Influential Web Sites

By    John Garner on  Monday, August 14, 2006
Summary: A very interesting email was waiting for me this morning in my inbox. My week-end round-up from the Guardian which in turn lead me to an article in the Observer/Guardian about "Websites that changed the world". Although this is the list that follows, do take a look at the article, it's far more interesting than […]

A very interesting email was waiting for me this morning in my inbox. My week-end round-up from the Guardian which in turn lead me to an article in the Observer/Guardian about "Websites that changed the world".

Although this is the list that follows, do take a look at the article, it's far more interesting than the simple list below :

Amazon used to be a large river in South America - but that was before the world wide web.

  1. eBay.com
  2. Wikipedia.com
  3. Napster.com
  4. Youtube.com
  5. Blogger.com
  6. Friendsreunited.com
  7. Drudgereport.com
  8. Myspace.com
  9. Amazon.com
  10. Slashdot.org
  11. Salon.com
  12. Craigslist.org
  13. Google.com
  14. Yahoo.com
  15. Easyjet.com

I personally feel that Google has had a bigger impact than being at number 13, but hey, being reunited with your friends is priceless isn't it. However being placed after salon.com, what's that about ? Have you heard people say just google it, and what about just salon.com it ? I think this is more about the Guardian/Observer journalists admiration than true 'influence' (sorry, changing the world) along with several other sites like Drudgereport, SlashDot etc. for them to be placed higher than Google.

Article written by  John Garner

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