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| If you’re looking for the best websites on the web, you’ve come to the right place. MakeUseOf has been reviewing the best websites and the coolest websites for years now, so we’ve decided to offer a comprehensive list of which websites we consider to be the best of the best. All of the websites on this page are organized into categories, and we’ve selected only those we believe to be the best ones – those which will most likely be useful to you. We update this page frequently, so check back often and spread the word! |
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MOG (USA only)
The most-praised music site. For ony 5$ a month MOG gives you access to 10 million CD-quality songs. Access and play songs from computer, iPod, iPhone or Android phone. Recommended! [View] |
iTunes Store
Massive online store for music, movies, TV shows, apps, games and audiobooks. Buy stuff to play on your Mac or Windows computer, iPhone or iPad. [View]
MakeUseOf tips for iTunes store. |
Pandora (USA only)
New age online radio. Enter a song or an artist you like and Pandora will play similar songs in a playlist. Vote on individual songs to further train Pandora about your tastes. [View]
Best tips for Pandora users. |
Grooveshark
Excellent music search and streaming service, allowing users to listen to favorite music free of charge that can be played immediately or added to a playlist. Over 100 million track plays per month. [View]
See some cool Grooveshark tips. |
Last.fm
Last.fm keeps a record of what you listen to on your computer or iPod. Then, based on your tastes, it recommends you more music and concerts as well as connects you with like-minded listeners. Extremely popular [View]
Read MakeUseOf Last.fm review |
Spotify (avail. in 8 countries)
Download free Spotify player to your computer and get access to over 13 million tracks. Any track you like, at any time. Create as many playlists as you like. [View] |
ZumoCast
Stream music and videos stored on your computer from the iPhone, iPad, and any other computer; without the need to upload anything. [View] |
Google Music (USA only)
Upload up to 20,000 songs from your personal music collection to listen from any computer or on your phone, even offline. All for free. [View] |
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IMDB
Most popular online source for everything related to movies. Moview ratings & reviews, various top rated lists, HD movie trailers, news and lots more. [View] |
Netflix
Leading online subscription service for movies & TV shows. For only $7.99 a month, members can instantly watch unlimited movies & TV episodes. [View]
Check out Netfilx tips. |
Hulu (USA only)
On demand streaming of TV shows and movies. Lots of free stuff. But for an unlimited access you will have to pay. 100% Legit. [View]
Check out our Hulu tips. |
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Flickr
Best photo sharing site on the net. Upload photos from PC or mobile. Share photos with friends, see their photos and add comments. [View] |
Instagram
An easy way to share photos with friends on Facebook, Twitter or Flickr from an iPhone. [View] |
Pinterest
Pinterest is an online pinboard where you organise and share your favourite images. [View] Read more about Pinterest |
Pixlr
Pixlr is a robust, online standalone photo editor geared towards advanced users. [View] Read more about Pixlr |
Pixenate
Pixenate is an online photo editor for photo printing and photo sharing. [View] |
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Google News
Automatically collects breaking news articles from popular news sources and sorts them by topic and popularity. [View]
Check out our Google News tips. |
Popurls
Popurls nicely presents highest voted stories, pics and videos from the most popular social news sources as well as highly regarded news sites on a single page. [View] |
JimmyR
Check out what’s currently popular on the web on a single page. See latest buzz in News, Tech, Pictures, Videos, etc. [View] |
Hacker News
Social news website site for technology stuff or “anything that gratifies one’s intellectual curiosity”. Users submit links. Submissions can be voted up. Highest voted stuff appears on top. [View] |
Reddit
Cool news source for interesting and offbeat stuff. Users submit and vote on the links to interesting stories and decide, through voting, what’s good. Highest rated links appear on the homepage. [View]
See 5 cool things about Reddit. |
Wikileaks
Controversial non-profit organization that publishes submissions of private, secret, and classified information from anonymous news sources, news leaks, and whistleblowers. [No longer online] |
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BBC iPlayer
BBC iPlayer is an internet TV and radio service developed by the BBC. Watch live BBC TV or catch up on the last 7 days of BBC programmes. [View] |
LiveStation
Watch over 20 top international news channels online. There is a desktop player that lets you watch those channels right on your desktop. [View] |
Wiziwig.tv
Watch live football, MLB, NHL, NBA, cricket, tennis etc. events and games online. It also offers a downloadable client that can be installed on your desktop. [View] |
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Evernote
The only app you will ever need when it comes to taking notes. A “note” can be a piece of text, a webpage, a photo, a voice memo, or a handwritten “ink” note. Organize, annotate, edit, and search notes. [View]
Check out 7 ways to make use of Evernote |
Gmail
