C/P this post because it contains links to sites for all kinds of searches. It is rather long but it may come in handy at a future date.
Ultimate Search Database v2
1. Big storage mail services:
- Gmail
http://www.gmail.com
- Mail2Web
http://www.mail2web.com/
- Lycos mail
http://mail.lycos.com/lycos/Index.lycos
2. Information about the system
- Sysinfo.org
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?letter=&filter=&count=50&offset=300
Description: PC process list
- File extensions
http://www.ace.net.nz/tech/TechFileFormat.html
Description: PC process list
- Windows Process Information
http://www.exelib.com/
- FileProperties
http://www.fileproperties.com/
Description: Fileproperties.com is a one-stop site to obtain detailed information about many software programs and files.
3. PC Feedback sites (technical support sites)
- Tech support guy
http://www.helponthe.net/
- PC Answers
http://www.pcanswers.co.uk/
4. Torrents
- The Beehive Tracker List >> Active Tracker list
http://www.thebeehive.info/?p=tlist
- 500+ Bittorrent Sites
http://www.btsites.tk/
- Torrent search engine searcher
http://torrentscan.com/
- Slyck News
http://www.slyck.com/
5. Search engines
a) Blogs
- Bloogz World Wide Blog
http://www.bloogz.com/
- Globe of Blogs
http://www.globeofblogs.com/
- PubSub
http://www.pubsub.com/
- Technorati
http://www.technorati.com/
b) Book Search Engines
- Abe Books
http://www.abebooks.com/
- Add All
http://www.addall.com/used
- AKA Book
http://www.akabook.com/
- Alibris
http://www.alibris.com/
- All Search Engines
http://www.allsearchengines.com/books.html
- Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/
- Barnes and Noble
http://www.bn.com/
- Best Buy Books
http://www.bestwebbuys.com/books
- Book Finder
http://www.bookfinder.com/
- Which book?
http://www.whichbook.net/
c) Company profiles
- Hoover’s Online
http://www.hoovers.com/
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
http://www.sec.gov/
- Sillicon Valey.com
http://www.sv.com/
- Public Register’s Annual Report Service
http://www.prars.com/
- OneSource CorpTech
http://www.corptech.com/
- Company News On-Call
http://www.prnewswire.com/cnoc.html
d) Credit Cards
- Choosing a credit card
http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/shop/default.htm
- Credit Card Goodies
http://www.creditcardgoodies.com/
- Card Ratings
http://www.cardratings.com/
- 123 Debt
http://www.123debt.com/
e) Directories
- Yahoo! Seach Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/
- Open Directory Project
http://www.dmoz.org/
- LookSmart
http://www.looksmart.com/
- Librarians to the Internet Index
http://www.lii.org/
- About
http://www.about.com/
f) International News
- World News Network
http://www.wn.com/
g) Mailing Lists
- Topica
http://lists.topica.com/
- Tile.net
http://www.tile.net/lists
- JISC Mail
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/
- Coollist
http://www.coollist.com/
h) Message boards
- EZ Boards
http://www.ezboard.com/
- Delphi Forums
http://www.delphiforums.com/
i) Meta – search engines
- Vivisimo
http://www.vivisimo.com/
- Search
http://www.search.com/
- Query Server
http://www.queryserver.com/web.htm
- Planet Search
http://www.planetsearch.com/
- Pandia
http://www.pandia.com/metasearch/index.html
- MetaSpider
http://www.metaspider.com/
- MetaCrawler
http://www.metacrawler.com/
- Mamma
http://www.mamma.com/
- Kanoodle
http://www.kanoodle.com/
- Ixquick
http://www.ixquick.com/
- Dogpile
http://www.dogpile.com/
- 800go
http://www.800go.com/800go.html
- 37.com
http://www.37.com/
j) Speciality search engines
J1) All – Purporse
- Smeal Search
http://smealsearch2.psu.edu/
Description: Search the Academic Business Literature Library for business documents about a subject or by a specific author.
