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Web 2.0 sites that make the internet super-awesome, part 2

A few months ago, we posted “6 sites that make the net super awesome”. I’d post a link to it… but it’s gone. Vanished. Deleteified.

But I’m back, pimping a few other sites that I think make the internet super awesome.

Project360.com is a web collaboration and management tool that is similar to Basecamp, except Project360 looks better, has more functions, is cheaper and more useful. Want to download a spreadsheet of what everyone in your group is working on or has worked on? no problem. Project360 has you covered. It saves a lot of time, and can save your neck if someone drops the ball. Price – $35.00/month for 35 projects and unlimited users.

If you can’t get enough weather, (and if you don’t watch local tv which has the weather on every 5 minutes it seems), then you can get your own accuweather widget to place on your own blog from NetWeather.com. Is this super-awesome? Not really, it’s more along the lines of “pretty cool”… but still, I wanted to mention it because it is useful on football gamedays when you need to know if it’s going to rain, snow, etc and you need to know who to bench/start on your fantasy team, or how you should dress to attend the game.

Back to the Super-Awesome with SNAP, the web site previewer that is absolutely a cinch to add to your site and is extremely useful. SNAP previews sites in a little popupwindow on hover. Test it out (you probably have already) by hovering over a link on this blog.

If you’re a blogger or have a website, they you must be using FeedBurner.com to manage your RSS Feeds. If not, you might want to check it out. FeedBurner will take any feed and fix it up with all kinds of enhancements.

If you want to see the future of the internet and personalized information, check out Spotback.com. You create an account, tell it what you like “sports, technology, etc.” and what you don’t like, then you rate articles based on how interesting you think it is, and presto, you have a personalized news site that learns what you like.

Once again, one of my favorite sites, the site I recommend to someone at least once a week is FeedDigest.com (who isn’t accepting new applications at the moment). It will take feeds, or a couple feeds, put them together and allow you to create acustomizable output for you to use elsewhere. It is extremely easy to use, and you don’t have to know any coding to place its javascript on your site.

Meebo.com is a site I use every day. Everyone wants to talk to their friends online, but sometimes you either can’t due to corporate restrictions or don’t want to load 4-5 different messaging programs on your computer. Meebo is your solution because it allows you to connect to all of the chat networks like Yahoo!, AIM and MSN.

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