The Ten Most Popular Websites
Back in the day, there were boards, bulletin board systems (BBS). There was no Internet, web, e-mail, or online shopping. I remembered when the BBS allowed me to share information with people around the neighborhood using my Commodore 64 and a 300 baud modem. We were confined to the neighborhood because of long-distance costs. Then the world became connected through the Internet. With broad band Internet and the explosion of websites and services online, the Internet evolved into a gigantic cyberspace of merchants, libraries, services, news, and websites that fulfill the users’ need to search, learn, purchase, and share. In this article, I am exploring the top ten most popular websites in North America.
Alexa.com is a service provided by Amazon.com that provides tracking data regarding the use of websites. The data are based on over ten million users who downloaded and installed the Alexa Toolbar. Because the data represent the Internet “surfing” habits of these users, the data may be biased by the types of people who download and use the toolbar. However, because millions have downloaded the toolbar, Alexa.com provides a good estimate of the most popular websites.
The #10 most visited website is Live.com. Live.com is owned by Microsoft and is currently in Beta version. The goal of Live.com is to provide an online desktop experience where your information, e-mail, search, news, and PC files can work together and be accessed anywhere with a computer and Internet connection.
The #9 most popular website is Go.com. Go.com is owned by Disney and provides a central place for news and search.
The #8 most visited website is CNN.com. Users find up-to-date news around the world. The site is huge and is free to use.
The #7 most visited website is Craigslist.org. Are you looking for a car? Do you want to rent your house? Are you looking for a date? Do you need a job? Whatever you need, you will find it on Craigslist.org because this is one of the most rapidly growing online classifieds on the Internet. What’s so great about Craigslist.org? It’s all free, unless you are a business listing a job. Even so, job listings are a bargain at $75 per listing in San Francisco and $25 per listing everywhere else. The Craigslist.org business model generates over $10 million in yearly revenues.
Amazon.com is the #6 most visited website. Amazon.com is a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, Washington and opened its virtual doors on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers the Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find anything from books to plasma televisions. Looking for a bargain? Look on Amazon.com first.
Ebay.com is ranked at the #5 most visited website. Ebay.com started in 1995 when Pierre Omidyar developed a software program to faciliate trading online. At first, a few users registered, including his girlfriend who traded PEZ candy dispensers. By the end of the year, several thousand auctions were completed. Ebay.com nickeled and dimed its way to a market capitilization of $46 billion. Now Ebay.com also provides global banking services through PayPal.com and telecommunications services via Skype.com.
The #4 most visited website is MSN.com. Operated and owned by Microsoft, this site provides internet service, news, e-mail, and shopping.
The #3 most popular website is Myspace.com. Myspace.com is a social networking site where people create a profile on the Internet and find other people with similar interests. Similar to social clubs in the physical world, Myspace.com provides a medium for social interactions in cyberspace.
Started as a simple “search engine”, Google.com is the #2 most used website. Google is a brand that people love and use around the world. For this love, Google generates over $7 billion dollars in yearly revenues from its search engine advertising model. If you need to find something, then you’ll find it with Google.com.
Yahoo.com is one of the oldest websites on the Internet and currently holds the #1 most popular website. Yahoo.com provides search, e-mail, financial services, news, movie updates, and much more. Visit Yahoo.com and see why 27% of all Internet users come to Yahoo!
Alexa.com is a service provided by Amazon.com that provides tracking data regarding the use of websites. The data are based on over ten million users who downloaded and installed the Alexa Toolbar. Because the data represent the Internet “surfing” habits of these users, the data may be biased by the types of people who download and use the toolbar. However, because millions have downloaded the toolbar, Alexa.com provides a good estimate of the most popular websites.
The #10 most visited website is Live.com. Live.com is owned by Microsoft and is currently in Beta version. The goal of Live.com is to provide an online desktop experience where your information, e-mail, search, news, and PC files can work together and be accessed anywhere with a computer and Internet connection.
The #9 most popular website is Go.com. Go.com is owned by Disney and provides a central place for news and search.
The #8 most visited website is CNN.com. Users find up-to-date news around the world. The site is huge and is free to use.
The #7 most visited website is Craigslist.org. Are you looking for a car? Do you want to rent your house? Are you looking for a date? Do you need a job? Whatever you need, you will find it on Craigslist.org because this is one of the most rapidly growing online classifieds on the Internet. What’s so great about Craigslist.org? It’s all free, unless you are a business listing a job. Even so, job listings are a bargain at $75 per listing in San Francisco and $25 per listing everywhere else. The Craigslist.org business model generates over $10 million in yearly revenues.
Amazon.com is the #6 most visited website. Amazon.com is a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, Washington and opened its virtual doors on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers the Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find anything from books to plasma televisions. Looking for a bargain? Look on Amazon.com first.
Ebay.com is ranked at the #5 most visited website. Ebay.com started in 1995 when Pierre Omidyar developed a software program to faciliate trading online. At first, a few users registered, including his girlfriend who traded PEZ candy dispensers. By the end of the year, several thousand auctions were completed. Ebay.com nickeled and dimed its way to a market capitilization of $46 billion. Now Ebay.com also provides global banking services through PayPal.com and telecommunications services via Skype.com.
The #4 most visited website is MSN.com. Operated and owned by Microsoft, this site provides internet service, news, e-mail, and shopping.
The #3 most popular website is Myspace.com. Myspace.com is a social networking site where people create a profile on the Internet and find other people with similar interests. Similar to social clubs in the physical world, Myspace.com provides a medium for social interactions in cyberspace.
Started as a simple “search engine”, Google.com is the #2 most used website. Google is a brand that people love and use around the world. For this love, Google generates over $7 billion dollars in yearly revenues from its search engine advertising model. If you need to find something, then you’ll find it with Google.com.
Yahoo.com is one of the oldest websites on the Internet and currently holds the #1 most popular website. Yahoo.com provides search, e-mail, financial services, news, movie updates, and much more. Visit Yahoo.com and see why 27% of all Internet users come to Yahoo!
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