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The 2006 Guide to the Internet

A few people have asked me recently what are the sites I need to know on the web. I decided to create the essential list of sites you need to know to become hip with web 2.0 or throw down impressive sites at geek parties:

bloglines
1- Bloglines: The ultimate RSS reader. This is a great way to read all your blogs/websites in one place and get notified when they are updated.

library thing
2- Librarything: Ever want to know what you have read or should be reading in the future. This site is super for keeping track of all your books. Why isn’t their one for movies?

del.icio.us
3- Del.icio.us: The universal bookmark: Don’t you hate when you forget that site you saw at work but can’t remember at home? This site gives you a chance to save bookmarks on the web and access them from anywhere. Also, a great way to see what similar people are saving as bookmarks and find new sites.

vimeo
4- Vimeo: Upload unlimited videos. A chance to upload, browse and share videos all across the web. As a backup checkout YouTube.

techcrunch
5- TechCrunch: The godfather of the online tech world. Michael Arrington gives your company the go ahead and you pretty much made it. In case you have free time try to check out Siliconbeat.

Seth Godin Head
6- Seth Godin: The innovator of viral and successful viral marketing. Seth gives you a lot of great ideas on how to market your products and interesting things to think about relating to marketing.

Robert Scoble
7- Robert Scoble: The human voice of Microsoft. This is the voice of Microsoft and puts a human face on the large company. Criticizes and praises his company and talks about other cool companies he likes

Digg
8- Digg.com: A site where users decided the news. Very tech focused this site has great info and cool news that people “Digg�. Make sure to check out their diggnation podcast.

Emily Chang
9- Emily Chang: The mother of all web 2.0 sites. Emily has the comprehensive list of every 2.0 site that you should know of. Make sure you get listed if you are not yet.

MyFacebook
10- Myspace/Facebook: The sites for socializing and connecting with old friends. Yes this is a self-serving plug but a lot of people don’t realize the size and importance of these sites in younger peoples lives.

Bonus: I left out the music notable of Last.fm: An awesome site to track what you listen to and discover new bands. Honorable mention of music goes to Pandora.

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16 Responses to “The 2006 Guide to the Internet”

  • meneame.net
    January 3rd, 2006
    4:01 am

    Guía 2006 de Internet

    Noah Kagan publica una interesante “Guía de Internet 2006“. No es ni mucho menos exhaustiva, pero si tiene sitios muy representativos de lo que se mueve ahora…

    Echo en falta a Flickr, por ejemplo, o a Technorati, y por supuesto memorandum, pe…

  • Steve Newson
    January 3rd, 2006
    4:06 am

    I’d substitute Newsgator for Bloglines, but that’s a personal preference. Only one immediate thought on anything missing, especially if we are talking non-tech, which is that I’d add Pandora.

  • Ondas, cables, luces, cacharritos y cachivaches » Guía 2006 de Internet
    January 3rd, 2006
    4:13 am

    […] Noah Kagan publica una interesante “Guía de Internet 2006“. No es ni mucho menos exhaustiva, pero si tiene sitios muy representativos de lo que se mueve ahora… […]

  • Jope
    January 3rd, 2006
    4:16 am

    I second the motion to add Pandora, great music discovery site… I also miss from the list technorati and flickr…

  • Noah Kagan
    January 3rd, 2006
    4:21 am

    I think Pandora is an honorable mention to Last.fm and included it in the list. I think technorati and flickr are not that revolutionary that all newbies should know about them once they come online.

    thanks for your input!

  • Abdul Aziz
    January 3rd, 2006
    2:45 pm

    Even I’d prefer Newsgator over Bloglines

  • Devin
    January 3rd, 2006
    9:25 pm

    I agree with the Newsgator sentiment. Bloglines has done a semi-decent job this year but has had a number of issues. Although everyone uses it, I feel Newsgator is better, by far.

  • Taylor
    January 6th, 2006
    1:34 pm

    Have you seen http://www.cin-o-matic.com/ its kind of like that library thing for movies.. :)

  • Noah Kagan
    January 6th, 2006
    6:52 pm

    http://cin-o-matic.com= cool. thanks for the link. for my personal obsession in tracking how much movies make check out the-numbers.com

  • Lucas
    January 12th, 2006
    11:52 am

    Site with hightly selected sites and tools: uzful.org. Thanks for this post.

  • Chris
    June 1st, 2006
    11:45 pm

    filmaffinity.com

    Rate a bunch of movies and then get recommendations from people who share your taste.

  • Paul
    June 12th, 2006
    2:55 pm

    I’m late to the party, but what about valleywag.com - I find it quite funny to read about the gossip of the Valley’s nerds ;).

  • Oliver Starr
    July 25th, 2006
    8:47 pm

    Noah, conspicuously absent from your list is ANYTHING related to the Mobile Space. (not that I’m biased or anything)…

  • David Taboada
    December 30th, 2006
    6:44 pm

    I find Blinklist a better choice for social bookmarking, and would also suggest MEDIAMAX instead of Omnidrive. You get 25GB and it is free.

    Best wishes for 2007!

  • Graphic Designing
    January 31st, 2007
    8:41 pm

    Bloglines is one of my favorite website to browse on my Pocket PC. Makes my life alot easier and productive.

  • JW
    August 2nd, 2007
    10:37 pm

    Don’t forget Shopify.

    Wordpress : Blogging :: Shopify : Ecommerce

    I have a feeling they’re gonna be huge.

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