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Top Ten Websites
by sylvetteintheuk
I really enjoy reading about other people's favourite websites and I have picked up a few interesting suggestions from Dooyoo members before.
Here are my 10 top websites; I hope you find something you like too!
www.boden.co.uk I absolutely love Boden clothes but I rarely indulge. However I really love fantasizing about ... what I might buy if I won the lottery or lost 2 stone! It's a really essay website to navigate and I particularly like how you can zoom on items and have a good look at the details. I also find it very handy to be able to tell straight away if an item is available in your size and colour.
www.ebay.co.uk Whoever invented EBay is my hero! I try to sell anything we don't need any more, any clothes the children have outgrown and over the years I have probably made a small fortune. I also always check EBay before I pay full price for something on another website. Yesterday I bought a new Bare Minerals make-up brush for 99p. They normally retail at £19.99!
www.bbcgoodfood.com This is a great website for anybody who enjoys cooking or who has ran out of ideas on how to feed their family! I particularly like the fact you can focus on one ingredient ( say chicken or mince) and it will suggests dozens if not hundred of recipes using this ingredient. All recipes have been tested and are very reliable. The preparation time is also very realistic and the reader's comments and suggestions are very useful.
www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish I am currently trying to improve my Spanish and I spend some time everyday working on my language skills. The language activities here are very good quality and very relevant to my needs. I am hooked on "Mi vida loca", a short interactive course based in Madrid and full of drama and mystery!
www.tripadvisor.co.uk I sometimes wonder how I managed when Tripadvisor did not exist??? On Tripadvisor you can read reviews on any hotel/ restaurant/ tourist attraction in the world. Of course you have to take some of the reviews with a pinch of salt but usually you get a pretty good feel about of a place and what it's like if you read a few reviews. I never book a hotel without checking reviews on Tripadvisor and when I go somewhere new I always compile a list of possible restaurants or places to visit. Some suggestions I have picked up from this website have been truly inspired and I am glad I followed the recommendations of Tripadvisor members! (I also have fun looking at the very worst reviews!! Pick a city and then go to the lowest rated hotels....so funny...and terrifying!)
www.nytimes.com My son is always reading the New York Times on line and I'm afraid I've picked up this habit too. Unfortunately there is a limit of how many feature articles you are allowed to read without subscribing. Having said that, my favourite section is the "movies" ( under "arts") as I think they are particularly insightful reviews and they are usually about films that have not come out here yet. I also enjoy their book reviews and their best-seller lists.
www.amazon.co.uk Again, how did I survive before Amazon? I love books and I love the fact that Amazon always recommends new reads, based on your viewing history. I enjoy coming across books I would love to read and saving them in my wish list. I can send books and music I love to friends and family around the world and one-click ordering just makes my life easy!
www.people.com My guilty pleasure! Who does not like a bit of celebrity gossip?
www.freetetris.org A little old-fashioned I know but I still love Tetris and it clears my mind!
And last but not least, I always try to spread the word about:
freerice.com Freerice is a non-profit website that is owned by and supports the United Nations World Food Programme. It is particularly good for school children as you choose a subject you would like to revise and every time you get the answer right, 10 gr of rice are donated to hungry children. I love the language learning section ( French, Italian, German, Spanish) and my children used it to practice their multiplication tables to death. You can keep track of your progress and see the rice you are donating accumulate. Please pass this on if you have any school age children or if you know any teachers!!
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Top Ten Websites
by MarleyHaughton
My top ten websites are:
10: AlienLovesPredator.com
'I like this website simply because it pokes fun at characters I have always imagined as being funny and it is a genuinely funny website.'
9: Yahoo.com
'Yahoo is a good search engine and a useful alternative to Google if Google isn't ... working.'
8: Marvel.com
'Being a Marvel fan, this website is an invaluable asset when looking for news, obviously.'
7: Google.co.uk
'This one is kind of obvious...'
6: Chrispalko.com
'The website of the rapper Cage Kennylz. Being a fan of this rapper, this website is good as going on it lets you casually listen to some of his best music.'
5: Wikipedia.org
'Wikipedia is good for finding out information quickly and is easy to use.'
