The Best Things on the Internet are Free - May Edition:

- Popurls - (it rhymes with popular) brings us tons of information in one setting in up-to-the-moment headlines from the biggest and most popular news and opinion sites, blogs and vlogs onto one giant Web page for you to graze through. - http://popurls.com/

- Metacritic - compiles reviews from respected critics and publications for movies, DVDs, music, television and games. Their unique Metascores show the critical consensus at a glance by taking a weighted average of critic grades.- http://www.metacritic.com/

- Pollster -aggregates tons of data, and it has a Web interface that allows you to remix it on the fly - changing the algorithm. Play with the polls - on a local and national level and have some geeky fun. - http://www.pollster.com/

- CouchSurfing - an international non-profit network that connects travelers with locals in over 230 countries and territories around the world. People come together for cultural exchange, friendship, and learning experiences. - http://www.couchsurfing.org/

- Mint - Free Personal Finance. Download and categorize your balances and transactions automatically every day- making it effortless to see graphs of your spending, income, balances, and net worth. - http://www.mint.com/

- Issuu - an online newsstand with infinite shelf space, hundreds of interesting micro-publishing projects and a slick online reader. Spending time browsing through the titles that are archived on the site comes so close to the feel of the actual thing. - http://issuu.com/

Ana Lewis, CEO, MPM, PME of Co-Op Web, Inc.