(these are links recommended by others - a work in progress)
INFORMATION SEARCHING
Altivista
www.altavista.digital.com
Excite
www.Excite.com
Hotbot
www.Hotbot.com
Infoseek
www.Infoseek.com
Lycos
www.Lycos.com
Webcrawler
www.Webcrawler.com
Opentext
www.Opentext.com
Netscape
www.Netscape.com
Google http://google.netscape.com/
INCREDIBLE USEFUL SITES
How to do anything
www.how2do.com
Useful site of
the day www.incrediblyuseful.com
Helpful house
hints www.Todayshomeowner.com
Helpful house hints
www.learn2.com
Better Homes &
Gardens www.bhlive.com
Homesick
Gourmet http:/homesickgourmet.radish.net
Martha Stewart
www.marthastewart.com
Ticketmaster Online
www.ticketmaster.com
Betty Crocker
Recipe's www.bettycrocker.com
Birder Home Page
www.birder.com
Auction Web site.
www.ebay.com
Put paragraphs in Jive www.jivenator@jiveon.com
Gifts www.giftinabasket.com
Do It Yourself www.housenet.com
Home Improvement www.bhglive.com/homeimp/docs
Restaurant Surveys www.zagat.com
City Guide Networks www.sidewalk.com
www.citysearch.com
Yahoo Metro Sites www.yahoo.com/promotions/metros
Go Network www.go.com
New stuff, dirt cheap www.andysgarage.com
Avoid Food Poisoning www.foodsafety.org
COLLEGES--PREPARATION
+Sat, Gre, Tests Applying, Schools www.petersons.com
+College Board online www.collegeboard.org
+Comparing Schools www.collegeview.com
COOL WEB SITES
+Gaze at the future www.word.com
+Techno-rich-Fun www.cnet.com
+For News Junkies www.pointcast.com
+Nifty Ideas on anything www.learn2.com
+Stats, Scores, Stories www.espn.sportzone.com
+Quirky smart site www.feedmag.com
+Radio on your PC www.audionet.com
+Amusing Stock Ideas www.fool.com
+Move over Jeopardy www.berzerk.com
+Decide what to do www.citysearch.com
+Jobs www.monster.com
+Nearly free software www.shareware.com
+Duh www.povmag.com
COMPARISON SHOPPING
ISPs.com www.isps.com/Looking for an Internet Service Provider (ISP)?
Find the best deal from our database of over 4,000 ISPs. Compare by price (even FREE!), modem speed, hours per month,
search by area code, etc.
MySimon www.mysimon.com
WebMarket www.webmarket.com
PriceSCAN www.pricescan.com
CompareNet www.comparenet.com
Smarter Living www.smarterliving.com/price_comparison_guide/index.html
price comprison guides
Bottom Dollar www.bottomdollar.com
E-Smarts www.esmarts.com
Comparison Shopping Net www.comparisonshopping.net
Point.com www.point.com
comparison of cell phones by geographical area, plans,
phone features, etc.
Talking on Air www.talkingonair.com
comparison of cell phone plans, etc.
Productopia www.productopia.com
Popular Demand www.populardemand.com
Internet Auction List www.internetauctionlist.com/New.asp
SmartShip www.smartship.com
comparison of FedEx, UPS, Airborne, or US Postal Service
rates & delivery options
INCREDIBLE USEFUL SITES
How to do anything www.how2do.com
Useful site of the day www.incrediblyuseful.com
Helpful house hints www.Todayshomeowner.com
Helpful house hints www.learn2.com
Better Homes & Gardens www.bhlive.com
Homesick Gourmet http://homesickgourmet.radish.net
Martha Stewart www.marthastewart.com
Ticketmaster Online www.ticketmaster.com
Betty Crocker Recipe's www.bettycrocker.com
Birder Home Page www.birder.com
Auction Web site. www.ebay.com
Put paragraphs in Jive www.jivenator@jiveon.com
Gifts www.giftinabasket.com
Do It Yourself www.housenet.com
Home Improvement www.bhglive.com/homeimp/docs
Restaurant Surveys www.zagat.com
City Guide Networks www.sidewalk.com
www.citysearch.com
Yahoo Metro Sites www.yahoo.com/promotions/metros
Go Network www.go.com
New stuff, dirt cheap www.andysgarage.com
Avoid Food Poisoning www.foodsafety.org
REFERENCE AND RESEARCH
Kennedy Space Center www.ksc.nasa.gov/ksc.html
NASA Home Page www.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasa_homepage.html
Intelligence Resource www.fas.org/irp
Universe-space science www.windows.umich.edu
Research it www.iTools.com/research-it
UFO Black Vault www.blackvault.com/
Scientific Phenomena www.knowledge.co.uk/frontiers/sfonline.htm
Websters Dictionary www.m-w.com
Old Farmers Almanac www.almanac.com
Atlas of the World http://cliffie.nosc.mil/~natlas/atlas
Britannica Online www.eb.com/
(subscription-only access); www.britannica.com
(free access)
Britannica Internet Guide www.ebig.com
CIA World Fact Book
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com
Better Business Bureau www.bbbonline.org
Internal Revenue Service www.irs.ustreas.gov
The Library of Congress www.icweb.loc.gov/homepage/ichp.html
UFOs and strange info www.sightings.com
Info on Year 2000 www.y2kchaos.com
+Microsoft Y2000 www.microsoft.com/technit/topics/year2k
+Netscape Y2000 Home.netscape.com/products/year2000/faq
+Y2K for home PC www.year2000.com
+Y2K for home PC www.zdy2k.com
Research Museums www.si.edu
+Information Please www.infoplease.com
+Consumers Digest www.consumersdigest.com
+Park Locator by LL Bean www.llbean.com/parksearch
Ask a NASA scientist .
