Your Top 5 Most Visited Websites

[Diatribe]

I was just wondering what everyone browses on a regular basis. So just list your 5 most visited websites, here are mine.

1. MacRumors (of course :D)
2. MacTechNews.de (German aggregation of all tech news, really substancial)
3. Engadet.com (news about all the little gadgets we'd like to have)
4. Sport1.de (German international sports news, free site with lots of info)
5. BBC News (I read more on paper but this gets visited quite often as well)

Edit: Added some more explanations.

[mad jew]

Well, pretty much in this order:

MacRumors - the obvious one.
Google - yep, another obvious one.
Supercars.net - a great site fore keeping up with some very cool cars.
News.com.au - Australia's local news site, although it's really pretty limited since it's a News Limited company. There are quite a few gaps. :(
Apple Store - it's nice to spec up the dream Power Mac every now and then.

[bobx2001]

i am sure the rules forbid some people form posting the site they visit the most.

[Jaffa Cake]

I'll play...

1. BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/) – it's currently set as my homepage as I like to keep up-to-date with current affairs!
2. There's this (http://macrumors.com/) quite interesting little site... something to do with computers.
3. Hull City (http://www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Home) – keeping up on summer transfer news.
4. The Iconfactory (http://iconfactory.com/) – I like using custom icons on my Mac and this is my favourite place to find them.
5. And finally The Fortean Times (http://forteantimes.com/) – for my regular dose of weird stuff.

[Diatribe]

i am sure the rules forbid some people form posting the site they visit the most.

Oh that's why you didn't post yours... :D :p

[vouder17]

- Macrumors
- Macbidouille (http://www.hardmac.com)
- Appleinsider
- Thinksecret
- Yahoo..duh

Ok well those are mainly Rumor sites but yeah, i also visit plenty other sites... eBaumsworld (http://www.ebaumsworld.com) ,Joe and Monkey (http://www.joeandmonkey.com) (great Comic), and when Survivor (http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor10) is on, obviously i go there :D :D

[efoto]

i am sure the rules forbid some people form posting the site they visit the most.

Hehehe :D, there are a few that probably shouldn't be listed for questionable content or questionable motives....

Here are mine I guess, best guess really as surfing is kind of moody for me:
1. Google (homepage)
2. MacRumors
3. IGMI Forum (friends forum, bunch of school friends keeping in touch on off terms)
4. My Site, mostly for blog updates and reading comments
5. Apple.com (spec systems in store, browsing and dreaming mostly)

[bobx2001]

no i am a well behaved person, i have never visited any pornographically site or a site sharing illegal torrents

[cwedl]

1)Google - Only because its my homepage
2) Macrumors
3)Macbytes
4) susu.org - my students union
5)hotmail

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

The forums here at MacRumors (http://forums.macrumors.com/), of course... :rolleyes:

I lend lots of music CD, DVDs, audio book CDs, books and comic books at my "local" public library (http://www.bergen.folkebibl.no/engelsk_informasjon/engelsk_informasjon.html) (English info page)

[Deleted]

I visit Astronomy Picture of the Day (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/) most days.

It doesn't go very long between visits to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dill), either.

And in addition I follow the RSS feed from: SciFi Wire (feed://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/rss/index.xml), Forskning.no (feed://forskning.no/complexRSS), Bergens Tidende (feed://www.bt.no/rss/), Dagbladet (feed://www.dagbladet.no/rss/oppdatert.xml), VG (feed://www.vg.no/export/Alle/rdf.hbs), Nettavisen (feed://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/ut/rss/nettavisen.xml), MacRumors (feed://www.macrumors.com/macrumors.xml), ITavisen (feed://www.itavisen.no/rss.php), Digi (feed://www.digi.no/phpf/feed/rss/digi.php), The Register (feed://www.theregister.co.uk/excerpts.rss), MacOSXhints (feed://www.macosxhints.com/backend/geeklog.rdf), Mac OS X Downloads (feed://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/home/recent.rss), Apple Support's iBook articles (feed://docs.info.apple.com/rss/ibook.rss), Apple Support's iPod articles (feed://docs.info.apple.com/rss/iPod.rss) and even browse through the general Apple Support feed with all articles (feed://docs.info.apple.com/rss/allproducts.rss). :cool:

[virividox]

macrumors
dpreview
google
collegehumor
cnn

[vouder17]

The forums here at MacRumors (http://forums.macrumors.com/), of course... :rolleyes:

I lend lots of music CD, DVDs, audio book CDs, books and comic books at my "local" public library (http://www.bergen.folkebibl.no/engelsk_informasjon/engelsk_informasjon.html) (English info page)

My Home page is a collection of daily changed comic strips from my own domain (http://www.geek.no/serier.php) (most of them in Norwegian).

