The Best Places to Visit on the Web

There are lots of new things happening on the web these days. I am sure you have all see the explosion of social websites, the supposed second version of the internet. While I don't really by the whole web 2.0 thing, I can definitely see a number of new sites and new business models becoming apparent, and yet is is still some of the old ones that are good ones. Here is my list of the 10 best places to visit on our World Wild Web (yup, I meant wild):

• Digg - By far the best application of social on the web thus far. Kevin Rose's, of TechTV fame, vision of the social web comes through as a place to have centralized news from across the web, brought to you by fellow travelers of the information super highway.
  
• Facebook - Yeah, there is myspace and Xanga and all the others, but there is something different about Facebook. It looks good, something many of its competitors just cannot say. Giving users a place to call there own on the net that is accessible to friends, past and present, this site could corner the market on the student user base.
• Google - Yes, I but the New Evil Empire on the list. You just cannot argue with the fact that Google continues to put out new, exciting and useful web tools. They are simple and powerful and constantly improving. Gmail, Google Calendar, Personalized Homepage, Google Maps, and who knows what is next. Google continues to produce key items on the new web.
• ClaimID - I will be honest, I vanity search all the time. ClaimID works off of the simple principal that everyone is going to be all over the net, and everyone should have the ability to say what is really about them. Managing your online identity will become more and more important as the web grows. Trust me, ClaimID is awesome.
• woot - Let the 133t speak abound. Woot.com has a simple model. Sell one thing for really cheap everyday. When they are all gone, they are gone. Tomorrow we sell something else. with a range from golf clubs and vacuums, you just never know what you will see for sale. Woot!
• TikiBar TV - So I cheated a little with this one. TikiBarTV is the first of two web content creators that harness the ability of the net to distribute video on this list. Watch the videos. They are great. Enter the world of Dr. Tiki, Johnny Johnny and Lala. Let them figure out the best drink for what ales you as you laugh hysterically.
• YouTube - The current web video king. Flat out, YouTube may become the defacto video site on the web for years to come. If they can dodge media giants from suing them out of existence, and being bought by Google could prevent that, they will continue to be the destination for parody, podcasts, TV clips and people falling down for years to come.
• topix.net - If Digg is the news aggregator for the web topix.net is the best way to know what is happening around your town. Letting you access the news based on a local level, topix may actually be leading the third generation of the internet - geographic content.
• Revision3 - These are the mavens of the media revolution. With shows like Diggnation, Ctl+Alt+Chicken, Infected and more to come, these webshows may just be the entertainment of the future. Don't get me wrong, there will always be room for high budget, high quality shows like LOST and House, but the guys at Rev3 may have the next tier of entertainment.
• ESPN - So this is not very web 2.0, it may not even be web 1.0, but ESPN.com, like no other site, is a central hub for a conglomeration of information for one of the largest segments of the American population, the sports fan. Ask any red blooded American male born in the last 50 years who the authority on sports information is and they will answer the sports leader, ESPN.