A guestbook is a paper or electronic means for a visitor to acknowledge their visitation to a site, physical or web-based, and leave their name, postal or electronic address (if desired), and a comment or note, if desired. Such paper-based ledgers or books are traditional in churches, at weddings, funerals, B&Bs, museums and other private facilities open to the public. But as the 21st century turned, everything became electronic – on the Web.

So, I’m going to show you the two easiest ways add a guestbook to your website for free.

Guestbook Central

This is probably the simplest and shortest method ever to setup a guestbook. All you need to do is go to Guestbook Central and sign up for an account. A short form and email confirmation later, you’ll be all set with a free guestbook for your website to accept those comments your visitors have for you. The free service has a convenient dashboard from where you can fetch the code for the guestbook, manage the entries in it, and select anti-spam measures such as Captcha.

Website Goodies

Website Goodies is one of those all-in-one sites, which provide you with a lots of nifty tools and services, all under one umbrella. You have Hosted Tools, Website Tools, Code Generators, Network Tools, etc. to keep you going.

Do tell us about your guestbook experiences in the comments.