I visit Astronomy Picture of the Day (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/) most days.

It doesn't go very long between visits to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dill), either.

And in addition I follow the RSS feed from: SciFi Wire (feed://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/rss/index.xml), Forskning.no (feed://forskning.no/complexRSS), Bergens Tidende (feed://www.bt.no/rss/), Dagbladet (feed://www.dagbladet.no/rss/oppdatert.xml), VG (feed://www.vg.no/export/Alle/rdf.hbs), Nettavisen (feed://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/ut/rss/nettavisen.xml), MacRumors (feed://www.macrumors.com/macrumors.xml), ITavisen (feed://www.itavisen.no/rss.php), Digi (feed://www.digi.no/phpf/feed/rss/digi.php), The Register (feed://www.theregister.co.uk/excerpts.rss), MacOSXhints (feed://www.macosxhints.com/backend/geeklog.rdf), Mac OS X Downloads (feed://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/home/recent.rss), Apple Support's iBook articles (feed://docs.info.apple.com/rss/ibook.rss), Apple Support's iPod articles (feed://docs.info.apple.com/rss/iPod.rss) and even browse through the general Apple Support feed with all articles (feed://docs.info.apple.com/rss/allproducts.rss). :cool:

Yeah i must say that your list is very similar to mine... I really love RSS. I dont know how i survived without it!!

PS: obviously not the Norwegian stuff :p :D

[Xtremehkr]

1. Google News (homepage).
2. Dailykos
3. LATimes
4.MacRumors
5. G20.net

[calyxman]

1) Bloomberg
2) Yahoo
3) Macrumors
4) Chase Manhattan, Bank of America, etc. (I check retail mortgage rates for all the major banks in my area every business day)
5) NBA.com, obviously because of the playoff coverage

[Nickygoat]

BBC News - my homepage
Here - obviously
The Register - I like it - it makes me laugh
Londonnet - for film listings
Hotmail

[BakedBeans]

-Liverpool Forum (RAWK) (http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php#2)
-www.prophotographyforum.com (www.ProPhotographyForum.com)
-MacRumors.com
-The Best Page In The Universe (Maddox) (http://maddox.xmission.com/)
-Apple.com (www.apple.com)

[vollspacken]

in this order:

Spiegel Online (http://www.spiegel.de/)
Macrumors (http://www.macrumors.com/)
Gizmodo (http://www.gizmodo.com/)
Somethingawful (http://www.somethingawful.com/)
Hypebeast (http://www.hypebeast.com/index.php)

vSpacken

[takao]

besides the obvious macrumors (oh the forums even the politcial and the much worse games forum ;) ) and google
i visit:

derstandard.at , austrian news site who covers pretty much everything and has perhaps the best news layout
heise.de , german tech stuff news
wikipedia.org ,for looking up stuff
then perhaps already my university page uibk.ac.at

[Thomas Veil]

1. This site
2. Cafepress (where I have an online store)
3. MacAddict
4. CNN
5. Slate

[Abstract]

MacRumours
Drowned In Sound (http://www.drownedinsound.com/)
Uni Webmail site
Fanhost
Pitchfork (unfortunately....anyone got a better site suggestion?)

[Applespider]

Here :rolleyes:
BBC News
profootballtalk.com - great for NFL rumours which are often remarkably accurate
The Register - I like the spin they put on stories
Newspaper sites - a variety of them - for different things

[ham_man]

Here
Small Apple - Site that I helped to found
Google - obviously
BBC News - Real news
The Onion - Funny news

[OutThere]

BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
CNN (http://www.cnn.com)
Lefterer (http://www.lefterer.com) (For those pink commie bastards among us)
<3 Macrumors (http://www.macrumors.com)
WoW Forums (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com)

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Yeah i must say that your list is very similar to mine... I really love RSS. I dont know how i survived without it!!I used RSS long before I got Tiger, too. First NetNewsWire Lite, then I ditched that when Firefox got its Live bookmarks, and now I might be in the process of switching back to Safari in part because of the superior RSS feed handling...

