Time has just released their top 50 websites of 2009.
When I first glanced at this list, I was immediately skeptical that the list was more of a “top 50 sites that the author of this article owes favors to”, as coming at number at #2 was a site I have never heard of before, California Coastline, with hugely popular sites such as Facebook nowhere to be seen within the top 30.
On closer inspection, after investigating sites such as the aforementioned California Coastline, I realised that the author has done a great job of thoughtfully collating a list that not only contains mainstream high-usage sites, but sites that represent great value to users.
California Coastline, for example, contains thousands of helicopter images of the Cali Coast, indexed through a searchable interface, as well as integrated with Google mapping technology. This site is like a private extension of Google Earth, the difference being the entire project is funded out of an individual’s own pocket, which is really great to see ( … and not only is it great to see that, but now I can spot all the best surf breaks in California thanks to this great aerial photography! ) . There are other sites likes this within the list too, sites that are the hard work of private individuals, rather than just a bunch of links to high profile, high budget corporate-backed websites that are over-hyped and offer little long-term value.
My only criticism, is that the Best 50 Website of 2009 list is quite U.S. centric, which I assume is because Time Magazine is of course a publication hailing from the Unite States.
To give you a bit of a taste, here is the top 10 websites of 2009, as nominated by Time Magazine.
- 1. Flickr
- 2. California Coastline
- 3. Delicious
- 4. Metafilter
- 5. popurls
- 6. Twitter
- 7. Skype
- 8. Boing Boing
- 9. Academic Earth
- 10. OpenTable
You view the rest of the top 50 here.
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Comments ( 1 Comment )
Not sure I agree with all that. It’s all down to opinion I guess.
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Dec 17 09 at
11:36 am
