Best Sites For Just About Everything

Getting Expert Advice

1. Best Overall - ASKME.COM

2. Best Product Advice - EPINIONS.COM

3. Best How-To - LEARN2.COM

4. Best Director of Expert Sites - ASKA+LOCATOR

5. Best Expert Bookmarks - BLINK

6. Best Paid Experts - EXP

Entertainment & Sports

1. Best Original Web Programming: Shockwave.Com

2. Best Movie Site: The Internet Movie Database and Film.Com

3. Best Online Movies: iFilm and Mediatrip.Com and Atomfilms.Com

4. Best Movie Quizzes:  FilmWise

5. Best Movie Reviews:  MRQE [Movie Review Query Engine] and Check The Grid

6. Best Movie Industry Gossip: Roughcut.Com

7. Best Place to Rent DVDs: NetFlix.Com

8. Best Entertainment News and Gossip:  E! Online

9. Best TV Hub: TV Guide Online and Gist TV Listings

10. Best TV Network Site: PBS Online

11. Best TV Fan Site: The Official Kresky Homepage

12. Best Recaps of TV Shows: MightyBigTV

13. Best Media Portal: Real.Com Guide

14. Best Overall Music Site: Sonic Net

15. Best Place to Make Your Own CDs: Musicmaker.Com

16. Best Music Reference Site: All Music Guide and The Ultimate Band List and Internet Underground Music Archive

17. Best Music Downloads:  Audiogalaxy

18. Best Music Events Guide:  Festival Finder

19. Best Artist Site: BowieNet

20. Best Net Radio Hub: Real

21. Best Place to Store MP3s: Myplay

22. Best TV Fan Site: MightyBigTV and see also TVParty

23. Best Online Comic Strip: Captain RibMan

24. Best Sports Hub: ESPN.Com

25. Best Fantasy Sports:  CBS SportsLine.com and Sandbox

26. Best Adventure Sports Hub: MountainZone.Com

27. Best Basketball Site: ESPN.Com: NBA

28. Best Football Site: CBS SportsLine: NFL

29. Best Women's Sports Site: Sports Illustrated for Women

30. Best Kids' Sports Site: Sport Illustrated for Kids

31. Best Free Web Games: Pogo.Com and see also BoxerJam.Com

32. Best Game News and Reviews:  GameSpot

33. Best Games Zine: MyVideoGames.Com

34. Best Cultural Events Finder: Culture-Finder.Com

35. Best Movie Show Times and Tickets: Moviefone.Com

36. Best Place To Buy Event Tickets: Ticketmaster Online

37. Best Time Waster: Sodaplay

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Money, Careers & Shopping

1. Best Financial Planner:  Financial Engines

2. Best Job-Hunting Tutorial: The Riley Guide and WetFeet.Com

3. Best Site For Researching Potential Employers: Hoover's Online and Vault.Com

4. Best Job-Hunting Hub: Monster.Com

5. Best Guide to Starting A Business: U.S. Small Business Administration

6. Best Site for Marketing or Finding Expertise: EXP.Com

7. Best Site for New Business Freelancers and E-lancers: FreeAgent.Com

8. Best Site for Professional Networking: Networker.Com

9. Best Site for Online Trading: Charles Schwab and TD Waterhouse

10. Best Personal Finance Hub: MSN Money Central and SmartMoney.com

11. Best Finance Site for Non-Financiers: Green and Smart Money.Com

12. Best Virtual Money:  PayPal

13. Best Net Economy Barometer: "Dotcom Deadpool"

14. Best Tax Advice:  TaxPlanet.com

15. Best Loan Source:  GetSmart

16. Best Insurance Broker:  InsWeb

17. Best Business News: The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition 

18. Best Stock Market News: Dow Jones Interactive and Bloomberg.Com and TheStreet.Com

19. Best Online Broker: Charles Schwab

20. Best Tech Business News: The Industry Standard and The Register

21. Best Auctions: eBay

22. Best Price Finder:  PriceGrabber.com

23. Best place to Find Opinions About Things People Buy: Epinions.Com and Deja.Com

24. Best Place to Buy Books: Amazon.Com and Powell's Books and Barnes and Noble

25. Best Place to Buy CDs: CDnow

26. Best Place to Buy Videos and DVDs: Reel.Com and Facets

27. Best Place to Shop for Electronics: Buy.Com

28. Best Place to Shop for Computers: PC Connection and Outpost.Com

29. Best Place to Shop for a Car: CarsDirect.Com

30. Best Place to Shop for a Home: MSN Home Advisor

31. Best Consumer Advice: Consumer World and Consumer Reports Online

32. Best Bargain Hunter:  Techbargains.com

33. Best Group Buying Site: Mercata

34. Best Online Store: Amazon.Com

35. Best Apparel Store: Lands'End

36. Best Shopping Hub:  Yahoo! Shopping

37. Best Consumer Product Reviews:  Epinions.com and Consumer Review.com