But once you've gotten used to RSS you just cannot live without it... :)

[Benjamin]

in no order...

/.
MR
Google
MU
BBC

[joepunk]

cbcradio3 (http://www.cbcradio3.com) (Music and Modern Media)(Think of it as a magazine, just online)
MacRumors
BBC News
CBC
Gig Posters (http://www.gigposters.com) (Concert/Gig posters)

[buryyourbrideau]

1. gmail
2. MR
3. Myspace
4. Lambgoat
5. Storm prediction center

[garybUK]

1. news.bbc.co.uk
2. dissendium.com
3. osnews.com
4. macrumors.com
5. jkrowling.com

[PlaceofDis]

1. Macrumors
2. Google/Google News
3. Livejournal
4. Cnn
5. My Bank's Website

[mac-er]

1. CNN (its my homepage)
2. MacRumors
3. CNNfn
4. BBC
5. USA Today

[killuminati]

Mac Rumors (http://macrumors.com)
Google (http://google.com)
24 Forum (http://forums.prospero.com/fox24/start)
Same Day (http://sameday.ca) - Just temporarily as I'm waiting for my new iMac
Canada Post (http://canadapost.ca) - Just temporarily as I'm waiting for my Seinfeld Season 4 DVDs

NHL (http://nhl.com) - This would normally be in the top five...except not this year http://wilcom2.com/Pictures/Smiley_cry.gif

[zach]

In completely disorganized order:

Macrumors.com
Wikipedia.org
MegaToyko.com
Gmail.com
Apple.com

(I don't count Google because I don't actually type it in, but if you count google searches from the safari box, that would be my #1)

[poundsmack]

1. morphzone
2. osnews
3. macrumors
4. freshmeat
5. openqnx

[blackpeter]

digg (http://digg.com/)
/. (http://slashdot.org/)
MacRumors (http://www.macrumors.com/)
FFToday (http://fftoday.com/)
Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/)

[wrldwzrd89]

1. MacRumors
2. Dragon's Den (http://www.woodus.com/den/home.php)
3. VGMusic (http://www.vgmusic.com/)
4. Dragon Warrior 1 Tribute (http://www.creativeskateboardteam.com/game/)
5. VGM or Chiptune (http://www.vorc.org/en/)

[homerjward]

macrumors
google, google news, and google maps
several torrent sites (equally/i dont wanna name names)
mac.com to update my homepage (homepage.mac.com/alexmward
maddox/snopes/fnarg/etc

[dotdotdot]

1) MacRumors - Mac community
2) Murmurs - R.E.M. community
3) ESPN Baseball - These people know baseball - my homepage
4) Digg - the best tech stories, /. sucks compared to this
AND
5) Google (and all of its services)

[mariahlullaby]

Cool thread!

1) Mac Rumors
2) Friends of Mariah Messageboard
3) Yahoo (for mail)
4) Honey B. Fly (Mariah Carey's official fan club site)
5) Livejournal

[Zaha]

I guess this will be a decent first post, maybe even serves as a little personal introduction...

1. Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/)
2. Astronomy Picture of the Day (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html)
3. Google (http://www.google.com/)
4. BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/)
5. Mac Rumors (http://www.macrumors.com/)

[Diatribe]

I guess this will be a decent first post, maybe even serves as a little personal introduction...

1. Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/)
2. Astronomy Picture of the Day (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html)
3. Google (http://www.google.com/)
4. BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/)
5. Mac Rumors (http://www.macrumors.com/)

Welcome to the forums. Hope you enjoy it here as much as we do.

[aspro]

In no particular order:

Slashdot (http://slashdot.org)
Linux Weekly News (http://lwn.net)
Macrumors (http://macrumors.com)
Google News (http://news.google.com.au)
Linux Game Tome (http://happypenguin.org)

[ThomasJefferson]

google.com
buzzflash.com
drudgereport.com
fredmiranda.com
cnn.com

Macrumors? There are very few "rumors" anymore that drive my interest. Since the lawsuit against thinksecret, it seems we have mostly "announcements".

But thats ok for me. With the G5, the thrill of rumor mongering is gone. We have arrived. Or at least I am a happy/content apple user now... Its odd that one of my favorite pastimes (since my first mac in 1984), is now a yawn.

