Top Twenty New Useful Website Applications
October 24, 2008 by Sherry Tingley
Filed under Internet
An interesting array of new, useful websites have appeared on the Internet. All these websites are designed to make your life easier in some regard. Some of these new websites can be accessed from your mobile phone so that you can see this information from where ever you are.
The websites listed below are displayed according to their Alexa ranking, which is a measurement of how popular sites are and how much traffic they get. Google and Yahoo of course battle for the number one position worldwide, so that should give you some idea that the closer the website is to the number one position, the more popular they are. They are also listed by the topic they cover.
| Alexa Rank | Useful Websites | Topic | |
| 161 | www.multiply.com | Media Storage | |
| 199 | www.pogo.com | Games | |
| 490 | www.esnips.com | Media Storage | |
| 1,183 | www.slate.com | Government Gossip | |
| 4,061 | www.opentable.com | Dining | |
| 12,060 | www.gasbuddy.com | Energy | |
| 22,513 | www.imedix.com | Health | |
| 16,253 | www.fitday.com | Health | |
| 31,436 | www.annualcreditreport.com | Finance | |
| 35,711 | www.glassdoor.com | Company Gossip | |
| 44,868 | www.sproutbuilder.com | Media Creation | |
| 48,177 | www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/ | Government Gossip | |
| 56,660 | www.nextbus.com | Transportation | |
| 73,063 | www.fedspending.org | Government Gossip | |
| 92,030 | www.billshrink.com | Finance | |
| 119,812 | www.techmeme.com | Technology | |
| 454,896 | www.capzles.com | Media Storage | |
It’s worth taking a look at some of these to see how they will help you in your daily life. One favorite is the www.opentable.com where you can book dining reservations. Their database comes complete with photos of the inside of the restaurant and price ranges for dinner.
The funniest site is www.mizpee.com that promises help in finding the nearest bathroom. You can access this from your mobile phone. The only problem is that it’s just starting so the restrooms that it can locate are limited. In another ten years though, this database ought to be pretty well stocked.
The next time you are waiting for a bus to arrive, you may be lucky enough to discover your bus system is being tracked by a GPS system. Although this site, www.nextbus.com does not have all the states in the U.S. covered, it is a great idea and one I hope will blossom into all part of the world. Seems that one cold morning while waiting for a bus, I developed this system in my mind. Life is becoming easier with new technology!
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Susan Kishner on Fri, 24th Oct 2008 4:42 pm
You know, I have to tell you, I really enjoy this blog and the insight from everyone who participates. I find it to be refreshing and very informative. I wish there were more blogs like it. Anyway, I felt it was about time I posted, I?ve spent most of my time here just lurking and reading, but today for some reason I just felt compelled to say this.