- LookSmart Find Articles
http://www.findarticles.com/
Description: Search for articles by topic, by author name, or in selected publications.
- InfoMine
http://infomine.ucr.edu/
Description: Search “124,710 academically valuable resources” in nine categories.
- Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com/
Description: Search for scholarly literature — theses, abstracts, peer-reviewed papers, and technical reports.
- DOAJ
http://www.doaj.org/
Description: Search the Directory of Open Access Journals for scholarly and scientific articles.
J2) Computers and technology
- Tech Search
http://www.techweb.com/search/advancedSearch.jhtml
- Google Microsoft Search
http://www.google.com/microsoft
Description: Search the Internet for information about Microsoft software.
- Google BSD Search
http://www.google.com/bsd
Description: Search the Internet for information about BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) open-source operating systems, including Unix.
- Google Apple / Machintosh Search
http://www.google.com/mac
Description: Search the Internet for information about Macintosh computers.
J3) Economics
- WebEc
http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc
Description: Search the Internet for information about economics with the search engine or by browsing in the directory.
J4) Health and Medicine
- RxList
http://www.rxlist.com/
Description: Search by name or imprint code for information about drugs.
- PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Description: Search the National Library of Science’s 15 million citations for biomedical articles dating to the 1950s.
- MedHunt
http://www.hon.ch/MedHunt
Description: Search for health care information on the Internet.
- Merck Manual
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/home.jsp
Description: Search by disease name or symptom name in the Merck Manual, a physician’s desk reference.
- Combined Health
http://chid.nih.gov/
Description: Search a bibliographic database from health-related agencies of the federal government.
J5) The Hummanities
- Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu/
Description: Research online Web sites pertaining to the humanities — art, literature, philosophy, and more. Offers a directory and a search engine.
- Social Science Information Gateway
http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/
Description: Search for information related to the social sciences, business, and law.
- Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog
Description: Search the online library for 7,000 different books, most of them classics published prior to 1950.
- Art Bridge
http://www.art-bridge.com/
Description: Search a directory with categories ranging from Art History to Tribal Art.
- Artcyclopedia
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
Description: Search museum Web sites by artists names, artwork names, and museum names.
J6) Law
- FindLaw
http://www.findlaw.com
Description: Search for information about laws, cases, and codes.
J7) Science, Math and Engineering
- Scirus
http://www.scirus.com/srsapp
Description: Search over 167 million science-related Web pages
- Online Journal Search Engine
http://www.ojose.com/
Description: Search for recent news in several scientific disciplines.
- NatureServer Explorer
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer
Description: Search a database with information about more than 60,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada.
- NASA Image Exchange
http://nix.nasa.gov/
Description: Search among the 300,000 images in the NASA databases.
- Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics and Computing
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/index.htm
Description: Search full-text online scientific journals selected by the editors for relevance and quality.
- Cite Seer
http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/
Description: Search for literature about computer and information science.
k) Standard Search Engines
- Live!
http://www.live.com/
- Yahoo!
http://www.yahoo.com/
- WiseNut
http://www.wisenut.com/
- MSN Search
http://www.msn.com/
- Lycos
http://www.lycos.com/
- LookSmart
http://www.looksmart.com/
- HotBot
http://www.hotbot.com/
- Google
http://www.google.com/
- Gigablast
http://www.gigablast.com/
- Clusty
http://www.clusty.com/
- Ask Jeeves
http://www.ask.com/
- AOL Search
http://search.aol.com/
- AltaVista
http://www.altavista.com/
- All the Web
http://www.alltheweb.com/
l) Radio stations search engines
- Web radio directory
http://www.radio-directory.fm/it_list.cfm
- Radio Lovers
http://www.radiolovers.com/
- Radio Locator
http://www.radio-locator.com/
- Radio Free Virgin
http://www.radiofreevirgin.com/
- MSN Radio
http://radio.msn.com/
- Shoutcast
http://www.shoutcast.com/
- Live 365.com
http://www.live365.com/
m) The “Invisible Web”
- Direct Search
http://www.freepint.com/gary/direct.htm
- InfoMine
http://infomine.ucr.edu/
Description: Search databases of use to scholars and academic researchers.