The best online email service. Lots of useful fetaures not found elsewhere. Extremely fast. Plus, we have a cheat sheet for it. [View]
Get our ultimate guide to Gmail. |
Nudgemail
Your must-have email companion. Forward any email to NudgeMail and it will send it back when you want it. It can remind you about that email in an hour, day, month, or even a year. [View] |
Google Voice (USA only)
Enhance the capabilities of your phone, regardless of which phone you have. Single number that rings you everywhere. Online voicemail. Free calls and text messages to the U.S. & Canada. [View]
Read, 5 cool things you can do with Google Voice. |
Google Calendar
Online calendar from Google. Create multiple calendars. Share calendars. Get event reminders via email or SMS to your mobile phone. [View] |
Wakerupper (USA, Canada)
Wakerupper is the web’s easiest telephone reminder tool. Schedule reminder calls on the web. It couldn’t be simpler. [View] |
Remember The Milk
One of the very first and leading online to-do list manager. Store and manage tasks. Get reminders via email or SMS. Share tasks. Works even offline. [View]
See 8 ways to manage tasks with RememberTheMilk. |
E.ggTimer
E.ggTimer is simple way of counting down time by appending a metric in the URL (/5minutes or /1hour). Once the counter expires, you’ll be alerted with a beeping signal. [View] |
IFTTT
IFTTT (IF This Then That) allows you to construct recipes with detects registered events, and triggers appropriate responses. [View]
Try out some example IFTTT recipes. |
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Facebook
No need to explain this one. You might want to check out a MakeUseOf Guide on Facebook privacy though. Includes best Facebook privacy tips. [View] |
Twitter
This one doesn’t require a description either. If you’re on Twitter or planning to start using it make sure to check out out Twitter guide. [View]
Download the complete guide to Twitter. |
Tumblr
Extremely easy way to start your own blog. Post text, images, videos, links, quotes and audio. Users may set their blogs to public or private modes. [View]
See, how to easily start a blog with Tumblr. |
LinkedIn
Social network for professionals. Find past and present colleagues. Discover inside connections when looking for a job. Ask industry experts for advice. Over 100 million users. [View] |
Pipl
The most comprehensive people search on the web. Search for people by email, name, phone number or even username. [View] |
Meebo
Chat with friends on AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, GTalk etc. in a single buddylist, right from your browser. Includes features like games, video chat, file transfer and conversation history. [View]
Check out 8 reasons to use Meebo. |
Google Plus
Google’s very own social network, which integrates seamlessly with other Google services. [View]
Download our free Google Plus guide. |
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YouTube
Everyone knows about Youtube. MakeUseOf covers cool tips for Youtube on a regular basis: from top stand-up comedians to most disliked videos. [View] |
Vimeo
Video-streaming site of choice for creative types. Basically it is the place for shorter and artsier clips. [View] |
KeepVid
Allows you to download any Youtube video in 3GP (mobile), FLV or MP4 (iPhone, iPod, iPad etc) formats. Includes a single click download bookmarklet for any browser. [View] |
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OpenDNS
OpenDNS is the easiest to setup internet safety and parental control suite. Control which websites are being accessed in your home. Block unsafe and adult websites. Over 20 million users. [View] |
HideMyAss
Free online proxy and Premium VPN service provider to surf anonymously and bypass blocked websites. Hide your IP, secure your connection, access Facebook where it’s blocked and more. [View] |
Mailinator
Next time you need to signup for something where you don’t want to reveal your real email just use any Mailinator address. Then go to the site and retrieve the email. [View] |
LastPass
Excellent password manager that you should be using. Features include 1-click login, form filling, automatic sync between browsers and more. [View]
See what LastPass can do for you. |
Reputation
Control what’s being said about you online. It removes your personal info from websites that sell it, alerts you about content that exists online about you as well as tell you who is searching for you. [View] |
WOT
WOT (Web of Trust) lets you check which websites you can trust by alerting users about potential spyware and viruses. [View] WOT is one of the 3 best resources to find sites that are known to have spyware and viruses |
Jotti
Jotti’s malware scan is a free online service that enables you to scan suspicious files with several anti-virus programs. [View] You can use Jotti’s malware scan on your desktop with JottiQ |
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Newegg
Popular online marketplace for everything computers and software. Best prices for hardware and software. Its slogan is “Once you know, you Newegg.” [View] |
Amazon
Buy everything from electronics to clothing at affordable prices. Amazon gives you cheap offers for each product as well as used ones sold by previous owners. [View] |
Etsy
Primary online marketplace for handmade or vintage items. These items cover a wide range including art, photography, clothing, jewelry, edibles, bath & beauty products, quilts, knick-knacks and toys. [View] |
PayPal
The most popular payment system online. Paypal makes it safe and easy to send and receive payments online. Counts nearly 250 million users. [View] |
Woot!
