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- meshman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+38Welcome to "Web 2.0".
- barnis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27how about adding some real links or screenshots to your "list"
- captainpete, on 10/12/2007, -6/+33Most, if not all of these are just ripoffs of other sites. sucks.
- woojoo, on 10/12/2007, -7/+33And MY favorite: http://*****.com/
- CobolNoFun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21comment abuse, but who writes reviews about websites and doesnt have a link to them?
The Top 10 Underrated Web 2.0 Sites
There are literally thousands of Web 2.0 social bookmarking and news sites on the web these days. Everyone knows about Digg, Technorati, del.icio.us and other Web 2.0 powerhouses, but what about the myriad of smaller and specialty sites. In order to separate the wheat from the chaff, I've spent the last 3 weeks visiting and trying out over 500 of these sites, and have compiled a list of the top 10 under rated Web 2.0 sites.
So what exactly were my criteria for this list? First off, I used some common webmaster tools such as Alexa ranking, Google PR, and link popularity. However, these tools are often nothing more than useless benchmarks. In order to truly get a feel for each of these sites, I rated them on several Web 2.0 characteristics, the most important of which is community. Obviously the whole impetus behind the Web 2.0 philosophy is to build a strong community driven web site.
I'm sure many of you will be familiar with some of these sites, but at the same time, many of these sites may be new to you as well. Take your time to explore these sites as they represent the cream of the Web 2.0 crop. Of course our site, TagOOn.com, is a great way to keep track of the latest Web 2.0 news and also keep track of your blog's ranking, so make sure you bookmark us. Anyway, without further ado, here's the top 10 under rated Web 2.0 sites on the net today:
1. http://Reddit.com
While not the most under-rated Web 2.0 site, after all, it is pretty popular, we felt it deserved the number position because it is so popular, yet it still gets no respect. Reddit's interface reminds me of Google - simple, plain, and straight to the point. As you vote you train the Reddit filter to know what you like and dislike, and you'll get recommended links based on your tastes. When you make good submissions that become popular you earn "karma" - essentially points earned to rank you against the rest of the herd.
2. http://Linkfilter.net
The interface and graphics at Linkfilter are a little strange, but once you get past that it has some nice features. Everyone has the ability to post a link, vote, comment, chat, post a poll, and keep a journal. They have a detailed point system based on experience points and contribution points, but let me just cut to the chase. You get points for everything you do on Linkfilter and those points can help you unlock special features.
3. http://Shoutwire.com
Shoutwire is lacking on personality or cool features, but is a good place to find newsworthy, interesting stories. By participating frequently by posting links, voting, or commenting you can earn a spot on the Top 200 Shouters list. What separates Shoutwire from the pack is that it's stories are mainly political in nature. Also, the site's frontpage is mirrored on TorrentSpy and a few other large sites.
4. http://Flurl.com
Flurl indexes video from more than 1000 video sites on the web, including YouTube. You can rate videos as Flurl or Hurl. When submitting videos, you don't have to wait for approval, so you can let the Flurl community decide. Did you know the developer of MySpace bought controlling interest in Flurl? Hmmm... should be interesting.
5. http://Ma.gnolia.com
Ma.gnolia has a few more features than your average del.icio.us site. It lets you rate your bookmarks with a 5-star system. The site also has a feature called Roots. It utilizes a browser bookmarklet that you can click on while you're surfing to see how many Ma.gnolia users have linked to that site with their ratings and descriptions.
6. http://Blinkbits.com
Blinkbits is not just a link site because it allows users or "blinkers" to start a space to add blogs, pictures, videos, or whatever bits of information you can find on the subject. Blinkbits also has a neat Google Toolbar Add-On that allows you to save and share news, pics, tags, and feeds on any topic.
7. http://Simpy.com
Simpy is simple and useful. It allows you to store and search your bookmarks and other people's bookmarks. Simpy constantly crawls, and re-indexes your bookmarks, so you can see all your broken bookmarks and fix them. You can join groups called Watchlists and stay in touch with like minded people. The only downside to the site is the large number of "Untitled" links, so you need to sift through sometimes.
8. http://StumbleUpon.com
StumbleUpon, or SU as users call it, is unique. This is one of my favorites. They've got a cool toolbar for Firefox and IE where you push a button and you can stumble on sites based on your preferences from your voting or by recommendations from others. It was ranked 51st in the 100 Best Products of 2006 by PCWorld - Not bad for a Canadian startup that now has over one million registered users.
9. http://Blogmemes.com
Blogmemes has almost 9000 registered members, so while its still a small community, it has some nice features. It displays a thumbnail image of each site along with the link and description which is nice when sifting through sites. It also has six different language networks with its own content on each network.
