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About QuickOnlineTips
Tech help that works. Since 2004.
QuickOnlineTips (QOT) is one of the longest-running independent technology sites on the web. For more than two decades we have turned confusing tech into clear, practical steps, and today we also build free tools, games and resources that people bookmark and come back to.
Who we are
Independent, practical and built to last
QOT started with a simple goal: make the web easier to understand and more useful for everyone. That goal hasn’t changed. Bloggers, professionals, students and everyday users come to us for answers they can act on right away, written in plain English and tested before they are published.
We are independent. There is no media group behind us, so every guide, tool and recommendation is chosen for one reason: it helps the reader.
Our journey
From a Blogger blog to a modern tech resource
As the internet changed, so did QOT, adapting to new platforms, new technologies and new reader needs while keeping the same core philosophy.
- 1995 Chandra starts building websites on Geocities and Tripod.
- 2004 QuickOnlineTips begins on Blogger, sharing tips on blogging, search engines, software and online tools.
- 2006 The site moves from Blogger to WordPress, its home ever since, and ends the year as Quick Online Tips 2.0.
- 2007 Passes 10,000 RSS subscribers, gets its first professional logo and is featured in the Indian Express.
- 2008 A breakout year: Business Standard, BBC Click, selected by 9Rules, the Forbes Business and Finance Blog Network, 15,000 RSS readers, and our first free theme, QuickPress.
- 2009 QOT arrives on Amazon Kindle, reaches 20,000 RSS readers and publishes its 100th guest article (200 by 2010).
- 2011 Readers help choose the next logo, and the new QOT logo goes live.
- 2012–2013 QOT goes responsive for mobile and comes through the Google Panda years, sharing the lessons openly, including how we cleaned up 1.7 million backlinks.
- 2014 Wins Best Technology and Internet Blog in India at the WIN’14 Blogging Awards and reaches 100,000 Facebook likes.
- 2015 Launches its own email newsletter on Amazon SES.
What’s new in 2026
A fresh chapter for QOT
In 2026 we rebuilt QOT for today’s readers. Here is what’s new:
- Refreshed guides: hundreds of popular tutorials rewritten and updated for 2026.
- 100+ free online tools: converters, calculators, text, image and developer tools that run in your browser.
- Free online games: word, puzzle, strategy and quiz games that play instantly.
- News dashboards: AI News, Tech News and SEO News on bookmarkable one-page dashboards.
- Tech Voices: the latest from leading voices on AI, tech, SEO and Google.
- The Bookshelf: the 200 best books of all time, sorted by genre.
- Our WordPress themes updated for 2026, plus a new plugin, Quick Code Styler.
- A new weekly newsletter: the week’s best guides and tools in one short email.
QOT Studio
Where everything we make is created
QOT Studio is the in-house workshop behind QuickOnlineTips. Every guide is researched, written and tested there. Every free tool and game is designed and coded there. Our news dashboards, the Bookshelf, our WordPress themes and plugins, and the artwork for our stickers and merch all come from the same small studio.
One studio, one standard: make it genuinely useful, make it fast, keep it clean and simple, and build it ourselves. Nothing is outsourced to content farms and nothing is published that we wouldn’t use ourselves.
QOT Studio is also growing into a home for premium products such as ebooks, templates, themes and Pro plugins. Watch this space.
Our projects
Made in QOT Studio
Word Counter · QR Code Generator · Image Compressor · All tools
AI News · Tech News · SEO News · Tech Voices
QuickPress · QuickChic · QuickPic · QuickStrap · Source on GitHub
Quick Code Styler · Quick Feed Copyright · Quick WordPress Version · Quick META Keywords
Awards and recognition
Recognised by the blogging community and the media
WIN’14 Blogging Awards
QOT won Best Technology and Internet Blog in India at the WIN’14 Blogging Awards, held in Mumbai and hosted by BlogAdda, in a highly competitive field of the country’s top blogs.
BBC Click
Recommended on BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology TV show, where Kate Russell showcased her selection of the best sites on the World Wide Web.
9Rules Technology Channel
Selected as a member of the 9Rules Technology Channel, a respected network known for featuring some of the best independent blogs on the web.
A Bloggy award
We even won a Bloggy award. Here is what the judges said:
“This blog is a tekkie’s paradise. Latest updates on Google, Firefox and other giants of the Web. Announcements of freebie software and downloads. Reviews and product releases. If you’re interested in web services, technology news, software and tips on smart blogging, this is the place to go.”
In the press
QOT has featured in leading publications such as the Indian Express newspaper and Business Standard:
“The blog is dedicated to Computers, Internet and application based information. But unlike most geek jobs, it doesn’t drone about some glitch you never noticed. Its all about having fun with the computer, Internet and the functionality that can be drained with two.”
Ranked among the best
Daniel Scocco of Daily Blog Tips, an authority in the blogging niche, listed QOT #4 among the top blogs about blogging.
WPMU, a respected WordPress resource, included QOT in the WPMU 100, a carefully chosen collection of the best 100 WordPress blogs on the internet.
Zac Johnson, super affiliate and web marketing expert, placed QOT at #14 in his popular slideshow of the Top 50 blogs about blogging.
Featured at #17 in the Top 25 Blogs That Will Help You Make Money Blogging in Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet by Marc Ostrofsky, a New York Times best-selling business book.
Invesp.com Blogranks, a popular resource that ranks blogs by category, ranked QOT #2 among India blogs and #5 among blogging blogs.
Liz Strauss, founder of SOBCon and one of the most thoughtful, prolific bloggers, listed QOT among the top 20 Wildly Sticky, Successful and Outstanding Blogs on Blogging. QOT was also chosen as a member of the Forbes Business and Finance Blog Network, a reputed group of top niche blogs featuring high-quality rich media ads (the network later closed when Forbes discontinued the service). PR Newswire added us to its popular Blogs We Love feature and recommended us to its readers, and you can find us listed as a valuable resource on the Alltop Blogging channel. Fellow blogger John Chow also gave QOT a shout-out, and we were featured on Bloggers Face-Off.
What respected bloggers say
Lorelle VanFossen of Lorelle on WordPress, a leading keynote speaker, trainer, writer, web consultant and author of the popular book “Blogging Tips: What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging”, had some kind words for us:
“I’ve been looking around for some top notch tips for bloggers blogging their way across the web and I ran across Quick Online Tips…..It continues to offer some of the latest information on WordPress and blogging industry news, along with the continued 10++ for information and content. Great job!”
Over the years we have interviewed some of the most influential people on the web, including Muhammad Saleem (top Digg user and social media celebrity), Lorelle VanFossen (top WordPress blogger), Mani Kartik (top tech blogger and SEO consultant) and Atul Arora (top Techmeme tipper). QOT has often been mentioned on top web properties such as TechCrunch, Techmeme, Lifehacker, Engadget and ProBlogger.
The founder
Meet Chandra
Chandra writes and runs QuickOnlineTips. He has been building websites since 1995, started QOT on Blogger in 2004 and today leads QOT Studio, where every guide, tool and project takes shape. Write to him at editor@quickonlinetips.com.
Community
Join the QOT community
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