- GPO (Government Printing Office)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
Description: Search databases maintained by the United States government, including annual budgets, bills, and government manuals.
- Complete Planet
http://aip.completeplanet.com/
Description: Discover over 70,000+ searchable databases and specialty search engines,” this Web site claims. A search starting here bringsup a lot of dreck as well as useful stuff — you’ve been warned.
M1) Governemnt Resources
- FAS Project
http://www.fas.org/sgp
- Cryptome
http://cryptome.org/
- The Memory Hole
http://www.thememoryhole.org/
n) Travel Search Engines
- Qixo
http://www.qixo.com/
Description: Searches 50+ sites for flights, hotels, rental cars, and cruises
- Opodo
http://www.opodo.com/
Description: Searches 9 large European carriers for flights
- Mobissimo
http://www.mobissimo.com/
Searches 81 sites for flights, hotels, and rental cars
- Kayak
http://www.kayak.com/
Searches 60+ sites for flights, hotels, and rental cars
- FareChase
http://farechase.yahoo.com/
Description: Searches 50 sites for flights, hotels, and rental cars
- Cheapflights
http://www.cheapflights.com/
Description: Searches 100+ sites for flights
o) RSS Feeds Search Engines
- Syndic8
http://www.syndic8.com/
- NewsIsFree
http://www.newsisfree.com/
- Feedster
http://www.feedster.com/
- Blogz
http://www.bloogz.com/rssfinder
p) Other
- Googlism
http://www.googlism.com/
Description: Funny site, you can write a name and find who’s behind that name
- Today’s Front Pages
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages
Description: This site show’s today’s front pages of the most wide known newspapers in the world
- Find drivers
http://www.driverguide.com/
Description: On this site you can find almost every driver on your PC you need
- Search Engine Secrets
http://www.bruceclay.com/searchenginerelationshipchart.htm
Description: Which search engines steals from which.
- Tips about advanced searching
http://searchlores.org/
Description: Build your knowledge about search engines with this site.
- Raidersoft
http://chat.raidersoft.com/index.pl
Description: Raidersoft offers a special search engine for searching for chat rooms.
- Googlewhack
http://www.googlewhack.com/
A Googlewhack occurs when a search with the Google search engine turns up only one Web page.
6. Security – related web sites
a) Directory files and word lists
- PacketStorm Security
http://packetstormsecurity.nl/Crackers/wordlists/
- ftp.ox.ac.uk
ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/wordlists/
- ftp.cerias.purdue.edu
ftp://ftp.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/dict/
b) Malware encyclopedias
- Virus Bulletin
http://www.virusbtn.com/
Description: Virus Bulletin (www.virusbtn.com) reviews and tests antivirus software. When you want to compare features and shop for antivirus software, it’s the place to go.
- Vmyths
http://vmyths.com/
Description: This Web site catalogs virus hoaxes for the benefit of nervous Nellies.
- Spyware Information Center
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest
- Viruslist.com
http://www.viruslist.com/en/
c) Online scanners
C1) Antivirus scanners
- Trend Micro Housecall
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
- McAfee
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfc
- scanner.virus.org
http://scanner.virus.org/
- Panda ActiveScan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan
- KAV File Scanner
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus
- Jotti
http://virusscan.jotti.org/
- VirusTotal
http://www.virustotal.com/en/indexf.html
C2) Firewall scanners
- Shields UP! Test
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
- Firewall Leak Tester
http://www.firewallleaktester.com/
d) Default passwords
- Default vendor passwords
http://www.cirt.net/cgi-bin/passwd.pl
- Default passwords for many devices
http://www.phenoelit.de/dpl/dpl.html
e) Ports information
- Ports Description
http://www.encyclopedia-online.info/Port_(computing)
- Port Numbers
http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers
f) Personal profiles
- Escambia Country, Fla
http://a836-acris.nyc.gov/scripts/docsearch.dll/index
Description: Search through Escambia County's public records, court records, board minutes, marriage records, mortgage foreclosure sales and tax deed sales.
