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posted on July 8, 2005 05:21:23 PM new
Amazing... With the exception of craigslist (and maybe CNET if you want to count that one site as CNET), I have never heard of ANY of them.
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posted on July 8, 2005 06:36:15 PM new
This is how Time comes up with their list.
How do we come up with our 50 best? Short answer: we take your suggestions, probe friends and colleagues about their favorite 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
Fact Monster also has a list of the more familiar top sites ranked by unique visitors per month.
posted on July 10, 2005 01:17:58 AM new
In the past I have experienced nothing but grief by randomly visiting 'pick of the litter' sites. Virus', worms, and trojans, oh my! Mostly just some of the nastier spyware, though. I usually try to obtain 'vetting' for a site before I visit it. Plus, since my cherry has been popped, I have several levels of prophylaxis.
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The Islamofascist fig-puckers are fighting to spread their culture and religion, and to destroy ours