The first and extremely popular one-deal-a-day website. Woot offers one discounted item each day, often a piece of computer hardware or an electronic gadget. [View] |
Zappos
Founded in 1999, Zappos has grown to be the largest online shoe store. Next time you need to buy shoes try Zappos. Lots and lots of great feedback from users. [View] |
eBay
One of the most popular shopping destinations online. Ideal marketplace for used as well as new products in every category. Available in several countries. [View] |
Craigslist
That terribly-designed and mind-blowingly useful classifieds site. Whether you are looking for friends, a job, an apartment, a hair stylist, or a ride, you will find it on the site. [View]
Check out 7 most popular items sold on Craigslist. |
Shipito
Shop in the USA and have packages forwarded to you anywhere in the world. [View] |
FatWallet
Popular deals and coupons site. Browse deals by category, store, or today’s best. [View] |
Viaddress
Another package forwarding service with lots of features and competitive shipping prices. [View] |
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Groupon
Cool deal-of-the-day website that features discounted gift certificates and coupons usable at local shops, restaurnats, service providers and more. [View] |
LivingSocial
LivingSocial sends you one fantastic deal every day with discounts of up to 90% at one of your local restaurants, bars, spas, theaters, and more. [View] |
Yelp
Fun and easy way to find and talk about great (and not so great) local businesses near you. Check out local restaurants, bars, shops and see real reviews from users like you. [View] |
Urbanspoon
The ultimate destination for restaurant reviews. Check out best restaurants in your city for you favorite dishes. Read reviews from critics, food bloggers and friends. [View] |
Foursquare
Discover cool places in your city. Restaurants, shops, bars and pretty much anything that has something interesting to offer. [View] |
nearbythis
nearbythis is a simple service that lets you discover local deals, specials and events around you. [View] |
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Symbaloo
Symbaloo gives you a nicely designed and easy to use startpage for the web. It’s like a favorites bar on your browser but nicer. It holds your favorite sites as well as a number of useful web tools. [View]
Check out, Create Your Own Virtual Learning Environment Using SymbalooEDU. |
iGoogle
Get yourself a custom online start page from Google. Your start page can have everything including the latest articles from the best websites, weather reports, stocks, games, daily jokes, calendar and lots of other cool widgets. [View] |
Diigo
The only bookmarking tool you will ever need. Easily bookmark and organize webpages, highlights, notes, screenshots etc. Access your bookmarks from anywhere. [View]
See 7 reasons Diigo tastes better than Del.icio.us. |
Instapaper
Awesome tool that allows you to save interesting pages or articles you come across online for later reading. You may then read those articles at home, or during commute on your mobile.[View]
Check out: Manage your bookmarks and reading list with Instapaper. |
Google Translate
By far the best online transaltion tool. Allows you to translate text or webpages while you browse them. [View] |
TinyURL
Create a tiny URL for long links that are too long to be included in the emails or elsewhere. TinyURL can create a short link for any page you are currently at. [View] |
JustPaste.It
Simple online clipboard. Copy and paste any piece of text and instantly get a private web link to share that text with friends. Supports text styling and images. [View] |
StumbleUpon
Stumbleupon shows you cool stuff discovered by people like you. You select topics that you find interesting and start stumbling: every click on the Stumble button takes you to some interesting site, photo or video. Pretty cool. [View] |
Pocket
When you find something you want to view later, put it in Pocket from your browser, via email or from over 300+ apps. Then view it offline on your phone, tablet or computer. [View]
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Project Gutenberg
Over 36,000 free ebooks to download to your PC, Kindle, iPad, iPhone, Android or other portable device. Choose between ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text formats. [View] |
GoodReads
Probably the largest social network for book enthusiasts. Keep track of what you’ve read and what you’d like to read. Highly recommended by book lovers. [View]
Check out Goodreads review. |
ManyBooks
This free website offers nearly 30.000 ebooks in many different formats. Whether you want to read the ebook on your iPad, iPhone, smartphone or ebook reader, you can get it here. [View] |
Pixel of Ink
Must-bookmark site for Kindle owners. Lots of free and well discounted books for Kindle. There is something called Bargain Bin where you will find Kindle Books that are highly rated yet a bargain at under $1. [View] |
DailyLit
Read books only short parts a time. Choose a book you want to read and you will receive short installments by email or RSS daily (or days your prefer). You may read books on any computer or mobile device. [View] |
What Should I Read Next?
What Should I Read Next? is a useful recommendation engine that suggests new books based on what you’re already reading. [View] Find out the best 3 book recommendation engines for quick book searches |
whichbook
whichbook recommends new books based on the type of book or story you’re looking for. [View] |
Hundred Zeros
Hundred Zeros is a frequently updated catalog of free best-selling ebooks from Amazon. [View] |
OneHundredFreeBooks
This site searches for and hand-picks free Kindle ebooks daily. [View] |
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Mint (USA, Canada)
Fully automatic spending tracker and budgeting tool. Mint tracks your budget, monitors your spendings, advices on how you can save, and lots more. Highly recommended. [View]
Read: Use Mint to manage your budget & spendings online. |
Yahoo! Finance
Top financial news and research website in the US. Get stock quotes, stock exchange rates, corporate financial reports, and check out popular message boards for discussing a company’s prospects and valuation. It also offers some hosted tools for personal finance management. [View] |
Pageonce
Another good service to manage your budget. Watch account balances, track bills and payments, monitor credit card purchases and deposits, stay in the loop with real-time alerts, etc. Optimized for mobile usage. [View] |
Wikinvest
Wikinvest helps you make the most use of your online investment portfolios. The benefits include getting real-time market data, portfolio analytics, thorough research on companies and more.[View] |
Google Finance
Google’s alternative to Yahoo Finance. More or less similar feature set but not as popular. [View] |
Expensify
Track spendings on a variety of platforms (web, mobile) and create expense reports, even on the go. Free automated receipt scanning tool and expenditure analysis. [View]
Read more about Expensify and their iOS app. |
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MakeUseOf
MakeUseOf maintains its own top 100 best software lists for Windows and Linux. Check them out. [View] |
CNET Downloads
Biggest software download resource on the web. Users may browse software by popularity and/or category. Includes both free and commercial software. [View] |
SourceForge
Biggest online repository of open source software. Nearly 300,000 free open source programs. [View] |
FileHippo
Another popular software download portal. Unlike Download.com it comes with simpler user interface. [View] |
MajorGeeks
MajorGeeks is a software download site and includes tested tweaks, repair, backup and protection applications. [View] |
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MakeUseOf Answers
Whenever you have a computer problem or need an assistance on anything tech head on to MakeUseOf Answers. We have an active community that answers 95% of all posted questions.[View] |
Quora
Quora is a place to ask anything you have on your mind and get answers. Users may answer as well as vote and suggest edits to already posted answers. You may follow certain questions and only get to see discussions on topics that interest you.[View] |
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Google Search
It’s Google. Enough said.
