50 Coolest Websites

How do we select our finalists? We evaluate hundreds of candidates—some suggested by readers, colleagues and friends, others discovered during countless hours of surfing. Many of this year’s choices are shining examples of Web 2.0: next-generation sites offering dynamic new ways to inform and entertain, sites with cutting-edge tools to create, consume, share or discuss all manners of media, from blog posts to video clips.

I must be out of the loop, because I have only heard of 7 out of all 50 sites mentioned. Included are YouTube and MySpace of course, in addition to The Morning News, Digg and Google Spreadsheets. Yes, I said Google Spreadsheets, and I don’t get it either.