Why it's the Best: Fark.com is the king of News on the internet. It works by users submitting news links and witty headlines for them, which then get put onto a list to be reviewed and placed on the main page. Fark has news about anything and everything, weird news, important news, politics, sports, you name it fark has it. Also, to the right of each news headline is a topic that users can post in to discuss the news article.
Why It's The Best: Have you ever been frustrated when trying to find an episode of your favorite TV show online? Look no further, because theres a 95 percent chance that TV Links has got you covered. From new shows to old, American to British, shows you've never heard of to shows you can't stop hearing about, TV Links has it all. Its easy to maneuver and unlike most TV web sites does not have a billion ads placed anywhere and everywhere.
Why It's The Best: If you have a chronic web surfing problem, chances are that you get bored easily online. Even with the help of such amazing sites as Fark and TV Links you just can't seem to find enough to do online. Well look no further and prepare to develop a sleep disorder when you get the stumbleupon toolbar for stumbleupon.com. It allows you to pick from your favorite topics and then stumble through random web sites of those topics by clicking the stumble button. Also, stumble upon lets you give web sites thumbs up or thumbs down, and if it has not been added to their list yet then you can add it yourself! I personally have found many great web sites on stumble upon, including many on this list.
Why It's The Best: TVU Player has some of the best streaming channels available on any players out there. At the time of this post it has streaming TV channels like Comedy Central, Spike TV, Fox News, and Nickelodeon just to name a few. It also has many Asian TV channels and channels that stream old TV or cartoons such as South Park. While the advertisements on the site and the player itself can be slightly annoying, as soon as you go full screen it removes them all. For people who do not have cable/satellite television this is a blessing!
Genre: Computer Software Why It's The Best: File hippo has all the best free software programs listed by category with details about how to use them and what they are. Sick of paying for your Anti Virus software, Anti Spyware, Microsoft office? Need to find a better browser, Audio/Video player, instant messenger? File Hippo has the best free alternatives to programs that you should never have to pay for. Best of all, they are FREE.
Why It's The Best: If you do not know what torrents are then you can ignore this one. If you know what torrents are, you can send presents to me accordingly. This is the ultimate torrent search engine, searching the top 14 torrent sites and listing their results by whatever categories you can think of. Most recent, most seeders/leachers, torrent size and search engine. It needs no further explanation.
Genre: List of web sites with TV Shows, Documentaries, Movies
Why It's The Best: For starters, it has TV Links on it! The reason I included it on this list though is for the people who can't find their favorite show on TV Links, but do not want to give up. OV Guide is the place to go to find newer episodes of your favorite show that aired a day or two before, but you have to hunt around different sites on there. My favorites are bedroommedia.com and sidereel.com.
Why It's The Best: Sometimes the web site has the best description of their site. "This web site provides you with disposable e-mail addresses which expire after 15 Minutes. You can read and reply to e-mails that are sent to the temporary e-mail address within the given time frame." Also, if you need more time you can just give yourself 15 more minutes. Never have to give out your own email address again, or create another junk address, this web site does it for you!
Three websites I find amazingly useful are
1. Meebo (http://www.meebo.com) - I hate using multiple different instant message clients to communicate with all the people I regularly exchange messages with, and Meebo is a way to use AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, and MSN Messenger at the same time.
2. Buzzillions.com (http://www.buzzillions.com) - It's hard to find trustworthy product reviews, especially when you have sites like Epinions paying their users to write reviews. Buzzillions aggregates reviews, mostly from verified buyers, and helps you "find the right product for you, guided by actual buyers." So if you're a beginner looking for a digital camera for casual use, you can read camera reviews written by people just like you.
3.Pandora (http://www.pandora.com) - helps "to discover new music quickly" – you tell them what you prefer and they recommend songs that might be a good fit.
#5 by Shawny Nevill, Feb 13, 2008
hey thanks backwards Shawny Nevill (lliven ynwahs).......since you're backwards, i'll take the Lame to mean AWESOME!!!
and Emma, Meebo and Pandora are awesome! I was going to include meebo but i forgot the name of it! I'll check out buzzillions, thanks for the tips!
#6 by Emma, Feb 13, 2008
Sure thing, this is a great article. You should write another article with the sites you left out and other extremely useful sites: meebo, buzzillions, pandora, Etsy (the ebay for everything home made), Yelp (local reviews), Prosper (community borrowing and lending money), chegg.com (rent textbooks for cheap)
#7 by Shawny Nevill, Feb 14, 2008
you should make that article Emma! feel free to include whatevers on my list and make a better one.
#8 by Ksmail, Feb 18, 2008
Another great site is WikiAnswers. It is a Q&A site based on the wiki format. Dumb answers are removed and good answers are continually improved. Refreshing concept avoiding some of the problems of Yahoo Answers.
#9 by Jonah, Feb 18, 2008
great article! just wanted to let u know that the guerillamail link is wrong...
#10 by Mark, Feb 18, 2008
this just made my day. i cried the day they took tv links.co.uk down and was still crying until now. i had no clue tv links was back just as tv links.cc. THIS IS AWESOME and i am so happy its back. i even googled for it but didnt find the cc address so this rocks. thx :)
#11 by Dan Macaulay, Feb 18, 2008
love your website lists.
Started with the sequal to this one and went 'backwards' to find this!
Nice work.
Thanks!
#12 by Shawny Nevill, Feb 18, 2008
emma, you rock
#13 by Ema, Feb 18, 2008
thanks for letting me continue your article :)
#14 by Dani, Feb 19, 2008
1. Tv-links exists no more, owner's been arrested
2. Torrent-finder.com is a better search engine, trust me, check it out. It searches all engines.
#15 by Shawny Nevill, Feb 19, 2008
1. TV Links DOES exist, its now tv-links.cc and not .co.uk
the owners have said FU to whoever arrested them i guess
#16 by not in question, Feb 19, 2008
Cool gathers from the web. I heard about a few, but have never used any of them -until now. Thanks.
#17 by Shawny Nevill, Feb 19, 2008
you're welcome, and thank emma! she rocks
#18 by Bennie, Feb 19, 2008
What about zapreader? I use it frequently. it's cool
#19 by steavy, Feb 20, 2008
Great post man thanks a lot!
#20 by Tarra B., Feb 20, 2008
Great article with useful links, thanks!
#21 by smimi, Feb 27, 2008
Thanks for the great site info. I'm having fun with stumbleupon!
#22 by Raider, Feb 29, 2008
I would just like to point out that I am pretty sure that shawny nevill posted as lliven ynwahs. I point out the obvious. I havent used the sites yet but thanks and I am sure I will!
#23 by Shawny Neill, Feb 29, 2008
nope, not me
#24 by Kelly , Apr 4, 2008
Another good site is rainlinks. Who doesn't love free movies? I watched Superhero, Juno, and Penelope, so basically I just saved $30.00. I found this site through Stumble(:
#25 by adam, Apr 22, 2008
the guerilla mail link seems to be dead? Some sort of "parked" page.....ads, etc...
I like dodgit or mailinator though as alternatives :L