Cheat Sheet: Must-know Google Search Shortcuts |
Wolfram Alpha
Cool answer search engine that answers factual questions directly rather than giving you a list of webpages that might contain the answer. [View]
Check out, 10 searches to throw at Wolfram Alpha on a regular basis. |
Torrentz
Torrentz is a free and powerful torrent search engine combining results from dozens of popular torrent search engines. Over 15 million torrents indexed. [View] |
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TED
Watch inspiring talks and presentations by remarkable and highly successful people on various topics. Includes some of the best presentations ever made. [View] |
Khan Academy
What once was only a handful of algebra lessons now turned into a library of over 2,100 quality educational videos on various subjects including math, physics, biology, test preparations and educational talks and interviews. [View] |
Wikipedia
Free encyclopedia and your quick reference guide for everything built collaboratively by people like you. [View] |
Qwiki
Qwiki is a one of a kind search engine. Get the results in a visual list and a video on the go summarizing those results – with computer generated female voice narration. Users can sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. Literally. [View]
Check out Qwiki in detail. |
National Geographic
The NatGEO’s corner on the web. This sites brings you some of the most interesting articles as well as some really amazing photos on a daily basis. [View] |
Instructables
One of the first how-to sites on the web. Find easy instructions on how to make all kinds of cool stuff ranging from anonymous survelliance cameras to home-made potato bazookas. [View] |
WebMD
Your online reference to health and better living. [View] |
Babbel
An interactive tool to help you learn a new language from scratch. [View]
Claim a 1-month Babbel trial license from us. |
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Mozy
Fully automated program to backup your files. Set it up once and forget about it. Mozy will keep a backup of selected folders online and regularly sync them without bothering you. [View] |
SugarSync
File sync and online backup for all your devices including PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry and more. The files can be easily shared with others as well. [View]
More on SugarSync and its superb sharing features. |
Dropbox
Dropbox lets you sync selected folders between your computers. Any file you save to Dropbox also instantly saves to all of your computers, phones, and the Dropbox website. [View]
Download our free Dropbox guide. |
SkyDrive
Store, edit, and share Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote files online. You may also store and share all or some photos and videos with friends. Store up to 25 GBs for free. [View] |
Google Docs
Store and share documents, spreasheets and presentations online. Edit and view your docs from any computer or smartphone. Collaborate on documents with others. [View] |
Zamzar
Extremely easy to use online file converter. Here you may convert office documents (doc, docx, pdf etc), images, audio and video files and ebooks between different forrmats. Recommended. [View] |
YouSendIt
YouSendIt makes easy to email large files. You may send files and folder up to 2GB in size in one go. [View] |
Ge.tt
Ge.tt is a simple, real-time sharing website letting you share files quickly and move on. [View] Read more about Ge.tt |
Zoho Viewer
Allows you to share documents online without attaching files in emails. [View] |
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Cracked
Hugely popular humor site with stories often going viral on Facebook and Twitter. From saddest things people do to look smart to things gay people are going to hate about gay marriage. [View] |
The Onion
A popular entertainment magazine featuring satirical news articles and videos. [View] |
Kongregate
Lots of additictive flash games that will kill your free time. Browse games by category, check out top rated, earn achievements, chat with other players and enjoy active user community. [View] |
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Wunderground
Get a comprehensive weather report with a-7 day forecast. Check weather using your zip code, city, state, airport code or country name. [View] |
Google Maps
Get directions from one place to another. Get custom routes based on how you plan to commute: by car, train, walking or bicycle. [View] |
Join.me
Join.me is the simplest way to start a web conference and share screens online. Powered by LogMeIn. [View] Read more about Join.me |
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Disclaimer: All of the best websites listed above were thoroughly reviewed. MakeUseOf is not responsible for any damage and/or data loss that might result from use of any of the above mentioned websites.
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very good editing of websites step by step
hats off to the person who have done it
Sorry, I could not see my comment and after hitting refresh. They all appeared. Sorry again, I cannot delete the extra comments. My bad.
Thanks a million for the great job you have done here!
you’re welcome!
You are the best on the website. I find your articles very useful and much interesting.
It’s the Use part of the MakeUseOf brand.