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Health & Fitness

1. Best Health Care Portal: Medscape and WebMD

2. Best Heart Disease Resource:  Americanheart.org

3. Best Mental Health Resource:  Internet Mental Health

4. Best Fitness and Nutrition Hub: Asimba

5. Best Cancer Resource: CancerNet

6. Best Alternative Medical Information: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Ask Dr. Weil

7. Best Medical Dictionary: Medterms.Com

8. Best Pharmaceutical Index: RxList: The Internet Drug Index

9. Best Online Pharmacy: Drugstore.Com and CVS/Pharmacy

News & Media

1. Best News Site:  BBCi and MSNBC and CNN

2. Best Newspaper Online: The New York Times and Washington Post

3. Best Business News:  WSJ.com

4. Best Interactive Graphics:  USA Today

5. Best Net News Monitor:  OJR [Online Journalism Review

6. Best Headline News: Yahoo! News and CNN

7. Best Media News and Gossip: Jim Romenesko's MediaNews

8. Best Online Magazine: Salon and Slate

9. Best Literary and Cultural Digest: Arts & Letters Daily

10. Best Web Digest: Memepool and Obscure Store and Reading Room

11. Best Exposes: The Smoking Gun

12. Best Web Log: Kottke.org

13. Best Alternative Press Hub: Utne Reader and Alternet.Org

14. Best Anticorporate Activist Site: ®™Ark

15. Best Challenge to Consensus Reality: Disinformation

16. Best Coverage of High-Tech Culture: Slashdot and Hotwired

17. Best Humor E-Zine: Modern Humorist and The Onion

18. Best Web Site Spoof: Talk Media Valued Associates Extranet and The Drudge Retort

19. Best Weather Reports: Weather. Com

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Computing & The Net

1. Best Consumer Computer News: CNET

2. Best Computer Product Reviews:  ZDNet

3. Best Web Portal: Yahoo

4. Best Search Engine: Google and Vivisimo

5. Best Geek Hangout:  Slashdot

6. Best Human Web Guides: About

7. Best Kids Search Engine: Ask Jeeves for Kids

8. Best Guide to Net Basics: Learn the Net

9. Best Home Page Builder:  AOL Hometown and Homestead

10. Best Tips and Tricks: ZDNet: TipZone

11. Best Directory of Web-based Applications and Services: Apps.Com

12. Best Guide to Live Events: Yack.Com

13. Best Place to Track New Sites: Netsurfer Digest

14. Best Site-Building Resource: Web Developer. Com and WebMonkey and Quadzilla

15. Best Free Web Pages: Homestead  

16. Best Software Downloads: CNET Download.Com

17. Best Photo Processing Service:  Ofoto

18. Best Web Cam Hub:  SpotLife

19. Best Free Email: Yahoo! Mail

20. Best Place to Find Special Interest Mailing Lists: Topica

21. Best Place to Find Discussion Forums: RemarQ

22. Best Place to Find an Expert: XpertSite.Com

23. Best Remote Control:  GoToMyPC

24. Best Instant Messaging: AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)  

25. Best Internet Telephony: Dialpad.Com

26. Best Handheld Software Hub:  Handango and PalmGear.com

27. Best Chat: Yahoo Chat

28. Best Newsgroup Archive: Deja.Com and Talkway

29. Best Computer Virus Reality Check: Computer Virus Myths and McAfee.Com and Symantec

30. Best Online Help Desk: MyHelpdesk.Com and Service911.Com

31. Best Tech Support: ExpertLive

32. Best Tech Encyclopedia: TechEncyclopedia

33. Best Wallpaper: Digital Blasphemy

Underappreciated but Useful

1. Allen's Winappslist - A neatly organized download site with 15 categories of content

2. Annoyances.org - Large collection of tips, patches and workarounds

3. Answers That Work - How-to documents, useful utility downloads, boot disk makers

4. DriverGuide.com - The place to go for lost or destroyed drivers

5. DSL Reports - All the ins and outs of broadband access including local providers

6. FILExt - Defines all kinds of file extensions, even the most arcane

7. Internet Traffic Report - Charts internet traffic at any given time

8. Netcraft - Find a sites operating system, type of server, netblock owner, and how long it has run without a crash

9. NaughtyCodes.Com - Online stores send out discount codes to select groups of customers, leaving the rest of us to pay full prices.  This site finds and lists all of the coupons and promotional codes that can be found.  Use these codes and save money when shopping online.