http://imagine.gfsc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_an_astronomer.html
AUTOMOBILE PRICING
Edmonds www.edmund.com
Carsmart www.carsmart.com
Autovantage www.cuc.com/ctg/cgi-bin/auto/home
Carpoint www.carpoint.msn.com
Kelly Blue Book www.kbb.com
Auto-by-tel www.autobytel.com/
MAPS AND DRIVING
Best Scenic Drives www.byways.org
Speedtraps www.nashville.net/speedtrap
Wacky side trips www.roadsideamerica.com
Best Greasy Spoon www.astro.princeton.edu/~goldberg/
MapBlast http://www.mapblast.com/
type in a street address and it shows you a map of the
neighborhood, driving directions, and it's easy to print
or e-mail
MapQuest http://www.mapquest.com/
similar to MapBlast
AOL.COM San Francisco driving directions
http://digitalcity.aol.com/sanfrancisco/maps/
Disney's Animal Park www.animalkingdom.com
www.mapsonus.com
www.mapquest.com
www.mapblast.com
www.proximus.com/yahoo
WEATHER www.weather.com
www.doppler.net =
Satellite
Pictures of US www.goes.noaa.gov
PEOPLE LOCATOR . . .YELLOW PAGES INFORMATION
Bigfoot Directory www.bigfoot.com
Bigfoot Advanced
www.bigfoot.com/run?FN=3DBFD_SEARCH_
= ADVANCED
Hotmail www.hotmail.com
The Informant www.informant.dartmouth.edu
Net@ddress
netaddress.usa.net
Look up a Person www.theultimates.com
Finding People on the Net http://alpha.acast.nova.edu/phone.html
+People Search www.whowhere.com
CARDS OF ALL TYPES
www.marlo.com
www.cardcentral.net
www.greetingsonline.com/
www.messagemates/index.asp?
www.mypostcards.com
www.hallmark.com
+Valentine www.valentine.infospace.com
+Greetings www.egreetings.com
FREEBIES AND AUCTIONS
Games,samples, Demos http://206.216.40.113/free_offer
All kinds of free stuff www.thefreesite.com
Game Demos www.dailydemo.com
www.webauction.com
www.webstakes.com
Games www.gamecenter.com
NEW ENGLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Yankee magazine www.Newengland.com
www.reckers.com/neweng.htm
www.visitnh.gov/
www.nh.com
www.Newengland.com
FLIGHTS AIRLINE TRAVEL
www.flifo.com
www.farefinder.com
www.travelocity.com
www.bestfares.com
www.reservationdesk.com
www.previewtravel.com
www.flightdiscount.com
Have to register
www.expedia.com
www.flymetrojet.com
www.Tvlink.com/welcome.htm
BizTravel www.biztravel.com
Cheap Tickets www.cheaptickets.com
AirSafe www.airsafe.com
The Currency $ite www.oanda.com
rates for global currencies, including printable cheat
sheet of exchange rates for travelers to use on the road
Air Travel Consumer Report www.dot.gov/airconsumer/index1.htm
Smarter Travel www.smarterliving.com
The Trip www.thetrip.com
Solving the Riddle of Global Computer and Modem Use www.walkabouttravelgear.com/modem.htm
(FAQ for laptop travelers, etc.)