- US Search
http://www.ussearch.com/
Description: Find lost family or friends. Just supply the site with a name and approximate age, and in exchange for about $60, you'll get a list of all of their addresses (past and current), along with a list of neighbors (phone numbers included). The site also includes details on marriages, divorces, criminal records, bankruptcy filings and the value of real estate properties. For $9.95, you get a list of addresses only.
- Find Race 2004
http://www.clerk.org/index.html
Description: Warning: This web site is addictive! It lets you see how much money specific individuals donated to the 2004 presidential campaigns. Search by name, zip code or street address.
- Fort Bend Country, Texas
http://ccweb.co.fort-bend.tx.us/localization/menu.asp
Description: The Fort Bend county clerk's web site allows you to search through official public records, as well as birth, death and marriage certificates, and court records.
i) Other
- Popup tester
http://popuptest.com/
- Site Advisor
http://www.siteadvisor.com
7. Reference libraries
a) Colleges and College Scholarships
- Yahoo! College Search
http://education.yahoo.com/college/essentials
- Thick Envelope
http://www.thickenvelope.com/
- FindAid
http://fastweb.monster.com/
- College Confidental
http://www.collegeconfidential.com/
- College Board
http://www.collegeboard.com/
b) Dictonaries
- Your Dictonary
http://www.yourdictionary.com/
- Online Slang Dictonary
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wrader/slang
- OneLook Dictonary Search
http://www.onelook.com/
- Merriam – Webster Online
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
- Word IQ Dictonary
http://www.wordiq.com/
- Acronym Finder
http://www.acronymfinder.com/
c) e-card sites
- Loving you Cards
http://cards.lovingyou.com/
- American Greetings
http://www.americangreetings.com/
- Blue Mountain
http://www.bluemountain.com/
- Funny e-cards
http://www.funny-ecards.com/
d) Encyclopedias
- Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/
- MSN Encarta
http://encarta.msn.com/
- Encyclopedia.com
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
- Britannica online
http://www.britannica.com/
e) Entertainment
E1) Games
-Old Games
- Free Oldies
http://www.freeoldies.com/
-All Purpose
- Yahoo! Games
http://games.yahoo.com/
- MSN Zone
http://zone.msn.com/
- Boxerjam
http://www.boxerjam.com/
- Its Your Turn
http://www.itsyourturn.com/
- Pogo
http://www.pogo.com/
- Download Free Games
http://www.download-free-games.com/
-Off – the – Wall Games
- Geocaching
http://www.geocaching.com/
- The ESP Game
http://www.espgame.org/
- City Creator
http://www.citycreator.com/
- 20 Questions
http://www.20q.net/
-Fantasy Sports
- Yahoo! Fantasy Sports
http://fantasysports.yahoo.com/
- WhatIfSports
http://www.whatifsports.com/
- USA Today Fantasy Leagues
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/fantasy/front.htm
- The Roto Times
http://www.rototimes.com/
- Sportsline
http://fantasy.sportsline.com/
-Web sites for gamers
- Xbox Live
http://www.xbox.com/
- GameSpy
http://www.gamespy.com/
- Electronic Arts
http://www.eagames.com/
E2) Movies
-Short Videos Online
- ManiaTV
http://www.maniatv.com/
Description: Put your own 5 minute video and share it with the world!!!