Lifestyle, Family & Community

1. Best City Guides: City Search.Com and Digital City

2. Best Non-Portal-Based Calendar: AnyDay.Com

3. Best Kids Community: AOL: Kids Only and Artabunga

4. Best Kids Projects and Adventures Site: Discovery Kids and Disney.Com

5. Best Teen Community: Katrillion

6. Best Senior Community: SeniorNet  

7. Best Parenting Resource:  Dadmag.com and ClubMom

8. Best Personal Page: Private Art

9. Best Place to Create a Fee Family Web Site: SuperFamily.Com

10. Best Women's Community: iVillage.Com and Women.Com

11. Best Latino Community: StarMedia and El Sitio

12. Best African American Community: Net-Noir and Bet.Com

13. Best Asian-American Community:  Click2Asia

14. Best Disability Community: WeMedia

15. Best Spirituality Community: Beliefnet

16. Best Food & Drink Hub: Food Network and Epicurious Food

17. Best Party Planning Service: Evite.Com

18. Best Fashion Hub: eLuxury

19. Best Restaurant Guide: Zagat Survey and Restaurant Row.Com

20. Best House and Home Companion:  Martha Stewart and BHG.com

21. Best Genealogy Resource:  RootsWeb.com

22. Best Wedding Hub: The Knot

23. Best Place to Give:  Helping.com

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Travel & Recreation

1. Best Overall Travel Site:  Expedia.com and Orbitz

2. Best Travel Deals:  Priceline.com

3. Best Travel Community:  IgoUgo

4. Best Outdoor Adventure Guide: GORP: Great Outdoor Recreation Pages

5. Best Low-Fare Finder: Bestfares.Com

6. Best Destination Guide: Fodor's Travel Online and Rough Guide Travel and Lonely Planet

7. Best Road-Trip Maps: Maps On Us and Mapquest

8. Best Bargain Trackers: Smarter Living

9. Best Adventure Travel Site: iExplore

10. Best Recreational Sports Site: Mysportsguru.Com and Gorp: Great Outdoor Recreation Pages

11. Best City Guide: Citysearch.Com and Timeout.Com

12. Best Festival Guide: WhatsGoingOn.Com

13. Best Golf Guides:  GolfOnline

Learning & Creativity

1. Best Learning Portal: Britannica.com

2. Best Classroom Resource:  PBS

3. Best Dictionary:  YourDictionary.com

4. Best Reference Directory: Refdesk.Com

5. Best Educational Kid's Site:  DiscoverySchool.com

6. Best How-To-Site:  Learn2

7. Best Translator:  AltaVista: Translate with Babel Fish

8. Best Expert Advice: AskMe.Com and Learn2.Com

9. Best Library: The Library of Congress

10. Best Living Atlas: NationalGeographic.Com

11. Best Language Learning Site: Parlo

12. Best Literary Resource:  Bartleby.com

13. Best Research Museum: Smithsonian Institution

14. Best Gateway to Outer Space: NASA

15. Best Science Museum: Exploratorium

16. Best Science & Technology Resource:  Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks

17. Best Art Museum: Guggenheim.com

18. The Best Science Museum: Exploratorium

19. Best Original Web Art: School of Visual Arts

20. Best College Community: Studentadvantage.Com

21. Best College Guide: Petersons.Com and Web U.S. Higher Education

22. Best Government Reference Site: FedWorld.Gov

23. Best Desktop Encyclopedia: Britannica.Com

24. Best Genealogy Resource: Ancestry.Com and WorldGenWeb

25. Best History Project: American Memory

26. Best Collection of Links by a Monk: Eugene's Links

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Created by Eugene Hensell, OSB
Saint Meinrad School of Theology
Saint Meinrad, IN 47577
Last Updated July 22, 2004