Best freelance site

I've been a freelancer for a few years now, using various websites to help me to find work, and after using them for a year or more, I've come to a firm decision one is just better than the others.

Granted, I haven't tried every freelance site out there, after checking out several, I found I could get ample work by checking out these 4 every day.

Also, I should point out, Freelancing isn't just for ubergeek programmers. If you can type, you can freelance, since there are always jobs for article writers, product reviews, really anyone can freelance.

So, the top 4 I've used...

LimeExchange :
Pros Pretty interface, frequently added projects with a variety of platforms and programming languages.
Cons A lot, and I mean A LOT of form filling out in order to be able to bid on projects. Granted once you are done filling out the profile, you wont have to do it again, but just to be able to bid on a $10 project, it is extreme overkill.

GetAFreelancer:
Pros Large selection of projects
Cons Unless you spend money to upgrade your account, you are limited to 10 types of projects you can bid on. Example, if you haven't checked off "logo design" in your profile, you can go to the trouble creating a mockup, write up your proposal, and click the Bid now button only to find you've wasted your time, since they'll never see your mockup or proposal.

RentACoder
Pros Large selection of projects on diverse platforms and languages.
Cons Somewhat unintuitive interface, but by far the biggest con is it promotes racism.. Project creators can set their project so that only persons from certain countries can bid on them. Sure, your language ability should be a consideration when choosing a programmer, but excluding persons from bidding just because of what country they come from is just flat out wrong.

Scriptlance
Pros Large selection of freelance projects on diverse platforms and languages. Escrow system to ensure the project creator does indeed have the funds to pay you. Free withdrawal to your Paypal account once you've made over $30. Allows you to create separate programmer's account and a buyer's account so you can outsource portions of larger projects you've won.

Cons 5% or $5 of your earnings paid to Scriptlance per bid won (although other sites mentioned above charge the same or more) . No easy way to transfer funds from your programmer account, to buyer account, or vice versa, although their tech support can do this for you pretty quickly after you contact them.

And in order of best to worst, here they are.

1. Scriptlance
2. RentAcoder
3. GetAFreelancer
4. LimeExchange
   

And there you have it. If you are considering becoming a freelancer, or just wanna make a few quick bucks, I highly recommend ScriptLance.

ps, yes those are affiliate links, and after you create your account(s) you can make your own and earn even more.