50 Best Websites 2007

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From Photonhead.com to Cellswapper and FunnyorDie.com to Lastfm, we've chosen our favorite sites of the year. See how TIME voters ranked the sites.



Rank
Name / URL
Avg. Rating
Total Votes

1
Mozy.com
90
166

2
StumbleUpon.com
87
235

3
Last.fm
84
242

4
Weebly.com
82
249

5
Etsy.com
80
251

6
Wotartist.com
77
289

7
Fatsecret.com
75
293

8
Netvibes.com
74
314

9
Chow.com
74
319

10
OhDon'tForget.com
74
350

11
DonorsChose.org
74
387

12
Veoh.com
74
391

13
LinkedIn.com
73
425

14
Lala.com
73
439

15
Yapta.com
73
464

16
Prosper.com
73
475

17
Wetpaint.com
73
490

18
CellSwapper.com
72
565

19
Blinkx.com
71
568

20
INGDirect.com
71
601

21
I'm Too Young For This.com
71
602

22
Zoho.com, ThingFree.com, Ajax13.com
71
615

23
OpenSecrets.org
71
625

24
bix.yahoo.com
70
651

25
SimpleWeather.com
70
719

26
PollingReport.com
70
740

27
Glimpse.com
69
754

28
Ideabite.com
69
790

29
GrandCentral.com
69
822

30
Mpire.com
68
908

31
NowPublic.com
67
1,348

32
DriverTV.com
67
1,479

33
PhotonHead.com
66
1,658

34
Newsvine.com
66
1,792

35
Stockpickr.com
65
2,007

36
Joost.com
64
2,080

37
Ecofoot.org
64
2,153

38
FunnyOrDie.com
63
2,386

39
FAFSA4Caster
63
2,480

40
Tumblr.com
62
2,616

41
WhiteCityStories.org
62
4,254

42
MiiStation.com
62
4,496

43
Hitchsters.com
61
5,985

44
PaperToys.com
60
6,345

45
Redfin.com
59
6,995

46
Starwars.com
55
7,912

47
Youtube's You Choose '08
54
8586

48
Odeo.com
54
8,655

49
Twitter.com
53
8,787

50
ExpertVillage.com
29
10,486

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