- Kontraband
http://www.kontraband.com/
- Ifilm
http://www.ifilm.com/
- Albino Blacksheep
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/
-Sites for movie fans
- The Smoking Gun
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/
- Nitpickers
http://www.nitpickers.com/
- The Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com/
- Ain’t It Cool
http://www.aintitcool.com/
- The Agony Booth
http://www.agonybooth.com/
-Getting your Local TV Listings
- TV Tome
http://www.tvtome.com/
- TV Guide
http://www.tvguide.com/
- Television Without Pay
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/
- Spoiler Fix
http://www.spoilerfix.com/
- MSN Entertainment TV Listings
http://tv.msn.com/
-Renting DVD Over the Internet
- DVD Price Search
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/
- Wal-Mart
http://www.walmart.com/
- netflix
http://www.netflix.com/
- Blockbuster
http://www.blockbuster.com/
- Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/
-Choosing a good movie
- Rogert Ebert.com
http://www.suntimes.com/ebert
- Movie Review Query Engine
http://www.mrqe.com/
- Film Critic
http://www.filmcritic.com/
-Getting your local movie listings
- Moviefone
http://movies.channel.aol.com/
- MSN Entertainment Movie Listings
http://movies.channel.aol.com/
E3) Music
-Sites for music lovers
- WWW Sites of Interest to Musicologist
http://www.ams-net.org/
- Wilson & Allroy’s Record Reviews
http://www.ams-net.org/
- Oddmusic
http://www.oddmusic.com/
- KissThisGuy
http://www.kissthisguy.com/
- Gramophone
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/
- Country Music Hall of Fame
http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com/
- All Music
http://www.allmusic.com/
-Online Music Stores
- Wal – Mart
http://musicdownloads.walmart.com/
- Rhapsody
http://www.listen.com/
- Napster
http://www.napster.com/
- MusicNow
http://www.musicnow.com/
- Musicmatch
http://www.musicmatch.com/
- MSN Music
http://music.msn.com/
- Connect
http://musicstore.connect.com/
- BuyMusic
http://www.buymusic.com/
- Apple iTunes
http://www.apple.com/itunes
f) Financical newspapers and magazines
- Wall Street Journal
http://www.wallstreetjournal.com/
- Money
http://www.money.cnn.com/
- Kiplinger Online
http://www.kiplinger.com/
- FT.com
http://www.ft.com/
- The Economist
http://www.economist.com/
- Newsletter Access
http://www.newsletteraccess.com/
Description: Review and decide which newspapers are best for you.
- Business Week Online
http://www.businessweek.com/
g) Genealogy
-All-Purpose
- Helm’s Genealogy Toolbox
http://www.genealogytoolbox.com/
- Genealogy Resources on the Internet
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/gen_web.html
- The Genealogy Home Page
http://www.genealogyhomepage.com/
- Cyndi’s List
http://www.cyndislist.com/
-Obtaining Data from Localities
- USGen Web Project
http://www.usgenweb.org/
- North American Genealogy Resources
http://www.genealogyhomepage.com/northamerican.html
- Genealogy.com – Genealogy Toolbox
http://www.genealogy.com/links/c/c-places-geographic.html
-Searching for Passenger Lists
- Olive Tree Ship Lists
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/index.shtml
- Ellis Island Passenger Arrivals
http://webcenter.ellisisland.netscape.com/
-Searching for Information about a Surname
- The Guild One Name Studies
http://www.one-name.org/
- SurnameWeb’s Genealogy Search Engine
http://www.surnameweb.org/search/Search.cgi
- RootsWeb Message Board
http://rsl.rootsweb.com/
- Ancestry.com Message Boards
http://boards.ancestry.com/
-other
- Social Security Index
http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/
- Heritage Quest
http://www.heritagequest.com/gen101/index.html
- Vital Scatistics
http://www.vitalrec.com/
h) General – Purpose Information
- Guiness World of Records
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
Description: This is the U.S. Census Bureau’s statistical abstract of the United States divided into 32 categories, from population to industrial outlook.
