Part II from 8/10/10 Entry Entitled ‘Alphabetically a List of Fun Websites’ (I hope its fun at least...)
Hi All,
Way back on August 10th I generated a fun entry with the first half of the alphabet…here is a link to that post if you missed it. This entry is the second part of the alphabet – L-Z. Enjoy – there might be some interesting sites that you haven’t heard about or tried yet.
Stu
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L: LinkedIn – great networking resource for job searchers
M: MySpace – social networking forerunner that has been overshadowed by Facebook
N: Netflix – great site for downloading movies or having them mailed to you…pay site!
O: Orbitz – make travel plans here…Overstock – online shopping at clearance prices
P: Pandora – listen to free internet radio and find new music…Paypal – send money or pay online
Q: Quicktime – view internet video , HD movie trailers, personal media in a wide range file formats – free
R: Realtor.com – get real estate listing, school/neighborhood information and other important info you need to know before you move or buy a house/co-op/apartment
S: Skype – internet calls for free…SparkNotes: study guides and discussion forums on various academic subjects…
T: Translator-free online language translation service via Google Twitter-what is going on in your world in 140 characters or less TMZ – celebrity gossip and entertainment news and Hollywood rumors Travelocity – great travel site for airline tickets, hotels, flights vacations
U: Urban Dictionary – streetwise lingo posted and defined by readers/viewers
V: US Department of Veterans Affairs – provides patient care and federal benefits to veterans and their dependents
W: Weather.com – find weather across the country Wikipedia.com – free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
X: Xbox – games, uploads, info about the amazing Xbox
Y: Yahoo.com – news, weather, sports, business, science and much more …Youtube – homemade videos and some commercial videos from Google – easily searchable and lots of fun!
Z: Zillow – more free real estate information, search for homes for sale, home values, recently sold homes, mortgage rates, condos, co-ops, apartments and much more…Zip Code Lookup – find a zip code by entering an address (from United States Postal Service)