This is a very good collection of websites.
superb
its very useful and help full. thanks goes to who done this 
enjoy! if you’re aware of some other great websites that should have been included please let us know here in comments.
For the Online TV section I would suggest http://www.tvweb360.tv as a really complete and user friendly site. Have a look at it!
Enjoyed looking at the list of web sites offered; now I have to go back and look at the ones that I haven’t gone to or heard of before this. The remark I saw about 350 million web sites means I’ll probably be here awhile since I enjoy surfing ( in this case maybe suffering) by the time I get done. I’m new to this web site and as of now I like the looks of it and have enjoyed reading the articles. Have also downloaded some things also. I’m considering changing an old computer to Linux so your articles may be a big help. Thanks.
You made my day,(many days for that matter). Anyone who boasts a “Best of the Whatever” could learn from you. Thanks.
thank you )
I think Google Product Search should have been included on the “Online Shopping” list. It’s a one-stop source that aggregates eBay, Amazon and other results and allows you to filter by price, free shipping, etc. I find it invaluable.
thanks for the input, we’ll go overit once again and see if it should be included
incredibly good, thanks, very good job
Grts, McJ
thanks for suggestions, we checked it out before but decide to exclude it because there were already two similar sites listed
Tahnk you.. i really appreciate ths work
superb collection
its worth keeping as a book mark
The article in your blog reminds me some old memory .That is good .It gives me happy .I think we will have a
harmonious talk.Do you agree?
thanks for the input, we’ll check it out
we thought about that but than decided not to include it as there are easier alternatives to WordPress.com
That being said when it comes to self-hosted blog platforms, WordPress is the winner.
Aibek
Thank You Very Much For The Hard Work That You And Your Team Has Done For The Benefits of All The Internet Users Around The World. Your Work Is Marvellous. Hats Off……….
Where is the Porn category?? Or are you telling ppl don’t surf porn sites..
They do, we just didn’t want to include that category here. Everyone has different tastes when it comes to this matter
when comparing to all, your web site is the best
Thanks a lot ..
thank you, Aneeth!
I’d recommend Wave Accounting in financial.
thanks, will check it out
nice
nice
One of the best sites on the internet.
Best websites for students category? Maybe with websites like sparknotes.com and ratemyprofessor.com …. Could be a nice category, you know, for students and such.
thanks, we’ll look into it
we’ll take it into account
AWESOME thanks for sharing and keep adding to it please.. One website under
You need to add Google Books. The websites listed offer like 30000 books while Google manged to scan over 10 million by 2010 and plans to scan them all by the end of this decade.
thanks, will check it out
In Social Networks you forgot to mention Plurk. Find me at http://www.plurk.com/MacetheAce/invite
WOW. Really missing 2 of my favorites
Ask Metafilter and Metafilter
Awesome sites.
very good collecation.
in the news section http://www.firstpost.com/ is also the best site for news
thanks, will check it out
news : firstpost.com, satire news : fakingnews.com, study: online web tutorials
Thanks for an input, I will consider adding it.
where is how stuff work?
Hi Srirang,
Definitely a good site. But we can include only so many. As we keep updating the list, we will add more.
thank for your helps keep it up
please enjoy it. Its one of the finest website for the beginer.
very…very…nice job guys…
Very gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooodddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
good job..
how about your choice to get best one from each category..
can you share here?
superb collection website’s…………
great sites however, 9gag.com should be included
just sayin’
thanks, will check it out once again )
Awesome.. Neva came across such a list before..
lve it nd alot of help full site,,,:)
Try newgrounds.com lots of fun
Free Manga Online Site
http://www.woomanga.com
Nobody believes but my neighbor’s step-aunt makes USD87 an hour on the computer. She has been fired for 9 months but last month her check was $8525 just working on the computer for a few hours. Read more on this site… MakeCash17.cøm
Thanks so much for doing your Best of Lists. I’m enjoying them all and will put it to good use, plus spreading the news to friends.
Suzi
Glad you enjoy them, Suzi!
btw, in my opinion Groupon should be removed from this list, overrated and useless spam to me.
Thanks
Did you check out some of the alternative metnioned here such us MOG, Grooveshark or Spotfiy
Aibek
What I like about Slacker (Pandora is very similair) , I select a gerne and without touching it you get songs similair to your taste (just rate like/dislike as you go)
I did give Grooveshark/Spotify a spin some time ago, they did not grab me, but I will look into them a bit closer.
Also have to checkout MOG, not tride that yet…
Thanks…
thanks we’ll check it out
very informative at a glance
Nice list, bit subjective though
Where did you detect subjectivity? We based it on input from many different people.
Well ‘the best’ is always in the eye of the beholder don’t you agree? Even when many people express this.
good isde but not really something that would appeal to a large portion of our audience.
thanks todays only i got that much knowledge………..from prashant
thanks Nagendra, had a quick look and looks pretty cool.
we will check it in detail shortly.
Aibek
just like pandora its not available outside usa
yep, about 10 or so websites listed here are US only
there should be a key or something to show which sites are available if you guys have the time ^_^
oops realised you already did that
sorry
thank you Jazzminder, we will definitely check them out before the next update to this page.
We covered such websites not so long agon in the following article.
