50 Best Websites 2008

Some are as useful as a GPS device, others aren't that useful but give you something to do when you had nothing planned for the day. Put them all together and they become TIME.com's 2008 picks for the best the Web has to offer

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You can trace your family roots, get a daily shot of football or redecorate your apartment. See how TIME voters ranked the sites.

Rank
Name / URL
Avg. Rating
Total Votes

1
Penny Arcade
94
61,572

2
Gaia Online
81
52,878

3
Gas Buddy
79
17,330

4
Kongregate
79
8,828

5
The Nest
76
3,854

6
Free Rice
75
7,949

7
Petfinder
74
8,601

8
Urban Dictionary
71
3,570

9
TinyURL.com
70
2,721

10
Geni
68
2,590

11
Wikisky
67
1,864

12
Imeem
66
2,986

13
Hulu
66
2,975

14
ProFootballTalk
65
4,445

15
HowCast
59
3,036

16
Hypebeast
58
3,170

17
Rate My Professors
57
1,948

18
Mint
54
1,434

19
Wikitravel
53
1,533

20
Yahoo! Answers
52
2,528

21
Someecards
51
2,481

22
Zeer
51
1,613

23
Kiva
50
1,424

24
WebSudoku
49
3,185

25
COLOURlovers
49
2,325

26
Apartment Therapy
49
2,159

27
TripKick
49
1,564

28
PopSugar
48
2,056

29
Picnik
48
1,222

30
Open Source Food
47
1,261

31
Serious Eats
46
1,185

32
SearchMe
44
1,234

33
MapJack
42
1,071

34
AskMen.com
41
1,633

35
Digital Vaults
40
1,302

36
ffffound.com
38
1,602

37
PsychCentral
38
1,586

38
Cylinder Preservation
38
1,359

39
Afrigadget.com
37
1,220

40
Health.com
37
1,048

41
Nymbler
36
1,104

42
Lookybook
34
1,508

43
Pixelgirl Presents
34
1,162

44
Carbonrally
33
2,484

45
Nextag
32
989

46
Omiru
30
1,564

47
ConcreteLoop.com
28
1,348

48
Mobaganda.com
27
1,043

49
iliketotallyloveit.com
26
1,825

50
Net-a-porter
19
1,138

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