《Business 2.0》评出的2007年25大网络新锐

《Business 2.0》评出的2007年25大网络新锐

卫报：世界上最有用的100个网站

你从未访问过的最好的网站

The Year in Review: The Best Websites You’ve Never Visited (and some you have)
Posted on December 19th, 2006
By Erin Teeling in Web 2.0, Website review

2006 has seen many fantastic developments in the realm of Web 2.0. Looking back over the year, the growth of sites like YouTube, digg, Facebook, and Wikipedia immediately come to mind. But 2006 has also brought us many other great websites that, while they are less well-known, are no less fun or interesting. Here is a round up of some of my favorite off-the-beaten path websites from 2006, which I love for their randomness, creativity, and all-around fun factor.

Spreadshirt.com. This truly is the best place to buy t-shirts online. This site gives you the power to design your own t-shirt, and provides a library of styles, text fonts, and images for you to use in your creation. You can also browse the creations of other t-shirt lovers, or import your own image to the system to use. This site is definitely fun– one-of-a-kind t-shirts make great gifts!

The Daily Puppy . Who can resist a face like this? Well I certainly can’t. I love this site purely because of the cuteness factor. It’s loaded with pictures of adorable puppies, with a different dog featured every day on the homepage. Dogster is also worth browsing if you love dogs. That site has more information about breeds, dog behavior, and adoption of pets, but for its aesthetic value, the Daily Puppy is tough to beat. Thanks to Steve for telling me about this one last week.

The Baby Name Voyager. I have blogged about this one before. This site offers a fully interactive graphing tool that displays trends in baby names. A great source of useless information, this site is fun to play around on and is provides a good example of online graphing capabilities.

Horny Manatee. The only way I can describe this site is to say that it is completely ridiculous. A project from Conan O’Brien and NBC, this site came about after Conan suggested that Florida State University take on the Horny Manatee as its new official athletic mascot. The site has a few videos from Conan’s show about the creation of the site, opportunities to buy Save the Manatee T-shirts ($5 from every purchase goes to the Save the Manatee Club), and allows Horny Manatee fans (yes, the site has fans) to send in their own manatee artwork. Very silly and for a good cause (if you like manatees).

The Onion. “America’s Finest News Source” since 1996, this site is a parody on….well….everything. This is definitely one of the Web’s greatest sources of nonsense, and it makes fun of everything (and everyone) in the news.

Earth Day Networks’ Ecological Footprint Quiz. “Ever wondered how much ‘nature’ your lifestyle requires? You’re about to find out.” This little gadget asks you a few questions about your lifestyle and calculates the size of your ecological footprint.

LowPost.net, StrikeTwo.net, and FairCatch.net. These sites are dangerously addictive for NBA/MLB/NFL fans. The two sites provide summaries of the most popular sports blog headlines every day. You can also search by team, player, or topic to find information. You can see trend information for topics, view the most popular posts of the day, view scores, get RSS feeds, read blogs…in fact, it might just be easier to say that I can’t think of anything you can’t do on these sites.

Will It Blend? Ever wonder what would happen if you put a cell phone in a blender? How about a hockey puck ? Or perhaps a bottled beverage ? Well, maybe this site can help quell your curiosity. Actually an advertising site for BlendTec blenders, WillItBlend.com displays a plethora of videos featuring a pseudo-lab technician blending extremely odd items in an effort to test their super-powerful Total Blender. Um, don’t try this at home.

Taquitos.net . Are you a snack addict? Then you need to visit this site. A gallery of information and reviews about all things snacking, this site will give you ideas for new snacks to try and which ones to…well…not try. You can also go snack shopping on this site. Who doesn’t need Herr’s potato chips by the case or stock in Krispy Kreme? Check it out.

These last two sites aren’t new this year, but I can’t help but mention them.

AllofMP3. This Russian music download site has super-cheap MP3 downloads…I’m talking whole albums for just $2. It’s amazing, but I don’t expect it to around much longer, due to perceived legality issues and property rights violations. But, as of right now, it’s legal and is a great source for inexpensive digital music.

Internet Movie Database. This site is a movie-lover’s heaven. Not only does it offer tons of information about movies, but it also has a wide library of reviews and comments about all sorts of films. Powerful search tools help you find what you’re looking for quickly. My favorite part about this site, though, are the “trivia” and “goofs” categories. Everyone should know things like that the movie Animals House “was set to be filmed at the University of Missouri until the president of the school read the script and refused permission.” This is a great site where I could easily waste several hours browsing the content.

I would also like to thank the year 2006 for bringing us movie previews on Netflix and a redesigned and revamped CNET (complete with product review videos). It’s been a great year for the Internet, and I expect next year to bring more cyber-ridiculousness our way.