The Cybercafe Search Engine www.cybercaptive.com/cybercaptive
tells you where to log in when you land, more than 2,500
cafes and 2,000 public access terminals and kiosks in 130
countries
BUSINESS TRAVEL: Major Carriers' Web Deals
Many of the major domestic carriers offer weekly (and
often unannounced) special fares for the weekend or
last-minute flyer.
Check on Tuesdays
at:
• Alaska Airlines www.alaska-air.com/Webspecials/start.asp
• Continental Airlines http://www.continental.com/dash/build_dash.asp?vs_02
• Southwest Airlines www.iflyswa.com/special_offers/hotfares/
Check on Wednesdays
at:
• American Airlines http://wwwr1.aa.com/American?BV_Operation=Dyn_AAPage&referer=index.html&form%25referrer_site=None
• Delta Airlines www.delta-air.com/specprom/index.html
• Northwest Airlines www.nwa.com/travel/cyber/overview.html
• TWA www.twa.com/dc_deals/
Check on Thursdays
at:
• United Airlines www.ual.com
Flights and trip savings www.travelzoo.com
Ticket Auction www.priceline.com
Retime Flight tracking Http://flight.thetrip.com/flightstatus
Checks before leaving www.henricson.se/mats/upl
The House
JOB HUNTING www.monsterboard.com
www.headhunter.net
Government www.ajb.dni.us/
Jobs anywhere www.careerpath.com/index.html
www.coolworks.com
www.carreers.org/
www.newspapers.com
Job Hunting www.dbm.com/jobguide
Research Employers www.hoovers.com
www.careerindex.com
CAREER SITES
National Business Employment Weekly Career Resources www.nbew.com/weddle/index.htm
Extra Cheez www.estracheez.com
MBA Free Agents www.mbafreeagents.com
Techies.com www.techies.com
West Tech Virtual Job Fair www.vjf.com
Campus Career Center Worldwide www.campuscareercenter.com
SciCentral www.scicentral.com
CareerBuilder Network www.careerbuilder.com
"The most jobs on the Web" hub of some 25
career sites
Communications Roundtable www.roundtable.org
Communications Roundtable Business Resources section
http://www.roundtable.org/resources.html
Vault Reports www.vaultreports.com
Wet feet www.wetfeet.com
GENEALOGY
www.cindislist.com
www.First.com/fu/tmaps.html
www.census.gov/ftp/pubgenealogy/www/
www.connect-time.com/jan1998/Cover0.html
www.genealogy.org/~paf
National Gen Site www.ngsgenealogy.org
MEDICAL INFORMATION
Columbia Education http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/texts/guide
Mayo Health www.mayohealth.org
American Medical www.ama-assn.org
Kiplinger www.kiplinger.com
Pub Med www.ncbi.nim.nih.gov/pubmed
BH&G Cold and Flu Guide www.bhglive.com/health/coldflu.html
Family Medicine http://mir.med.ucalgary.ca:70/1/family
www.ncbi.nim.nih
www.bewell.com
www.intelihealth.com
Medical search www.medscape.com
Drug Index www.rxlist.com
SENIOR SITES
Elderly health care www.wellweb.com/
Medicare www.seniorlaw.com/
Healthy Living, Love www.thirdage.com
and Finances
Resources for www.seniornet.org
Computer training
JOKES
Political Humor www.theonion.com
www.laugh-of-the-day.com
www.tcmr.com
E Mail Jokes www.cris.com/~Dcashman/humor
The
ANNALS OF IMPROBABLE RESEARCH:
http://www.improbable.com/
and the 1999 winners the annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony
honors individuals whose achievements
"cannot or should not be reproduced." http://www.improbable.com/ig/ig-top.html
LISTEN TO LIVE POLICE SCANNER AND FIRE REPORTS
www.policescanner.com/
CLASSMATES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
www.classmates.com
By registering you can look up others who have registered
in any school in
the country.
By subscribing, you can get information on same people.
Great info on old
friends.
