General
Google #1 web search engine. Google uses PageRank to denote a site’s importance.
Yahoo! Yahoo was the second most visited site in the world as of May 2009. Has a wide array of internet services that cater for most online activities.
Yahoo! Search Results come from Yahoo!'s own search engine database with some internal Yahoo! content. 2nd most popular search engine on the web.
Bing Microsoft's search technology including categorized search, search history, best match and instant answers. 3rd most popular search engine.
Wikipedia Free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Wikipedia articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world.
Craigslist #1 classifieds site. Sections for jobs, housing, personals, for sale, services, community, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums.
MSN A collection of Internet services provided by Microsoft. Offering MSNBC News, sports, MSN Money, games, videos, entertainment & celebrity gossip, weather and shopping. 6th most visited domain name on the Internet.
AOL AOL gives access to a "walled garden" online community and the internet as a whole.
Flickr Up to 100 MB of image upload monthly for free. Pro account $24.95 for unlimited storage. Video sharing. #1 photo sharing site after Facebook.
Mapquest Driving directions and maps. Local traffic and road conditions, find nearby businesses and restaurants. Most popular map site in the US (just).
Google Maps Offers street maps, a route planner for traveling by foot, bicycle, car, or public transport, business locator and real estate. 2nd most popular map site in the US (just).
Yahoo!
AnswersA community-driven knowledge website that allows users to submit questions to be answered and answer questions asked by other users.
Photobucket Up to 1 Gb free photo space and 5 mins of video. Pro account features 10GB of space, FTP uploading, up to 10 minutes video. Easy integration of photos with other social media sites.
Wolfram Alpha Answers factual queries by computing the answer from structured data, rather than providing a list of documents or web pages as a search engine would.
yelp Local search and user reviews and recommendations of top restaurants, shopping, nightlife, entertainment, services.
Wayback
MachineWeb time travel. View old/historic versions of websites. A matrix of dates for cached versions is shown for each site.
Entertainment
Fox Fox Broadcasting Company, American television network. Highest-rated broadcast network in the 18–49 demographic.
Youtube Youtube - sharing website on which users can upload and share videos.
Pogo Offers a variety of free casual games, from card and board games to puzzle, sports, and word games. Games are played in a browser with the Java-plugin or Flash.
Sirius
Satellite
RadioSirius Internet Radio. Provides over 80 streams (channels) of music, sports, news and entertainment. 100% commercial-free.
hulu A free online video service that offers hit TV shows including Family Guy, 30 Rock, and the Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Vevo New music video website (currently showing UMG content). Like Hulu but for music videos.
GoComics Publishes daily comics, editorial cartoons and mobile content.
Miniclip Previous winner of the Webby "Best Games Website". Most games are created by third-party developers using Adobe Flash, Shockwave and Java.
mocospace #1 mobile entertainment site. Free mobile community where you can meet people, chat, share pics and videos and play games on your cell phone.
Financial
Yahoo!
Finance#1 finance site. Free stock quotes, up to date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, message boards, and mortgage rates.
Google
Finance#2 finance site. Offers a broad range of information about stocks, mutual funds, public and private companies.
IRS The US government agency responsible for tax collection and tax law enforcement. Includes income tax forms, instructions, and agency publications.
Lending Club Get a personal loan or invest money with peer lending. Great personal loan rates for qualified borrowers. Personal loan investment Notes offered by prospectus.
The Financial
TimesThe latest UK and international business, finance, economic and political news, comment and analysis from the Financial Times on FT.com.
Bloomberg Bloomberg.com draws from the news and data power of the Bloomberg Professional(R) service and our host of media products to provide the highest quality news and information.
Business Business search engine and business directory designed to help its users find the companies, products, services, and information they need to make the right business decisions.
Bank of
AmericaSavings, credit cards, mortgages, auto loans, insurance. Largest bank in US by assets. Purchased Merrill Lynch Sep 2008.
Wells Fargo Start here to bank and pay bills online. Wells Fargo provides personal banking, investing services, small business, and commercial banking.
Chase Online Chase: Personal Banking, Investments, Credit Cards, Student Loans, Home, Auto, Commercial and Small Business Insurance.
eHealth
InsuranceCompare health insurance quotes, medical insurance plans. eHealthInsurance helps you find affordable health insurance, individual health insurance, HSA medical insurance.
House, Home & Autos
Home & Garden
Television#1 home and garden site. Decorating, Home Improvement, Landscaping Ideas, Kitchen and Bathroom Design.
Realtor #1 real estate site. Search through over 3 million real estate listing by Realtors from all over the country. Pick an area and get all of the information about the area, along with the homes for sale or rent.
