As the old saying goes advice is cheap. As a matter of fact, thanks to the internet not only is advice cheap in most cases these days it's free. This takes us to our second old saying: You get what you pay for. I suppose we pay for all this free expert advice by enduring the pop-up advertisements and the occasional solicitations to pay a nominal fee for more and better advice.

Keeping in mind the dangers of relaying on the advice of strangers and our inability to examine the credentials of the so called experts from afar, let's take a look at a few of the more interesting and useful ask an expert and free advice sites we have come across.

Ask AHSC
Answers to health questions from The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center about everything from new drugs delivered by nasal spray to the Over-medication of flaking and Dry Skin.

Epinions.com - Advice on travel
"Unbiased Advice. Epinions does not decide what content to post and what not to post. Epinions is a platform for people to share their experiences - both good AND bad."

Ann Landers. The undisputed queen of advice giving.
The most widely syndicated columnist in the world, Ann Landers has an estimated readership of 90 million, and appears in more than 1,200 newspapers.

Go Ask Alice!
"The mission of Columbia University Go Ask Alice! is to increase access to, and use of, health information by providing factual, in-depth, straight-forward, and nonjudgmental information to assist readers' decision-making about their physical, sexual, emotional, and spiritual health."

The Virtual Reference Desk
The Virtual Reference Desk (VRD) is a project dedicated to the advancement of digital reference and the successful creation and operation of human-mediated, Internet-based information services. VRD is sponsored by the United States Department of Education.

Allexperts.com
Ask any question! Allexperts.com is the oldest & largest free Q&A service on the Internet. Thousands of volunteer experts answer all your questions!

ABUZZ
Ask NYTimes.com readers a Question and get the information you're looking for from other readers with similar interests.

Ask Joan of Art!
"Do you have a question about American art and don't know how to find the answer? Art information specialists at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, using print and electronic reference sources, will help you get started."

Ask A Chef.com
Ask a Chef, Meet the Chefs, Recipes,Recipe Club, What's Cooking. Hungry yet?