My Top 12 most useful websites of the year

These are the websites that I have bookmarked and found myself accessing the most during 2007:


1. Google


This search engine is the first place I turn when I need access to data on other sites unknown

2. Yahoo!


The site hosts my wen-based e-mail account so I refer here frequently to send and receive e-mail messages


3. Facebook


I have been building my social network of friends on this site and use it often to post and receive updates on comings and goings and to share uploaded photos. (Fortunately I have not become addicted to any related apps (like Scrabulous) that seem to have captured some friends)

4. Blogger


This site (affiliated with google) hosted my own blog so I refer to it often to post blog updates

5. Wikipedia


Despite complaints about the accuracy of its content, it is the one site that you can depend on to have information on just about any imaginable topic

6. globeandmail


This is the site I refer to most often for national and local news. I also refer to the Star's site but the business news is far better at The Globe

7. i-tunes


This is where most of the downloaded digital music tracks on my i-pod are downloaded from


8. rbc.com


I have been banking with the Royal Bank since I got my Hamilton Spectator newspaper route at 10 years old. I still bank with them but rarely at a bricks and mortal branch-- now I am able to do most transactions on-line at this site.

9. youtube


Although I rarely go to this site myself seeking content, many friends e-mail me links and post videos from this source on my facebook wall

10 Canada411


The reason I no longer need to keep massive paper phone directories (white pages or yellow pages) at home


11 mls.ca


A source to search all homes listed for sale on MLS (to compare values with our own)


12 (TIE) Mapquest


The reason I no longer need a road atlas and haven't yet bought a GPS for the car


12 (TIE) Kajiji


We sold many old household items we needed to clear out (on account of our renos) using the Toronto local of this site during the past year