特别转贴：《时代周刊》评出美国50大最酷网站

《时代》周刊年度美国50大最酷网站名单中，2.0成为最耀眼的风景。仔细阅读这份名单，值得国内创业者借鉴。对于中国创业者来说，有选择、有创新地借鉴和模仿从来都是最好的方式。

为了评出美国50大最酷网站，《时代周刊》仔细评估了数百个入围网站。在上榜的50家网站中，有很多都是Web 2.0网站，它们为用户提供了全新的通信和娱乐方式，帮助用户创建、消费、共享和讨论各种形式的媒体，从博客文章到视频片断。下面为美国50大最酷网站列表：

　　娱乐、艺术和媒体类：

　　网站名称       功能                网址

　　Pandora       广播电台                www.pandora.com/

　　The 9         视频博客                9.yahoo.com/

　　Drawn!        艺术品                  www.drawn.ca/

　　Sundance Splinks  电影推荐 festival.sundance.org/2006/watch/splinks.aspx

　　Photo Muse        图片                    photomuse.org/

　　Jumpcut          家庭电影                 jumpcut.com/

　　Wolfgang's Vault  摇滚                    www.wolfgangsvault.com/Home.aspx

　　Podcast Pickle    播客                    podcastpickle.com/

　　YouTube           视频共享                www.youtube.com/

　　购物、生活方式和业余爱好类：

　　网站名称            功能          网址

　　Zunafish              旧物交换        www.zunafish.com/

　　Delicious Days        烹饪            deliciousdays.com/

　　Mighty Goods          购物            mightygoods.com/

　　Not Martha            工艺品          notmartha.org/

　　Kids-In-Mind          儿童教育        kids-in-mind.com/

　　Phone Scoop           手机            www.phonescoop.com/

　　Shop Intuition       时尚             shopintuition.com/

　　新闻和信息类：

　　网站名称           功能          网址

　　Digg                 科技            digg.com/

　　Footnoted            上市公司        footnoted.org/

　　The Morning News     新闻            themorningnews.org/

　　Charity Navigator    慈善事业        charitynavigator.org/

　　Deadspin             体育            deadspin.com

　　Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone 战场报告 hotzone.yahoo.com/

　　The Human Clock      报时            www.humanclock.com/?s=1

　　Tailrank             政治            tailrank.com/

　　社交类：

　　网站名称            功能          网址

　　Dodgeball             手机定位        www.dodgeball.com/

　　MySpace               全球社区        myspace.com/

　　Meebo                 即时信息        www18.meebo.com/

　　SingShot             卡拉OK俱乐部     www.singshot.com/

　　Google Spreadsheets   团队项目        Spreadsheets.google.com

　　打发时间类：

　　网站名称                 功能       网址

　　Number Logic             解谜           number-logic.com/

　　TMZ                      名人谈话       www.tmz.com/

　　Cute Overload            改善心情       www.cuteoverload.com/

　　Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas 涂鸦  jacksonpollock.org/

　　Shockwave                免费游戏       www.shockwave.com/home.jsp

　　Yu-Gi-Oh Groove          打斗游戏       www.yugioh.com/groove/

　　旅游和房地产类：

　　网站名称      功能        网址

　　Yelp           旅游目的地    www.yelp.com/

　　Zipcar         搭车          www.zipcar.com/

　　Kayak          飞行计划      www.kayak.com/

　　Zillow         住宅评估      www.zillow.com/

　　Central Park   公园         centralpark.com/

　　Farecast       旅行费用     farecast.com/

　　Hop Stop         公共交通        www.hopstop.com/

　　网络搜索和服务类：

　　网站名称    功能             网址

　　Snap         搜索               www.snap.com/

　　Seamless Web   订餐             www.seamlessweb.com/login.m

　　Accoona        商业             accoona.com/

　　Pixsy          图片和视频       pixsy.com/

　　Argali White & Yellow  电话号码 argali.com/

　　Kosmix        保健              kosmix.com/

　　Blurb         自己出版          www.blurb.com/

　　McAfee SiteAdvisor 网络防御     www.siteadvisor.com/ (奥托）

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原文：

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. Think we missed one? Send us your thoughts and we'll post a selection of your comments online. There's always next year.
By MARYANNE MURRAY BUECHNER

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A variety of amusements, from classic rock to famous photography, collage art to custom radio, plus our favorite video web logs

Drawn! Jumpcut Sundance Splinks Wolfgang's Vault Photo Muse

Podcast Pickle Pandora The 9 YouTube

Yummy food, Hollywood fashion and helping hands for those do-it-yourself projects

Phone Scoop Delicious Days Not Martha Shop Intuition

Kids-In-Mind Mighty Goods Zunafish

The Web's best war correspondent, a snarky sports blog, the pioneers of "social news" more

The Morning News Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone Charity Navigator Footnoted

Tailrank Deadspin Digg The Human Clock

A humming social network, community sing-along, instant-messaging hub, mobile-launched pub-crawls and numbers-crunching by committee

MySpace Google Spreadsheets SingShot

Meebo Dodgeball

Juicy celebrity gossip, mindless computer games and other guilty pleasures

TMZ Shockwave Yu-Gi-Oh Groove

Cute Overload Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas Number Logic

An airfare predictor and subway guide, restaurant reviews and car sharing

Zipcar Farecast Kayak Zillow

HopStop CentralPark Yelp

Ordering take-out, finding phone numbers and a slew of alternative search engines

Accoona Kosmix Snap Pixsy

Argali White & Yellow Blurb Seamless Web McAfee SiteAdvisor

美国时代周刊：http://www.time.com/time/2006/50coolest/index.html