No matter how you try to keep yourself busy and “un-bored,” there will surely be some time (or a lot of it) when you have nothing to do. This usually happens during holiday vacations, school breaks or even during weekends.

If you have some time to kill, the Internet can be your best buddy for the time being. Here are the top ten fun things you can do online when bored.

1. Play Online Games

Of course, the number one thing people do online when they’re bored is to play games. There are various types of online games on the Internet and most of them are free. You can choose to play a solo game of Bejeweled, Text Twist or Bookworm, or you can play with other bored people like you through multi-player games ranging from first-person shooters to sports simulation games. Flash-based games are the rage today because there is no need to download and install software on your computer and worry about compatibility issues. As long as you have an updated Internet browser with the latest version of Adobe Flash, these Flash games will surely run on your computer, no matter what operating system you use.

 

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2. Chat

Tired of playing online games? Sit back, relax and enter a chatroom to talk to friends or total strangers online. Chatting lets your fingers do the talking. If you want meet new friends, you can log on to a chat room and talk to people you’ve never met. Chatting can both be fun and educational sometimes. You get to meet new people and you get to learn a lot of things, too. Who knows, you might just meet the love of your life online.

 

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3. Create a Blog

If you still don’t have a blog, then now is the best time to start one. Blogging is both a fun and relaxing way to express yourself in words. Bring out the writer in you and blog about anything – from your past experiences to weird and outrageous ideas. Blogging is a no-holds-barred type of writing, so feel free to rant, scream and laugh about what you really feel. Don’t worry, blogging is free and there are tons of great blog hosting websites out there like BlogSpot, Wordpress and LiveJournal, which are very easy to learn and use.

4. Update Your Blog

Now that you have your own blog, why not keep it updated? Talk about that hideous teacher you have in science class or that crush in your music class who you really want to ask out. Keep your blog alive, as if were your pet dog, by feeding it regularly with your blog postings. You will soon find yourself getting the hang of blogging and probably will be spending a lot of your idle time updating your blog.

5. Watch Videos

Make use of your broadband Internet connection by watching video clips from the Internet. Tired of reruns on the tube? Go to the various video sharing websites like YouTube, Break, LiveLeak or MetaCafe, and spend your time watching videos, like bloopers, pranks, indie shows, paranormal stuff or whatever suits your fancy. Be ready to “ROFL” or “LMAO” if you are up to watching funny and hilarious video clips.

 

(And if that’s not enough you could still find sites that will surely kick your cable subscription to the curb.)

6. Take Online Quizzes or Tests

Bored but want something productive to do? Sharpen those skills by taking free online quizzes or tests, which range from serious academic science quizzes to fun trivia on cartoons, movies or your favorite video game character. Doing these quizzes not only eats away your idle time, it also helps you test yourself as well as help you learn new things you would have never found out otherwise.

7. Take Surveys

When surfing the net, you probably have seen windows or pop-up messages telling you to take a survey. Often, you would close or ignore that message, thinking it is just a waste of time. If you frequent the Internet and use a lot of free services, you might want to rethink your decision. Did you know that by taking such surveys, you can help improve those services? This may not be as fun as you’d like, but knowing that you are helping improve a service that you use is surely worth your effort. After all, you are trying to fight your boredom, right?

8. Do Virtual Sightseeing

Have you ever wanted to see the world but don’t have the means to do so? The next best thing you can do is to see it online through virtual sightseeing. This may be no replacement for the real thing, but just think of it as an introduction to a place. The best tool to use for virtual sightseeing is Google Earth or Google Maps, which has satellite images of places around the world. You can zoom into each city until you see the streets. In some cities in the United States, you can use the Street View feature where you there are 3D images of those cities. You can pan or zoom in our out of these as if you were there yourself.

 

(Learn Ways How To Use Google Earth.)

9. Answer Questions on Forums

Sharing your knowledge or ideas on the Internet is another fun thing you can do. There are a lot of people out there who turn to the Internet through web forums and other similar websites when they want to ask questions and seek advice. If you think you can help people out, then why not do so? There are a lot of forums or online communities that constantly have a lot of unanswered questions. One notable community is Yahoo! Answers, where fellow users answer each other’s questions, ranging from very trivial thoughts to serious problems.

10. Update your Social Networking Profile

If you are one of the millions of people using online social networking, then let your contacts know you are still alive and kicking by updating your profile page. You can add new pictures, post updates or look for an old classmate to add to your friends list in your favorite social networking website, be it MySpace, Facebook or Okrut.

 

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Conclusion

There are still boatloads of fun things you can do online, so you should treat this list as only a few of the many great ideas you can do. The Internet is growing every day as new content is added. Surely there will be many fun things to do online to combat your boredom.

 

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