TIME’s 50 Coolest Websites
By: Drew Meyers, Business Development Specialist | August 14, 2006
We are honored that TIME Magazine included Zillow on its 2006 list of the 50 Coolest Websites, which was announced yesterday. In addition to the Travel & Real Estate category, the list was comprised of several other categories including Time Wasters, Staying Connected, and Web Search & Services. If you were wondering, TIME chose to put myspace in the Staying Connected category rather than Time Wasters. Since I am someone that has wasted hours of my time on MySpace, I think it could be included in either category.
There are many cool and interesting sites on the list and we thought we’d share some personal favorites from the Zillow Team.
- My personal favorite on the list is Meebo because I am sick and tired of using three different instant message clients on a daily basis to communicate with all the people I regularly exchange messages with. For those of you tired of the hassle of using AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, and MSN Messenger at the same time, Meebo is worth a look.
- David loves Youtube and says, "I can see myself throwing my television away."
- Amy and Amanda are fans of online boutique Shop Intuition. Says Amanda, “It’s nice to be able to browse trends and then immediately make a purchase. Much easier than running all over town trying to hunt down something you saw in a magazine.”
- Spencer is a fan of Pandora because it helps "to discover new music quickly – you tell them what you like, and they cycle through songs that might be a good fit. It’s like speed-dating for music."
- Diane says she can’t stop saying "a-a-a-a-w-w-w" every time she visits Cute Overload and wants plug one of Seattle’s newest startups, RealSelf for tips and tricks on staying young and energized.
What are your personal favorites from the list (and why)?
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Amit C on August 14, 2006 3:58 pm
An alternative to Meebo is GAIM which is also multi platform http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
Amit
Nick Pang on August 14, 2006 4:29 pm
besides, zillow, mine is blurb.com
i published a coffee table book of digital photos (they’re sitting inside my hard disk otherwise) for mother’s day! they went out of their way to make sure the book is perfect. the printers messed up and i was able to get free copies reprinted. blurb was still in beta at that time but i took a chance
-nick
Andy Triboletti on August 15, 2006 7:18 am
Some of my favorite sites along with zillow and the ones listed are:
http://tunebounce.com - music recommendations from your itunes library. I wrote this! It works with Mac OS X best.
http://chipin.com - collaborative group fundraising and my new employer!
Aloha!
Drew M on August 15, 2006 11:04 am
Thanks for all the suggestions regarding other cool sites to look at! TIME’s top 50 couldn’t possibly mention all the nifty ones that exist out there on the web. What else should we be aware of that is worth checking out?