STOCKS AND MUTUAL FUNDS INVESTING
www.stockstowatch.com
www.stockstowatch2.com
www.pathfinder.com/fortune
www.goodmoney.com
Co-Op America www.coopamerica.org
Highest CD rates www.bankrate.com
EE Bonds www.savingsbonds.gov
US Treas. Securities www.Bonds-online.com
Stock Market news www.thestreet.com
+Quicken Stock Search www.quicken.com/investments/stocks/search
PERSONAL FINANCE
Best Megasites
• Quicken.com www.quicken.com
• Yahoo Finance http://quote.yahoo.com
• Motley Fool www.fool.com/money.htm
• Lycos www.lycos.com/money/
• AOL www.aol.com
(keyword: Personal Finance)
• Kiplinger www.kiplinger.com
• Money.com www.pathfinder.com/money/
• MSN MoneyCentral http://moneycentral.msn.com/home.asp
Sites with special features, additional toos, or a
sharper focus:
• Bankrate www.bankrate.com
• FinanCenter www.financenter.com
• Hypertextual Finance Glossary www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg/glossary.htm
• IRA Corner www.smartmoney.com/ac/ira/
*IRA Superpage www.smartmoney.com/ac/ira/index.cfm?story=supertable
summarizes the world of IRAs
*SmartMoney University http://university.smartmoney.com
for tutorials and guides on personal finance
* Answer Center www.smartmoney.com/intro/answers/
scenarios about 401(k)s, insurance, home buying, and
retirement planning
•Forbes Investment Challenge Game www.forbes.com/investment/
"the most realistic stock market simulation in North
America"
SMALL BUSINESS HELP
Entireworld www.entireworld.com
Startup.WSJ.com www.startup.wsj.com
OnVia www.onvia.com
Learn the Net -- Business www.learnthenet.com/english/index.html
Digital Work www.digitalwork.com
Yahoo Small Business http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/
BizBuyer www.bizbuyer.com
Small Business Administration www.sba.gov
One Business Team www.1bt.com
Online Public Relations www.online-pr.com
The 101 Best Business Sites www.winmag.com/101/standard/cov0048a.htm
BUSINESS REPORTS &
NEWSLETTERS
Media Grok www.thestandard.com/articles/mediagrok/
Geoff's Gems www.garage.com/geoffsGems.shtml
Stories from Hell on start-ups & business strategies
gone awry - www.garage.com/hellStories.shtml
ClickZ Network www.clickz.com
Good Morning Silicon Valley www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/reports/gmsv/
Iconocast www.iconocast.com
Initial Public Offering Resource Page http://linux.anderson.ucla.edu/ipo
Internet World Weekly Digest www.iw.com/digest.html
E-Newsletters from Internet.com http://e-newsletters.internet.com
CMPNet Newsletters www.cmpnet.com/delivery
Inside 1 to 1 www.1to1.com
DoubleClick Learning Center www.doubleclick.com/Learning_center/
TechMailings www.techmailings.com
Creative Good www.creativegood.com/newsletter.html
Vertical Net www.verticalnet.com
GARDENING
Problem Solving & Ortho www.gardening.com
The Garden Gate www.prairinet.org/ag/garden/homepage.htm
Virtual Garden www.pathfinder.com/vg
Earl the yard-care www.yardcare.com
answer Guy
The armchair gardener http://armchairgardener.com/
Gardenweb www.gardenweb.com
STORYBOOKS...WEB SITES FOR KIDS
Aesop's Fables online www.pacificnet/~john/aesop
Bedtime Story's www.bedtime-story.com/bedtimestory
Go on a Dolphin Watch www.whro.org/vmsm/watch.html
The White House www.whitehouse.gov/WH/kids/html/home.html
Dinosaur Society www.dinosociety.org
Joseph Wu's Origami www.datt.co.jp/origami
www.yahooligans.com
www.bess.com
+Kids Hangout www.disney.com
+Discovery News Online www.discovery.com/area/discoverynews/news1.htm=l
NET BASICS
Learning the Net www.learnthenet.com
Internet Terms www.netlingo.com
Browsing the Web www.members.iquest.net/~Mjdecap/beginrs.htm
Internet Reference www.refdesk.com/
Internet Service www.pcworld.com/interactive/isps/.
Search the Web http://galaxy.einet.net/www/www.html
Macintosh sites
Apple Computer www.apple.com
BMUG, the Berkeley Macintosh Users Group http://www.bmug.org/
www.macobserver.com
www.maclaunch.com
www.mac-o-rama.net
www.maclivingdaily.com
www.macgurus.com
MacAddictNetwork www.macaddictnetwork.com
MacCentral www.maccentral.com
Macintouch www.macintouch.com
iMacintouch www.imacintouch.com
MacWorld www.macworld.com
iMacWorld www.imacworld.com
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