7+ Sites To Help You Decide Which Book To Read Next http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-sites-decide-book-read/
Aibek
wow awesome thanks for the link!
and great work btw ^_^
CNET have worst complex interface than any other download site. Thanks you haven’t included more worst like softpedia and Brothersoft.
excellent list. Still miss some sites for Mobile application download specially for basic phones
Great List of Web Sources.
Too much informative for me as well for others. I appreciate for making all out efforts on the collection of comprehensive data.
Incredibly good overview of the most and best activities out there. thank you. Saves me for a lot of work. You Rock.
Hi,
Here you have give a lot of good website.
But I have bad experience with one of them that is Chinabuye.com
Hope you check before giving it award for ‘Best’.
In my case it is NOT.
thanks
Hi Vaibhav,
Could you provide some more feedback. What was your experience with them?
Aibek
thankssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Perhaps it would be a good idea to include the fact that Picnik is closing in April, and that it’s premium features are free until then.
Good point, Reuben! We actually reported on the upcoming closure of Picnic. Our best of list will be adapted shortly.
The list is marvelous ! But you people could make it more authenticated and useful for all categories. for eg in search engines sites you didnt mention even yahoo,Bing,Ask . Still, its very interesting n useful list,thanks
excellent work
Great List of websites. I love the way you have arranged the websites under categories.
Great share.
WOULD IT COST ME ANYTHING IF I GOT ONE OF YOUR WEBSITES? MIKE
Very important for all, thank you.
coool list, thanks
Wow, a treasure trove of web.
Very good article
these thumbnails are amazing clean and beautiful. would you be able to make a firefox add speed dial light, clean, e so beautiful? I got the ideia, but dont understand programming. Thinking do learn now, to do this.. Great site. Great site.
Wonderful way of categorizing sites, the best and few alien sites which I never heard of … thnx for your team and all the best for your team …..
Definitely worth broadcasting this site to all ….
Simply superb
Cool list!
My selection
Google, Facebook, Gmail, CNET downloads and Makeuseof.
I love you MakeUseof. I am really very happy with this great effort. Thanks again.
Just for some updating information, but Picnik will be closing on April 19th. Its abilities will be moving to Google+ only.
thanks for heads up, we will update the page accordingly
About.com is another great learning site. Discovered your site last week and managed to keep me awake all night! Thanks.
I personally don’t find it that useful anymore as it used to be say 10 years ago
This is a very good list. Great Job. How can you submit a site for review to be added to you next list. I think nearbythis.com should be added to the local stuff category.
thanks for the input Ray, will definitely check it out before the next update to the page.
Thank you very much for a great time saving job. Expecting some more sites under the topics like Education, science, etc.
gorgeous..many great stuff here!!love it
Awesome collection. Thanks:-)
Thank you! Your website is great! Does the order that the websites are listed in have any significance?
I like it! thanks
nice work, i like it! please continue to share more interesting website for us
very good collection all kind of sites !!!! thnks
The best website I saw for service is konayagroup.com
It’s a good website but targeted only at specific group of users. This page lists sites which are for everyone.
vest love it
interesting
Best ,,,,of OPERA seems to be obvious needed addition!
Software downloads: http://www.majorgeeks.com
It’s a great website that I check every day
You should have added http://www.box.com, it is a huge plus to Files on the net.
thanks, we’ll check it out
this is awsome
What an amazing collection of these useful URLs in the world of digital technology.
good
webmaster, make the page with fixed div heights so scrolling down while page is loading is not such a hassle
what about http://www.viewmycalendar.com
You should include I should have said… http://www.ishouldhavesaid.net/
great site.
You should of put the best wabsite on the internet. Which is of corse http://www.makeuseof.com
Nice list, i particularly like Grooveshark. I can stream and listen to audio here in Nigeria
Best start page ever!! —-> Refdesk.com
on a first glance looks pretty good , will look into it more before the next update to the page
i like it very much it help for everone thank you…………………….
Can you also please include anime sites for fans like
http://crunchyroll.com
http://naruto-tv.tv
Thank you
thanks, will check them out
Hey! For the search engines I would add this: http://duckduckgo.com/
It’s completely anonymous web-surfing. Check it out!
One more for Productivity and Docs – http://www.teamlab.com = PM tools+CRM+Calendar+Online Doc Editor
It is really difficult to come up with such a list and you have made a good job. Whilst at it, one addition I can think of – is http://www.targetwoman.com – a women site with wiki kind of information but the content is edited by an editorial team. I spend hours poring over health information there.
thanks Veronica, I will look into it before the next update to the page
If your into competing and you think your the best… theres http://verseu.com/
nice concept but not really something that everyone would be interested in
I Love this site Great Job
Myp2p.eu is dead.
Myp2p.eu is dead
thanks for heads up, will be removing the link on the next update
Молодец Айбек, так держать, отличный ресурс! Надо больше рекламы!
Rahmat!
nice
Can you check out http://www.ensemba.com – for consideration in your Browsing Aids group?