- Nation Master
http://www.nationmaster.com/
Description: “Where facts come alive!” this Web site boasts. What makes this place special are the comparison graphs and charts. Compare nations by longevity rates, productivity, and other criteria, and see the results in the form of a chart, not a boring statistical table.
- InfoPlease
http://www.infoplease.com/
Description: This Web site is a sort of old-time country store for information — it offers a little bit of everything, including an almanac, encyclopedia, atlas, and thesaurus.
- FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Description: http://www.fedstats.gov/
- SoYouWanna
http://www.soyouwanna.com/
Description: This site provides information about everything general you might wanna know.
- How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuff.com/
Description: How Web servers, time, and the Bugatti Veyron’s 16-cylinder engine work are among the many subjects you can find at this remarkable Web site, which offers easy-to-understand explanations of many different topics.
- wiseGEEK
http://www.wisegeek.com/
Description: wiseGEEK: clear answers for common questions
i) Kids health
- Teenwire
http://www.teenwire.com/
- TeenAdvice
http://www.teenadviceonline.org/
- Kids Health
http://www.kidshealth.org/
- Healthy Kids
http://www.healthykids.com/
j) Phone Numbers and Addresses
- White Pages
http://www.whitepages.com/
Description: Offers people searching, as well as reverse address and telephone number lookups.
- Smartpages
http://www.smartpages.com/
Description: This is SBC’s online directory. You can also get maps, driving directions, and city guides. For a fee, you can look up someone’s criminal history or run a background search on someone.
- Phonenumber
http://www.phonenumber.com/
Description: Offers a reverse telephone and reverse address directory. Enter a phone number or address, and you get a person’s name, if it’s available.
- International White and Yellow Pages
http://www.wayp.com/
Description: A directory for looking up addresses and telephone numbers in all continents except Antarctica.
- Anywho
http://www.anywho.com/
Description: This online directory is owned and operated by AT&T.
k) Product reviews
- Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/
- Audio Review
http://www.audioreview.com/
- Become.com
http://www.become.com/
- Bizrate
http://www.bizrate.com/
- Cnet
http://www.cnet.com/
- Consumer Search
http://www.consumersearch.com/
- Consumer Review
http://www.consumerreview.com/
- Consumer Reports
http://www.consumerreports.org/
- Epinions
http://www.epinions.com/
- RateItAll
http://www.rateitall.com/
- ReviewCentre
http://www.reviewcentre.com/
l) Social – bookmarking web sites
- Spurl.net
http://www.spurl.net/
- Furl
http://www.furl.net/
- del.icio.us
http://del.icio.us/
- Backflip
http://www.backflip.com/
m) Social – networking services
-Finding lost friends and lovers
- Yahoo! People Search
http://people.yahoo.com/
- Intelius
http://find.intelius.com/
- Docusearch
http://www.docusearch.com/
-Find new people
- Yahoo! Personals
http://personals.yahoo.com/
- Upcoming
http://www.upcoming.org/
Description: Planning nighttime adventures
- Meetup.com
http://www.meetup.com/
Description: Find new friends in your town or city
- Tickle
http://www.emode.com/
- Ryze
http://www.ryze.com/
- Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/
- LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/
- Knowmentum
http://www.itsnotwhatyouknow.com/
- FaceBook
http://www.facebook.com/
- hi5
http://www.hi5.com/
- Friendster
http://www.friendster.com/
- Craiglist
http://www.craigslist.org/about/cities.html
- Yafro
http://www.yafro.com/
- Tribe.net
http://www.tribe.net/
- Everyone’s connected
http://www.everyonesconnected.com/
n) Quotations
- Speech Accent Archive
http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent
- The Quotations Page