Garden Guides How to grow plants, start a garden, get gardening tips or find supplies. Join the community and connect with gardeners with similar growing interests.
Garden Web GardenWeb: with garden forums, articles on gardening, directories of nurseries, gardens and gardening organizations, a botanical glossary, an events calendar, a plant database and contests.
Realestate Get mortgage information and calculate the value of your home. Search for homes using street view. Search foreclosure listings and auction details (with 7-day free trial).
Century 21 Real Estate Listings - Real Estate Agents. Fifth most visited real estate website on the Internet as of March 2009.
Lifestyle
Career
BuilderSearch 1.6 million Jobs on CareerBuilder.com. Find new employment or work. Fresh job listings posted daily. #1 careers site.
Food Network #1 US Food and Beverage infromation site. Easy Recipes, Healthy Eating Ideas and Chef Recipe Videos.
Avon Shop online or request a Representative at AVON, the world's leading direct seller of beauty and related products.
Expedia Internet-based travel agency. Book airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages, and various attractions and services.
News
Yahoo! news #1 US news site. Daily news, current events, today's top headlines, breaking news, news photos, news video, Full Coverage.
CNN Latest breaking news and information on the latest top stories, weather, business, entertainment and politics. #1 US TV site.
Fark Community news website. Links and news submitted and discussed by members. One of the top 100 English language sites.
Fox News Offers worldwide news coverage, analysis, show profiles, broadcast schedules, team biographies, and email news alerts. #3 US tv site.
The Weather
ChannelNational and Local Weather Forecast, Hurricane, Radar and Report.
Reddit Social news site. Users post links and vote them up or down, with discussion areas and topic Reddits.
Washington
PostOffers news, opinion, sports, arts and living and entertainment. Includes archives since 1977 and subscription information.
US Magazine US Weekly's hottest celebrity news, photos, fashion, and videos from Hollywood.
Shopping
eBay Online auction and shopping website. Electronics, cars, clothing, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods and digital cameras.
Amazon America's largest online retailer. Online store for books, VHS, DVD, music CDs and MP3s, computer software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food and toys.
Walmart Shop Walmart Online for Low Prices on Top Brands in Computers, TVs, Toys, GPS, Video Games, DVDs, Music, Apparel, Housewares, iPod, Photo, Grocery, Baby Gear, Pharmacy. Free Shipping with Site to Store.
Drugstore Shop for prescription drugs, health & beauty, green & natural, pet products, food & gourmet, toys & games.
Social
Yahoo! Mail #1 e-mail website. Official site for the service, which features spam filters, a virus scanner, and interfaces for international users.
Windows Live
Mail#2 e-mail website. Free web-based e-mail. 2MB e-mail storage, signatures, stationery, HTML compatible.
Google Mail #3 e-mail website. Gmail offers over 7 GB of free storage with additional storage from 10 GB to 400 GB for $20 to $500/yr. Search-oriented interface and a "conversation view" similar to an Internet forum.
AOL Mail #4 e-mail website. Free AOL webmail. Features an option to create an email address for a custom domain.
Facebook Facebook is now the largest social networking site (ahead of MySpace). Join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region. Add friends, send messages and update your personal profile.
Plenty of
Fish#1 US dating site. 100% Free online dating and matchmaking service for singles.
MySpace An international site that offers email, a forum, communities, videos and weblog space. #1 personal/blog site.
Google Blog
SearchGoogle Blog Search provides fresh, relevant search results from millions of feed-enabled blogs.
Blogger Blogger is a free blog publishing tool from Google. The top blog website after Myspace blogs.
digg Social news website. Submit links, stories, blogs, comment and vote (Dig or Bury) on content. Front page shows most dugg stories.
Technorati Internet blog search. Technorati looks at tags to categorize search results, with recent results coming first and rates each blog's "authority", the number of unique blogs linking to the blog over the previous six months.
FreeRice A website where users play various educational, multiple-choice games in order to raise money to fight world hunger.
the hunger
siteThe Hunger Site was founded to focus the power of the Internet on a specific humanitarian need: the eradication of world hunger.
SecondLife Second Life is a free 3D virtual world where users can socialize, connect and create using voice and text chat.
twitter One of the fastest growing major websites. Twitter is a free social messaging and micro-blogging service for staying connected in real-time.
Bebo "Blog early, blog often". Allows users to share photos with music, and blogs, draw on members' White Boards, and hook up with friends from school and college.
Delicious A social bookmarking web service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. "Hotlist", "popular" and "recent" pages show web memes and trends.
WordPress Free blogs managed by the developers of the WordPress software.
CaringBridge Free personalized websites for people facing a serious medical condition or recovering from a significant accident, illness or injury to give friends/family consistent updates.