50 Coolest Websites 2005

50 Coolest Websites 2005 by Time Magazine

How do we come up with our 50 best? Short answer: we take your suggestions, probe friends and colleagues about their favourite online haunts and then surf like mad. This year's finalists are a mix of newcomers, new discoveries and veterans that have learned some new tricks

Arts & Entertainment

http://www.aardman.com/
http://www.complete-review.com/
opus1classical.com
digitalgallery.nypl.org
www.coudal.com/moom.php
http://www.orisinal.com/
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/
http://www.zefrank.com/
http://www.podcastbunker.com/
http://www.mercora.com/
http://www.tv.com/

Blogs
For most Netizens, Web logs—reading them, writing them, or both—have become a way of life. So this year, they get their own category

http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/ Also see: Overheardintheoffice.com
http://www.jalopnik.com/
http://www.autoblog.com/
gofugyourself.typepad.com – Ha ha I knew it!
postsecret.blogspot.com
http://www.mocoloco.com/
bayraider.tv
http://www.allensblog.typepad.com/
http://www.chocolateandzucchini.com/
http://www.boingboing.net/

http://www.dooce.com/

http://www.chromasia.com/sbnation.com

http://www.lifehacker.com/

http://www.gridskipper.com/

What no http://www.wondywoman.blogspot.com/? Maybe next year!

Lifestyle, Health & Hobbies

http://www.flavorpill.net/
http://www.cancernutritioninfo.com/
flickr.com
http://www.zoozoom.com/
http://www.food411.com/
digitalhome.cnet.com
ttp://www.livingto100.com/
http://www.dogster.com/
http://www.ineighbors.org/


News & Information

http://www.blinkxtv.com/
http://www.idtheftcenter.org/
http://www.answers.com/english.ohmynews.com
http://www.indeed.com/ Also see: http://www.simplyhired.com/
http://www.findlaw.com/
http://www.publicagenda.org/
http://www.clusty.com/


Shopping

sidestep.com
http://www.craigslist.org/
http://www.shopzilla.com/
http://www.woot.com/
http://www.mcphee.com/
http://www.zappos.com/
http://www.complaints.com/