http://www.quotationspage.com/
- Bartleby Quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/quotations
o) Tests
-Intelligence Tests
- Davideck
http://www.davideck.com/
- IQ test
http://www.iqtest.com/
- Intelligence test
http://www.intelligencetest.com/
- Nerd Test
http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_nq.php
Description: Determine your Nerd Quotient (NQ)! Quiz Brought to you by NerdTests.com
p) Thesaures
- The Visual Thesaurus
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
- Thesaurus.com
http://thesaurus.reference.com/
q) Traveling
-Travel – booking services
- Travelocity
http://www.travelocity.com/
- Orbitz
http://www.orbitz.com/
- Expedia
http://www.expedia.com/
- Travel bargain sites
- Travelzoo
http://www.travelzoo.com/
- Site59
http://www.site59.com/
- Johnyjet
http://www.johnnyjet.com/
- Go – Today
http://www.go-today.com/
- Cheaptickets
http://www.cheaptickets.com/
-Finding a Hotel or Motel Room
- Booking.org
http://www.booking.com/
- Hotel Reservation
http://www.hrs.com/
- Vacation Direct
http://www.vacationdirect.com/
- Rentvillas
http://www.rentvillas.com/
- InnSite
http://www.innsite.com/
- Hostelling International
http://www.iyhf.org/
- Epinions
http://www.epinions.com/trvl
- BadandBreakfast
http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/
-Flying there
- Flight arrivals & Departures
http://www.flightarrivals.com/
- Discount Airport Parking
http://www.discountairportparking.com/
- Arround the world Air Fare
http://www.airtreks.com/
- AirSafe
http://www.airsafe.com/
- Airlines
http://www.airliners.net/
- Airline meals
http://www.airlinemeals.net/
-Exchanging your Home with Another’s Family
- HomeLink
http://www.swapnow.com/
- Intervac
http://intervac-online.com/
- HomeExchange
http://www.homeexchange.com/
-Driving There
- The Subway Navigator
http://www.subwaynavigator.com/
- Speed Trap Exchange
http://www.speedtrap.org/
- MSN Maps & Directions
http://mappoint.msn.com/
- MapQuest
http://www.mapquest.com/
- Map On Us
http://www.mapsonus.com/
- How far is it?
http://www.indo.com/distance
- AccuTraffic
http://www.accutraffic.com/
- America’s Byways
http://www.byways.org/
-Advanced Mapping
- Keyhole
http://www.keyhole.com/
- Terraserver
http://www.terraserver.com/
- TopoZone
http://www.topozone.com/
-Deciding What to Do When You Get There
- Online City Guide
http://www.olcg.com/
- New York Times Travel
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/travel/index.html
- IgoUgo
http://www.igougo.com/
- CitySearch.com
http://www.citysearch.com/
- Chowhound
http://www.chowhound.com/
- Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel Online
http://www.frommers.com/
-Armchair Traveling
- Worldisround
http://www.worldisround.com/
- Ruavista
http://www.ruavista.com/
- Quiet American
http://www.quietamerican.org/vacation.html
- Leonard’s Worldwide cam Directory
http://www.leonardsworlds.com/camera.html
- GeoSnapper
http://www.geosnapper.com/
-Outdoor Adventuring
- SkiMaps
http://www.skimaps.com/
- Reserve America
http://www.reserveamerica.com/
- National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/
- Info Hub
http://www.infohub.com/
- iExplore
http://www.iexplore.com/
- The Backpacker
http://www.thebackpacker.com/
-Traveling by Rail
- Via Rail Canada
http://www.viarail.com/
- European Railways
http://www.eurorailways.com/
- Amtrak
http://www.amtrak.com/
-Eccentric Sites for Eccentric Travelers
- The World Clock
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock
- The Walking Connection
http://www.walkingconnection.com/
- Robert Young Pelton’s Dangerous Places
http://www.comebackalive.com/df/dplaces.htm
- Roadside America
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/
- National Caves Association
http://www.cavern.com/
- Degree of Confluence Project
http://www.confluence.org/
- Dead Presidents
http://starship.python.net/crew/manus/Presidents
- Bureau of Atomic Tourism