I am looking for an inexpensive email/internet service that is better than hotmail.com! MSN has made hotmail terrible for often user of the computer. Thanks,
Well, i need some cool website that i could talk to people on. But this hasnt really given me and idea’s. Can someone please help me find a cool website where i could chat with people? Thanks(:
thanks ,it is a nice list . All of them has very high quality content. I just advise http://www.thequizcenter.com to test your knowledge with fun.
i missed the latest best websites that were added to the list…can i get the link somewhere
Sachin,
You are on the page. This is the URL to it: http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/best-websites
I think you’re looking for this page, http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/11-new-websites-added-to-our-list-of-the-best-websites/
It lists latest 11 websites that were added to the Best Websites page
what a amazing collection..great work..thanks for sharing..i bookmark it..
Nice Stuff Dude. Keep It on.
You forgot
-Duckduckgo in Search
-Ubuntu One in Files & Document
-Ninite in Software Downloads
Thanks for the suggestions! I have added them to our review list for the next update of the page.
Can you please add ImgOps.com under Photos? In my own opinion, it is quite useful. Thanks!
sure, will check it out
why you are not include popular stuff site http://www.howstffworks.com in learn stuff category
thanks for heads up, I will look into adding it on the next update tp the page
This is a great list and I’m finding good resources to add to our social network art site. I hope that one day you would consider This is Art as one of the better educational and networking sites. We are currently focusing on building up our art documentary channel and aboriginal rock art maps.
http://www.thisisart.com.au
thank you, will check it out
I love this list! I do think that Lifehacker should be on here for something though.
Please check http://dozen.softover.com for adding to Books section
interesting concept but I would like to get more feedback on its recommendation engine before adding it to the page. will look into it
[probably does not qualify as feedback because it is from the site creator]
This site was created as a result of growing frustration with existing recommendation engines. The main goal was to get good recommendations as soon as possible, not waiting for thousands of users to rate thousands of books. Behind the scenes – custom modifications/tunes/tweaks of well known machine learning techniques and algorithms.
I (personally) am very satisfied with results, enjoying every book I got recommended to myself, but I cannot vouch for all site users.
thanks for the feedback, will definitely check it out before next update to the page
Thanks for posting this!
They deserve that place in Top 100 MakeUseOf!!!
Sad to know that Meebo is going to be swallowed whole by Google. Such a great site. You guys should prepare smth to replace it soon. I believe that eBuddy is a viable alternative.
We have prepared a roundup post on Meebo alternatives that is scheduled to be published on June 20′th. Stay tuned!
I think this site belongs in your ‘news’ category
http://JellyStream.com
will check it out
check also
http://www.snapfiles.com
http://www.onlyfreewares.com
Well, I think that you missed the leader in the “Bored” category: http://i-am-bored.com . It’s right in the name and it’s a great content aggregator. You included the Zoho Viewer in the later categories, but your online office software is dominated by Google. Why’s that? It seems a little paradoxical to me.
thanks, will make sure to check it out before the next update to the page
Thanks for the post.
Can you specify some free website creating websites? (sub-domain also ok!)
Hey, it would be really nice if you Education category into that list. And I’ll appreciate a lot if you add Plagtracker.com there, it is a plagiarism checker dedicated to students, teachers and writers. Unlike other services its completely free and requires no registration. Thanks.
Been using a lot of these for a while, but there are also some really good finds on here..
Seeing all these site names really enforces something that I been thinking you guys should add when reviewing or listing sites/apps:
Phonetic Spelling.
Link?
Haha.. No I didnt mean that it was an app or site..
I meant that one of the things you should add to each review is how to sound out the name of the app..
Pipl is a good example why.. Is it spoken [Pee-Pel] or [Pip-el]?
Pretty funny that you thought I was talking about an app though.
I see)… I guess It would be a nice feature to have but I am afraid it’s not on our priority list at the moment. There are a bunch of priority items on the to-do list at the moment.
Aibek,
For the Learn Stuff section can you look into http://www.howstuffworks.com/ and their video section is http://videos.howstuffworks.com/ . Also what about the Youtube education portal http://www.youtube.com/education which is pretty well structured and I can find the specific video I need by the list down query method.
thank for the input, Rajaa
Will definitely check them out before the next update to the page.
Aibek
Majorgeeks.com is also a good source for software downloads. Up-to-date and previous versions are also available for download. You may want to check it out
This is a great list!!! Extremely helpful. Thanks!
Also check http://www.veedlist.com
It’s a YouTube playlist creator, you can pre-buffer your next video, make shared playlists, pop-out the player to put on your second screen or TV and edit the start/end time of your videos on the fly!!
nice tool indeed but not really something that everyone would make use of
Epubbud.com is also a good place to get books.
thank you, will check it out shortly
Nice Collection
Include 9GAG in the boring section.
That’s a really great work . thanks and appreciate for all of ur contribution to us
Keep on …
Thanks for the info. I am already hooked on some of these sights just from seeing them here.
Great list!
I’m not sure where to put this comment,so I’m putting it here. You have an advertiser’s link on this site “What Is Search Retargeting? ” next to a link to “Find Out”. The link address is “as.chango.com”.
Well, I was curious and dumb enough to click on it. My black warning screen from WOT came up and I got out. Does anyone check these sites before letting them link to you; or it that OK with you?