10. http://Squidoo.com
Squidoo is like a social networking blogger developed by Seth Godin. The site allows you to create a page called a "Lens" about any topic you want, add different revenue generating modules like Amazon links, Adsense, and others, as well as links to your other websites or favorite resources. People can rate your lens and you earn visibility based on your ranking. It's a clever new site with loads of potential. - captainpete, on 10/12/2007, -6/+19Just like your mom... Is that even an insult?
- benitojuarez, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12***** shoutwire. For real.
- saralk, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7I hear digg is pretty good too.
- exodii, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8@captainpete:
Most of them are, in fact, really original (and perhaps not that '2.0'). I've been using reddit and stumbleupon for ages. Dugg. - captainpete, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I may have been wrong calling the sites ripoffs, and I apologize for that. However, it did seem like a poorly put together list of things I've seen before just to bring traffic to tagoon.
- mrl14, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3another dumb article just to get on digg.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2In addition to my comments above - check out this one:
http://www.tumblr.com/
This site was recommended by wifigod above. But - just trust me - go there.... you will look at the homepage for this thing and say to yourself "So the ***** what?" Thats exactly what Im talking about. They create these things, and expect you to know what they hell they have created.
In their own words - " Tumblelogs are like blogs with less fuss. Tumblr is your friendly and free tool for creating tumblelogs. " Um...wha? Notice the new buzzword - tumblelogs.
Sign up for it if you wanna. If you do, then I have also created a noogalogger system, that aims to improve and emphasize community-wide circular blog distribution! Come on over and sign up for your own noonalog today! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2buried for being lame. as captainpete conceded, this really just looks like a tactic to suck in traffic.
stumbleupon and reddit are anything but underrated. anyone who's familiar with the term web2.0 has heard of 9/10 of these sites. - hirak99, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I'm now really tired of the top 10 and worst 10 blogs showing up in Digg everyday...
- wifigod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Some of those sites are imitations of others and pretty overrated actually. StumbleUpon is a good one though.
My votes go for:
Jyte - http://www.jyte.com/ - Awesome site where you can make claims about anything or anybody and others can vote on them in a Digg like manner (+/-).
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/ - Possibly not underrated on here, but not a lot of 'normal' people know about it yet.
Tumblr - http://www.tumblr.com/ - LOVE this site. I use it along with my Wordpress blog for all my posting needs!
imeem - http://www.imeem.com/ - GREAT social networking site, allows you to upload music, videos, pictures and share them with anybody. (Including a flash player to embed your playlists on any website). Has downloadable software (I don't use it, but nice feature for some) that allows you to interact with the site a little more. Allows me to keep all my music portable so I can listen from anybody else's computer (when I don't have my iPod). - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2no advertisement at digg ?
- dev65, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Squidoo is nothing more than a collections of spam with tons of advertisments in each lens.
- ScottMaximus1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm going to create a web2 site that is so cool that it doesn't have a name. It exists purely in your own mind
Am I blowing your mind yet?
Now give me venture capital! - diversionmary, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://hypem.com is a great mp3/music blog aggregator with integrated flash player and rankings.
- Roybertito, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oh, there's a bubble burst coming, undoubtedly - Cisco's 3.6 billion dollar buyout of WebEx was I believe one of the many final nails in the coffin.
- SVPirate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Seeing as Web 2.0 is overrated anyway, doe that make these sites underrated overrated sites?
- unsolicited, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.indianpad.com from Asian Indians...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think I have finally discovered the true meaning of "Web 2.0". It's really a reference to the dotCom fizzle of the 90's. 2.0 is the NEXT generation of fizzles. This article shows it. These site - some good perhaps - some not so good. The point is, we are in a new generation of entrepreneurships that think they can make some money from people online. Most STILL have no business plan or model - they just go with the "If we build it, they will come".
Hey, but lets not be so hard on these folks. If nothing else, bloggers and "socal bookmarking sites" do add one thing to the internet - content. I'm a developer, and I (at times) really can appreciate a fellow developer's blog. They *usually* have more information than the old frontpage / geocities homepages of the past. The DOWN side to it all, is that sites like these tend to rip off other people's articles. Even Digg and Slashdot have been running pretty much the same ***** lately, so it's not just the little guy.