http://www.atomictourist.com/
-Resources for Traveling Abroad
- World Currency Gallery
http://www.banknotes.com/images.htm
- U.S. Department of State – Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets
http://travel.state.gov/travel/warnings.html
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/
- The Universal Currency Converter
http://www.xe.net/ucc
- Traveler’s Telephone Search Engine
http://www.embassyworld.com/directories/global_telephone.html
- Rought Guides
http://www.roughguides.com/
- Lonely Planet Online
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
- Foreign Languages for Travelers
http://www.travlang.com/languages
- Crazy Dog Travel Guide
http://www.crazydogtravel.com/
- Centers for Disease Control – Traveler’s Health
http://www.cdc.gov/travel
-Weather
- AccuWeather
http://www.accuweather.com/
- USA Today Online Weather Almanac
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/walm0.htm
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
http://www.noaa.com/
-other
- The World Factbook
http://cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
E16) Virtual High Schools
- Florida Virtual School
http://www.flvs.net/
- Virtual High School
http://www.govhs.org/
E17) VoIP Telephone Service Plans
- Optimum Voice/Cablevision
http://www.optimumvoice.com/
- Lingo/Primus Telecommunication
http://www.lingo.com/
- Freedom Unlimited/Packet8
http://www.packet8.net/
- PhoneHog
http://www.phonehog.com/main.asp
- VoiceWing/Verizon
http://www.verizon.com/voicewing
- Premum Unlimited/Vonage
http://www.vonage.com/
- CallVantage/AT&T
http://www.att.com/callvantage
r) Weather info
- UK Weather
http://uk.weather.com/
- Euro Meteo
http://www.eurometeo.com/english/home
8. Books
a) Websites that offer free books
- Blackmask
http://www.blackmask.com/
- Project Guttenberg
http://www.promo.net/pg
- Online Books Page
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books
- Magazine Boy
http://www.themagazineboy.com/
- Bartleby
http://www.bartelby.com/
- FullBooks.com
http://www.fullbooks.com/
- computer books
http://www.computer-books.us/
9. Foto blogs
- Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/
- Fotolog
http://www.fotolog.com/
- Smugmug
http://www.smugmug.com/
10. Interesting stuff
- Autogramme
http://www.autogramme.com/
Description: Buy autogramms of your favourite idols.
- Ravenblack
http://www.ravenblack.net/random/surreal.html
Description: Create random messages for your website.
- Ideas bank
http://www.globalideasbank.org/
Description: Share ideas
- optName
http://www.optname.com/
Description: See what someone’s name means
- Worst Case Scenarios
http://www.worstcasescenarios.com/
Description: See what to do and how to protect about worst case scenarios e.t.c.
- Quiz your friends
http://www.quizyourfriends.com/
Description: Test your knowledge's friends.
- GetAnnoyed
http://www.getannoyed.com/
Description: See advices how to annoy someone
11. Make profit
- Lulu.com
http://www.lulu.com/
Description: publish your own books
- Fotocommunity
http://www.panthermedia.net/
Description: Sell your photos.
- Google AdSense
http://www.google.com/ads/index.html
Description: Make money with Google AdSense
- Adbrite
http://www.adbrite.com/
- CafePress
http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/sell
Description: Sell your logos.
- web2learn
http://www.web2earn.com/
Description: See all possible ways to make money on the internet.
12. Reviews
- Search Engine Watch
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/
- Internet Filter Review
http://www.internetfilterreview.com/
- Genealogy Software Review
http://www.genealogy-software-review.com/
- IM Encyclopedia
http://www.bigblueball.com/
13. Web IM-s
- e-messenger
http://www.e-messenger.net/
- IloveIM
http://iloveim.com/
- Maebo
http://www.maebo.com/
14. Internet threasures
- Listible
http://www.listible.com/
- uzful.org
http://uzful.org/