That must be on of the third-party ads. If you could send us us a screenshot of the add we can get it blocked. Please email it to aibek[at]makeuseof[dot]com
You must have this in your list, Udemy.com
Great Website by the way, I love it
Thanks…Udemy has certainly been in the news.
One of the very cool links and websites makeuseof is bringing it to u..please make use of!..:):) thnk u so much m u o:):)
This is A W E S O M E!! Thank-you for such a potent bevy of the best!
Try ex.fm (music)
Very nice list of websites
No need to google anything anymore
thanks for your effort in bringing all the cool websites at one place
Good choices, thank you.
“Fantabulous!” Tks a lot!
Lots of work has gone into developing this information. I am excited about reviewing the links. Just one reason I always check out “Make Use Of.”
Thanks Theresa for the vote
Bunch of very useful website
How about a few tech news websites?
Well, we do have a News category, and the news sites mentioned there have technology sections. But yes, we could do with a specialized tech news section too.
In terms of Software Downloads … github.com is getting more and more of interest.
hmmmm, I don’t see how someone can browse/explore the software there.
Surprised that you don’t have Snapfiles on your list of download sites. They’ve been around for a long time and are one of the best resources for freeware.
Thanks for the input! We will look into Snapfiles the next time this pages is reviewed.
i visited many sites and they are very helpfull . thanks for this
I agree. I visited a few sites and they are helpful.
I don’t understand what problem MakeUseOf has with softpedia.com
Softpedia.com is the best site to download any software, it’s far better than CNET downloads and majorgeeks.
Mohit,
What problem do you think we have with Softpedia? I’m not sure what you’re getting at.
we don’t have any problems with Softpedia, it’s a useful site for a lot of people
I like that they listed their own site, very classy.
yup, we consider our Best Of pages to be one of the best places online to get free software )
Deviousness. Well played sir.
Why http://www.ustream.tv/ is not on this list. I think that you will update it in the next version of this list.
Thank you for taking the time to search out such a wonderful collection of software. I shall be be busy perusing these websites for days to come and collecting those suitable for my little laptop and boosting my software library.
The best website i ever ever browsed. This is really Awesome.
you can even add careers website site list too.Definetly every one needs it.
Hello,
The online Shopping section details are not available. Where can I get these?
Why? It’s there – http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/best-websites#shopping
Hmm..there seems to be a glitch. You are right. We will rectify this.
Excellent work, saves readers an immense lot of work in screening websites! Keep it up!
I’d have liked recommendations on:
a) desktop search engines that index the CONTENTS of files as well as file names, in addition to Google Search, and:
b) batch installers, like ninite.com.
Overall, your work is a godsend for those who, like me, are not expert in computers.
Thanks for your suggestions. A category for “other” kind of search engines sounds like a good idea.
Another suggestion for the ‘bored’ section would be the AWESOME http://donotbuythis.com/ Fantastic website collection of stuff you never knew you needed!
i wanted a online television website
which is present here !!!
Its super Awesome website that i ever seen this much of matter for free I am happy to share with my friends and I will try my level best to make popular this website
why there is no
“hacking sites”
Would love to see Hours Tracking (http://hourstracking.com) included under Productivity. Great list!
thanks, will deifnitely check it out before th next update to the page
a really nice list..
hide my ass is really great when torrents are blocked.
Thanks for the movies sites…. been helpful a lot
Bookmarked for future references
just loved the list of best sites in book section.. some of them are really great
Fantastic list. Keeping this on my bookmarks bar. Thanks eversomuch!
Such a great collection of sites in one place!!
Thanks..
great list indeed, i already know majority of websites but some are really new for me…
What about Sport section?, i think this section is missing from your valuable list
Hey! in the ‘Ask questions’ section you people must include Yahoo Answers!, wiki answers and answers.com.All these websites are awesome
thanks, we’ll check them out once again before the next update to the page
Do not even consider to use hidemyass as your VPN provider. They are giving away customer’s identity on false pretexts. Truth is that if you do not log the activity of your users you do not have a way of giving them away. This is why I’m directing you to http://vpnarea.com as an alternative. Not only they do NOT LOG but they are also hosted offshore in Switzerland and are registered in non-uk/non-usa country. Their price and services are more than a match of hidemyass.
thanks for the feedback.
how do you know they are giving away customer’s identity on false pretexts? Any examples?
Aibek
Great varied selection that will obviously benefit from updating as and when. Well done guys
It was a very organized collection, very helpful, thanks a lot
Good collection of sites. It is hard to keep track of some sites which just fade away. Anyway – a good attempt except for one thing – there is no mention of Health. You have mentioned Webmd under ‘Learn Stuff’ though. Health is one of the most searched topics in the internet.
Often you get shoddily edited content even in Wiki when it comes to medical information. I would love to see some sites listed under this topic. Shall I do the honors for starters ?
1.www.health.gov/ – Staid looks but rich in information
2.jamanetwork.com/ – Journal of American Medical Association – hatd to navigate site – but a rich source of medical news
3. athena.targetwoman.com/ – snippets of medical information in a digest format
4. webmd.com – Clear information on health
Please include http://linktons.com as well, one of the best web directories of modern time