Probably the most annoying thing to me about some of these, is they try to take the same old stuff, add a new buzzword, and think they have created something unique. (Lenses for instance). I took a few minutes to look at some of these sites, and they "buzzed" it up so damn much in some cases, I couldn't even tell what the hell the site was for....I found it ironic that they would want me to "sign up" for something that I don't even understand. - Wizdum, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"I think I have finally discovered the true meaning of "Web 2.0". It's really a reference to the dotCom fizzle of the 90's. 2.0 is the NEXT generation of fizzles. This article shows it. These site - some good perhaps - some not so good. The point is, we are in a new generation of entrepreneurships that think they can make some money from people online. Most STILL have no business plan or model - they just go with the "If we build it, they will come"."
Shhh!! - porcelainduck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1StumbleUpon is really great, i think it's getting much more attention recently.
- blanktarget, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm going to make a bookmarking site that bookmarks the bookmarkers. O.o
- bookish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In the "Old West" Web the names and the ideas were far more stupid. Yea, even the name "web 2.0" is corny, but at least people no longer bet the farm on the idea that internet shopping will basically put the worlds physical stores out of biz.
Tons of OVER-rated sites are already on their last leg. But the strong will survive. And if there's a buble burst, ala WEB 2.0, I bet Digg and Reddit will both stay standing as dozens fall. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1web 2.0 and ripoff sites go hand in hand with apple users/designers being copycats and never coming up with original ideas. wheres your conscience and originality you *****? what a ***** joke.
- farffa, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1Good information.Dugg and stumbled!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i hate lists that go from 1 to 10..... should be 10 to 1
- dcharti, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Soo.... only news/link-sharing sites are considered 'web 2.0?'
- daemon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Yup, most of them lack real innovation.
- MrKite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Welcome to "Web 2.0"."
Yeah, the web for the bored. - rinkjustice, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I'm glad Simpy.com got some props. I've been using it for years because it's got an amazing set of features.
- war59312, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Mirror since it's dead:
http://duggmirror.com/tech_news/The_Top_10_Underrated_Web_2_0_Sites/ - JimenaRV, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I love Mag.nolia, but I hate Twitter.
- KorakTarzan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have used REDDIT couple of times; it really needs some improvement because it is not lively enough as compared to DIGG.
- Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Twitter? What am I doing? Other than burning precious moments of my life on the Internet, I'm minding my own business. You?
- eprnetwork, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://LinkedWords.com , one of the biggest web 2.0 sites on web, is a unique and innovative concept built upon massive web 2.0 contextual platform. With 38 Million English words, phrases and whole sentences built-in, which web sites use to get contextually linked with, it aims to maximize the contextual linking on web. Currently the platform is rapidly growing and reshaping the way web sites do links on web by shifting the focus from off-text links (links outside the content / simple links) to in-text links (links in the context / contextual links). The traffic is more than 400,000 uniques per month, which is just amazing for a few months old site: http://quantcast.com/linkedwords.com
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Another underrated web2.0 site is http://www.AboutUs.org which has a wiki page of every domain in the world.
- episod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Have to give a shout out to English, baby! http:/www.englishbaby.com -- I used to be an engineer on the project and while it won't turn many American heads, its grown quite popular in China and Europe. It's all based around a daily English lesson with audio and sometimes video, along with transcripts and vocabulary. Then it adds a bit of the social networking formula into making fellow English learners from across the globe into "friends", along with blogs forums and all that stuff. Of course English, baby! is written in Ruby on Rails. Damn fun project to have worked on!
- omgomgomg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1that shoutwire site has a refection on every single item on the page.. laammmmee
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I love StumbleUpon, It is one of my firefox extension that I can't live without. It gives you new website to visit. But about the others.. Hmmmm Haven't tried them.
- otisg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I, too, am glad Simpy got some props. Those interested in performance may find it interesting that Simpy beat even the big bad Google (and del.icio.us, Amazon, and a number of others) in performance while getting its share of extra traffic from this story. The screenshot is here: http://blog.simpy.com/blojsom/blog/?permalink=Ahead-of-Google-del-icio-us-etc.html
- hiPpymIck, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2this was posted on Digg recently by someone
http://movers20.esnips.com/TableStatAction.ns?reportId=100
top 2.0 sites and their daily/weekly/monthly movement - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3try http://mynoteit.com the web2 website for students. I've been using it for a long time now and it just keeps getting better.
- usakos, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1My favorite new real estate Web 2.0 are;
http://www.redfin.com - which lets you buy houses online, and since real estate agents usually charge 10% in commission, Redfin.com allows you to save that commission fees simply by buying directly through them and sidestepping middle-agents.
and
http://www.rentersq.com - which lets landlords to easily share and exchange among each other rental history and background information of all the tenants any where in the world. - Holosoth, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore
- chedabob, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4I see your education pays for itself ...
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