This post is part of a series of “Reviews and Predictions” for ProBlogger. Please visit the site and check out the rest of the contest entries!

《时代周刊》评出2006年50大最酷网站

《时代周刊》评出2006年50大最酷网站

《时代周刊》评出2006年50大最酷网站

《时代周刊》评选出了美国50大最酷网站，其中包括YouTube、MySpace和Digg等知名网站。
　　为了评出美国50大最酷网站，《时代周刊》仔细评估了数百个入围网站。在上榜的50家网站中，有很多都是Web 2.0网站，它们为用户提供了全新的通信和娱乐方式，帮助用户创建、消费、共享和讨论各种形式的媒体，从博客文章到视频片断。

       下面为美国50大最酷网站列表：

　　娱乐、艺术和媒体类：

　　网站名称       功能                网址

　　Pandora       广播电台                www.pandora.com/

　　The 9         视频博客                9.yahoo.com/

　　Drawn!        艺术品                  www.drawn.ca/

　　Sundance Splinks  电影推荐 festival.sundance.org/2006/watch/splinks.aspx

　　Photo Muse        图片                    photomuse.org/

　　91Q          家庭电影                  www.91q.com/

　　Wolfgang’s Vault  摇滚                    www.wolfgangsvault.com/Home.aspx

　　Podcast Pickle    播客                    podcastpickle.com/

　　YouTube           视频共享                www.youtube.com/

　　购物、生活方式和业余爱好类：

　　网站名称            功能          网址

　　Zunafish              旧物交换        www.zunafish.com/

　　Delicious Days        烹饪            deliciousdays.com/

　　Mighty Goods          购物            mightygoods.com/

　　Not Martha            工艺品          notmartha.org/

　　Kids-In-Mind          儿童教育        kids-in-mind.com/

　　Phone Scoop           手机            www.phonescoop.com/

　　Shop Intuition       时尚             shopintuition.com/

　　新闻和信息类：

　　网站名称           功能          网址

　　Digg                 科技            digg.com/

　　Footnoted            上市公司        footnoted.org/

　　The Morning News     新闻            themorningnews.org/

　　Charity Navigator    慈善事业        charitynavigator.org/

　　Deadspin             体育            deadspin.com

　　Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone 战场报告 hotzone.yahoo.com/

　　The Human Clock      报时            www.humanclock.com/?s=1

　　Tailrank             政治            tailrank.com/

　　社交类：

　　网站名称            功能          网址

　　Dodgeball             手机定位        www.dodgeball.com/

　　MySpace             全球社区        myspace.com/

　　Meebo                 即时信息        www18.meebo.com/

　　SingShot             卡拉OK俱乐部     www.singshot.com/

　　Google Spreadsheets   团队项目        Spreadsheets.google.com

　　打发时间类：

　　网站名称                 功能       网址

　　Number Logic             解谜           number-logic.com/

　　TMZ                         名人谈话       www.tmz.com/

　　Cute Overload            改善心情       www.cuteoverload.com/

　　Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas 涂鸦  jacksonpollock.org/

　　Shockwave                免费游戏       www.shockwave.com/home.jsp

　　Yu-Gi-Oh Groove          打斗游戏       www.yugioh.com/groove/

　　旅游和房地产类：

　　网站名称      功能        网址

　　Yelp           旅游目的地    www.yelp.com/

　　Zipcar         搭车          www.zipcar.com/

　　Kayak          飞行计划      www.kayak.com/

　　Zillow         住宅评估      www.zillow.com/

　　Central Park   公园         centralpark.com/

　　Farecast       旅行费用     farecast.com/

　　Hop Stop         公共交通        www.hopstop.com/

　　网络搜索和服务类：

　　网站名称    功能             网址

　　Snap         搜索               www.snap.com/

　　Seamless Web   订餐             www.seamlessweb.com/login.m

　　TradePrince    供求信息贴吧     www.tradeprince.com/

　　Pixsy          图片和视频       pixsy.com/

　　Argali White & Yellow  电话号码 argali.com/

　　Kosmix        保健              kosmix.com/

　　Blurb         自己出版          www.blurb.com/

　　McAfee SiteAdvisor 网络防御     www.siteadvisor.com/

抄袭模式，还是满足用户？

     风起云涌的Web 2.0大潮已开始大浪淘沙。在众多新兴互联网公司中，有的已经融资千万，有的仍在艰难跋涉，有的已经考虑关门歇业。风险投资显然不是检验模式成败的标准，很多风险投资或者遍地开花的投，或者根据公司创建人的资历投，未必完全依照对新兴公司的未来前景的判断。但他们的选择多少会反映市场对企业的接受程度。

