I always look forward to Time Magazine‘s yearly special features where they list the best blogs, best inventions, best websites and other cool stuff. In the past, I’ve blogged about the 50 Best Inventions of 2008 and Best Blogs of 2010. Last week they released the list for The 50 Best Websites of 2011. This particular feature honors the different useful, entertaining and indispensable websites found in the World Wide Web.
Below is the complete list of the 50 Best Websites of 2011 according to their categories:
Music & Video
- 8tracks
- HBO GO
- Howcast
- My Damn Channel
- Turntable.fm
Family & Kids
- CafeMom
- Dear Photograph
- Poptropica
- Proust
- Wonderopolis
Sports
- Bleacher Report
- Grantland
- Jayski’s Silly Season Site
- Onion Sports Network
- SB Nation
News & Info
- Big Think
- GetHuman
- Instapaper
- ScienceDaily
- Techmeme
Financial & Productivity
- DuckDuckGo
- Evernote
- Join.me
- Kickstarter
- LearnVest
Shopping & Travel
- Airbnb
- Gogobot
- Hipmunk
- Polyvore
- Retrevo
Health & Fitness
- CalorieKing
- HealthGrades
- MapMyRun
- Summer Tomato
- Zen Habits
Social Media
- Google+
- Klout
- Quora
- Storify
Games
- The Escapist
- Giant Bomb
- OnLive
- Touch Arcade
- Retrocade
Education
- Freerice
- Khan Academy
- Open Yale Courses
- Smarthistory
- Starfall
Click here to see the complete article.
Which of these websites are your favorites or daily reads? Which website/s can you not live without?
[image source: Time/Alexander Ho]
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October 2nd, 2011 at 11:09 AM
sites for entertainment include englishrussia , theoatmeal
September 21st, 2011 at 6:55 AM
Thanks for sharing…somewhat helpful to bloggers like me….
September 13th, 2011 at 12:56 PM
@ bennix, even Twittern is not included. How about the best blogs of 2011? I also want to see the best websites in the business category. But anyway, this is a great share. Thanks for posting.
September 2nd, 2011 at 11:55 AM
techmeme is just an aggregation of all the happening news in the web . would have been better if u added the direct link along with the names
Sourish
August 30th, 2011 at 9:43 PM
Why FB is not included in the social media?I am only familiar with Techmeme and Google +.Thanks for sharing…:)