gyahahaha sakit perut..
10. Pertama ketemu, aku takut ngomong sama kamu. Pertama ngomong sama kamu, aku takut kalau nanti suka sama kamu... Udah suka, aku makin takut kalau jatuh cinta. Setelah sekarang cinta sama kamu, aku jadi bener2 takut kehilangan kamu. Kamu emang menakutkan! --- weeekkkk
11. Ketika hidup memberiku seratus alasan untuk menangis, kau datang membawa seribu alasan untuk tersenyum. --- getok pake kursi
12. Jika aku bisa jadi bagian dari dirimu, aku mau jadi airmatamu, yang tersimpan di hatimu, lahir dari matamu, hidup di pipimu, dan mati di bibirmu --- maksut loh?!
13. Orang bilang bulan itu indah...tapi aku bilang tidak. Orang bilang planet venus itu cantik...tapi menurut aku tidak. Aku bilang bumi itu indah dan cantik...karena ada kamu. --- lempar pake bedug mesjid!

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