     究竟如何判断互联网项目的未来前景呢？近日，中国民工网的肖克文透露已融资百万美元，不久有望继续融资。面向民工的网站？这对很多人来说似乎不可思议，民工需要互联网吗？ 真是没有调查就没有发言权，近2亿的流动人口、企业用人存在巨大缺口，这一切都说明已就业、培训为内容的网站会存在较多机会。说白了，企业的成功与否，除了有经验丰富的掌门人，主要还是看用户—-是否满足用户的需求？是否迎合了社会上存在巨大需求的领域？ 简单拷贝美国模式未必能够成功。

    一般来说，只要在美国有较好的模式，国内就很快出现抄袭者。很多人以抄袭者的成功为题进行过详细探讨，但回顾互联网在国内的发展，简单的拷贝未能成功。新郎、搜狐可算yahoo的拷贝者，但前两者的成功在于根本想不到的短信收入。携程虽然挂着互联网的牌子，实质上却是电话订机票和酒店的公司。

   在抄袭的时候，国内用户的独特需求要考虑好，否则真的划虎反成猫。(oldhenry)

韩国总统府开通博客

韩国总统府开通博客 普通百姓可与总统网络互动

（中国）龙虎网 　(2006-01-18)

　　【龙虎网讯】据《韩国先驱报》报道，韩国总统府青瓦台日前分别在3个不同的私营互联网门户网站上开通了总统博客，使韩国老百姓可以与总统府之间实现互动交流。这3个总统博客除涉及当年有争议的问题外，同时会传达卢武铉总统对于一些全国性长期工程的个人见解。

　　到目前为止，已经有6份备忘录在这3个网站上发布，其中包括卢武铉对于全球化是必然趋势的看法。此外，他还解释了为什么要将政府办公大楼从首尔迁至燕岐(Yeongi)。总统府发言人金满秀(Kim Man-soo)称：“青瓦台的目的是想直接为网民提供各种与总统府相关的信息和新闻。”

　　相关的网站还设置了电子公告牌，市民可以发表他们的个人评论，使网民的观点可以为制定政策服务。金满秀说：“即使那些批评总统的观点，也可以在这一部分出现，总统府的官员会对各种观点进行反省。”3个博客以“总统的思想”为名称，通过一系列文章、图表和flash动画发布总统府的咨讯。

　　去年11月，韩国总统府在一个私营网站上开辟了青瓦台专区拓展公共关系。提供门户服务的paran网站不必支付版税，就可以管理和组织总统府提供的各种内容。但是韩国最大的反对党“大国家党”却批评青瓦台提供这些额外信息是出于政治上的考虑

圈子经济有多大？

老亨利

         网上不断有圈子经济的讨论，比如所谓刘韧的Donews线上线下圈、各类兴趣版聚。中国缘 http://www2.chinacircle.com 就是是个靠圈子挣钱的web2.0网站。（其实，我觉得改成中国圈可能更贴切）类似的还有Heiyou、联络家和圈网中国。

        web2.0意味着市场细分、人群细分和个性化的满足，SNS网站充分体现了这点，上面汇集了各类兴趣人群。如何赢利呢？这也是困扰多数web2.0网站的问题。

         事实上，这似乎不是问题。广告将会逐步分流到这些网站。前两天，有幸听取了社科院著名新闻研究员时统宇的演讲，其中提到“随着广告主的成熟，做品位媒体的报纸将会赢得越来越多广告主的追捧。” 这点可以从新浪、搜狐网站广告的分流看出端倪：广告主需要覆盖那些最有价值的人群。就像ChinaBBS之类访问量领先的网站却根本不可能成功一样：浏览者都是些没有价值的人群。至少该网站无法描述自己的读者。广告主会转向各类SNS网站：体育用品的投向运动圈；旅游产品投向驴友圈。。。。。

        这就像一些所谓综合性媒体因为版面和资源限制，无法各个方面都覆盖一样，给那些细分媒体很多机会一样。

      记得一位创业朋友曾经考虑过通过活动来赢利的方式：利用圈子来搞团购、打折。。。。这种方式可能操作起来比较有难度，不如那些靠点点鼠标就挣钱的网站来得轻松。

    不过也是一种思考。

那里网，分类广告类

      craigslist在美国的成功引来了众多模仿者。继客齐集之后，那里网（http://www.naalee.com/ ）算一个。这个自称为北京生活社区的网站比很多立志服务全国，乃至全球的网站似乎更专注。从信息量来看，招聘求职 (13066) 交友类 (6275)生活服务 (8680)。

 这似乎比哪些雄心更大的网站包含更多信息。只是推广不够。