Slifelabs.com tracks how much time you fritter away online. According to a 2007 survey, Americans “waste about 20 percent” of their workday playing online. Slife records and categorizes time spent on YouTube, Facebook, or just browsing. After a 30-day free trial, customers pay $5 per month.
Rescuetime.com also records how users spend time online. Customers have the option to not only classify their time-wasting by category, complete with graphs, but also to label certain sites as “productive or unproductive.” After a two-week free trial, customers pay a fee—“usually $5.30 per month.”
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