4: Twitter.com
'Twitter is good for talking to people in a quick, short-handed way.'
3: Netflix.com
'Good for watching all my childhood favourites.'
2: Youtube.com
'Good site for sharing and watching videos.'
1: Amazon.co.uk
'This site is good for shopping.'
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Top Ten Websites
by KSM18
This is my top 10 favourite websites purely based on what I like to use so this is basically just gonna be a boring ramble about me haha! There are three main ones listed below and others that I visit less often.
1. Facebook - this is a website I use everyday and love because I can keep in contact and talk to all of my friends ... just through this one website. This is such a popular website and most people have it, it is also great for using on your mobile or iPod just by downloading a simple free app. It is completely free to sign up to and I love being able to see what my friends are posting and have the opportunity to get involved and maybe talk to friends that I'm not as close to.
I think what puts a lot of people off Facebook is the fact that other people can see how many friends you have and it can sometimes be seen as a sort of 'competition' in ways. The average amount of Facebook friends people have is said to be around 100, and throughout the world every 20 minute 1.972 million friend requests are accepted. Is Facebook a big part of our world? Well, considering 1 in every 13 people on Earth have a Facebook account so to be honest I think that's quite a lot.
2. Twitter - this is my next favourite website because I love the way you can just tweet things that don't really make sense or have any meaning but it doesn't matter because you are just updating your followers about what you're up to in life. Twitter may not appeal to a lot of people because anybody can follow you, when you might not know them in person or have ever spoken to them before. However, I think this makes it more fun and surely that makes you care less about what people will think of you. If you write something that people might judge you on, then you don't have to go and see them at work or school the next day.
Twitter was originally started off as a website for a company only to use, with it's original name twttr. However, they soon realised what a hit this site could be and well, they were right. Lady Gaga has the most followers on twitter at 12 million.
3. YouTube - I honestly don't know anybody that doesn't like this website, what's there to hate? You can create your own videos to share and watch other people's. The videos on YouTube range from comedy to vlogging to even educational videos, teaching you how to learn an instrument or an art. One of my favourite people on YouTube is Jenna Marbles who posts hilarious videos! It is very easy to gain fame from this website because your videos are posted worldwide and people can share and talk about it via social networking sites or just simply talking about it.
4. DooYoo - of course how could I forget this site ;) I love being able to write reviews on this website even if I'm not very good at it, because it's an enjoyable way to spend my time and I'm trying to earn enough money to give to charity. The only thing I don't like is getting mean comments from people but then again who would like that.
5. Tumblr - Tumblr is a website used for people to post photos and create their own blogs. You can follow other people like you can on Twitter and reblog photos and posts onto your own blog. Many people have themed blogs on Tumblr like summer themed where they post summer pictures and write about summer. This website is also good for businesses who want to get the word out about what they do.
6. Google - This is a website I use for like anything I want to find out. For example, if I want to know an answer to a sum or a translation from a different language, I just type it into google and it will come up with lists of options that might have the answer you're looking for. This is so useful and helps you to find other websites like this one!
7. AOL - I use this website for one of my email accounts and whenever I got to log in it always has a selection of news articles at the side. Other members of my family also use this website and we all agree that the stories it shows are really interesting and catch your eye very easily, distracting you from doing what you went in for!
8. Amazon - I love this website so much! If I ever need something like a book or CD it's always the first place I got to for finding a good product with a suitable price. It also compares prices and gives you other recommendations that suit you well based on what you have been searching. Whoever created this site is a genius!
9. Ebay - this is so useful if you want to buy something for a good price ranging from clothes to cars! People can sometimes be put off by the second hand aspect, but a lot of products on the website are sold from brand new! I use Ebay mainly for selling things I no longer want and can make money out of. It's so useful and many home businesses are run on Ebay.
10. Yahoo - The reason I say this is because whenever I need help with something like a technical problem, I type it into Google and it always comes up with a Yahoo Answers link. This relieves me because it helps to know you're not the only one having that problem and you can check out all the different answers that are given.
Thankyou sososososo much for reading this! please rate and comment if you have any queries I'd love to hear them thans again! :)
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