[shambolic]

Mine would be:
MacRumors (http://macrumors.com)
BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Slashdot (http://slashdot.org)
Guardian (http://guardian.co.uk)
Gothamist (http://gothamist.com)

[Savage Henry]

1. BBC News (homepage) - for , um news and news related items in the, um, news
2. Google - still the best engine there is
3. Macrumors - although to be honest my presence comes in waves
4. B3TA - not work friendly, the humour is like The Onion, but more UK based
5. Appleturns - well, I did when Jack was still writing .... ho hum

[thequicksilver]

Not sure if this is indeed the case, but it's worth a shot.

1. BBC Football - http://www.bbc.co.uk/football
2. Mac Daily News - http://www.macdailynews.com/ - the comments there are the wrong side of puerile, but it's probably the best site out there for Mac minutiae.
3. Gizmodo - http://www.gizmodo.com/ - great gadgets blog.
4. My site - http://www.mikeserieys.co.uk/ - posting entries, reading comments, fixing stuff, etc.
5. Probably Mac Forums (clue: you're already here).

[fistful]

1. suicidegirls.com :cool:
2.MacRumors
3.engadget/gizmodo, basically the same thing as I'm sure most of you know.
4.1up.com, video game info. I don't even play them that much but I still like reading about them.
5. another much smaller message board.

[bartelby]

I'll leave Macrumors.com and and Apple.com out of the list as they're obvious


1.Einstürzende Neubauten (http://www.neubauten.org)
2.PWEINation (http://www.pweination.org)
3.BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
4.Greenhaven (http://www.nonemoregreen.com)
5.Clutch (http://www.pro-rock.com)

[Zman5225]

Here are mine, good topic btw.

1. Azcentral.com
2. Macrumors.com
3. Dvdtalk.com
4. Fatwallet.com
5. Hardocp.com

[MoparShaha]

Mac Rumors (http://www.macrumors.com)
Slashdot (http://slashdot.org)
HowardForums (http://www.howardforums.com)
Resexcellence (http://www.resexcellence.com)
macosxhints (http://www.macosxhints.com)

[Jovian9]

MacRumors
Hotmail
Weather
my bank
Apple

[DJY]

macrumors
appletalk.com.au (good Aussie Apple forum)
yourtv.com.au (good Aussie tellie guide)
whirlpool forums (good for ISP / Apple info)
abc.gov.au (good reliable news site)

Since RSS though I am finding I reading washingtonpost news as well...
apple website probably doesn't make my Top 5.

[jestershinra]

No order (these are the sites I can mention here ;)):

MR
Google News
News.com
NYTimes
MacUserTalk Forums (cool place, even though it's still new)

[RalfyRojas]

1. Macrumors Forums (http://forums.macrumors.com/)
2. Forbes (http://www.forbes.com)
3. Creative Real Estate Online (http://www.creonline.com)
4. Fortune (http://www.fortune.com)
5. Google (via firefox toolbar thingy) (http://www.google.com)

[efoto]

macrumors
appletalk.com.au (good Aussie Apple forum)
yourtv.com.au (good Aussie tellie guide)
whirlpool forums (good for ISP / Apple info)
abc.gov.au (good reliable news site)

Since RSS though I am finding I reading washingtonpost news as well...
apple website probably doesn't make my Top 5.

I'm completely ignorant here, but how does an RSS feed work? What exactly does it do? Sorry if this grabs the thread quick, don't continue to list answers please but just a quick note would be great. Thanks.

[wrldwzrd89]

I'm completely ignorant here, but how does an RSS feed work? What exactly does it do? Sorry if this grabs the thread quick, don't continue to list answers please but just a quick note would be great. Thanks.
RSS = Really Simple Syndication, otherwise known as a news feed. It's an XML file in a specific format that lists headlines (full or partial stories are optional) for a particular site. Safari 2.0 (part of Tiger) can find these if a website has one.

[rockthecasbah]

1. Mac Rumors.com - it's been said enough already :p
2. Homestar Runner.com - flashy goodness
3. Epinions.com - making $$ is fun
4. Ebolaworld.com - exploiting the gay agenda (if you find this offensive you obviously don't get the joke so watch the cartoon on this site)
5. Download.com (free legal music from underground bands is awesome :) :)

[baummer]

1. CNN (http://www.cnn.com)
2. Macrumors
3. Apple (http://www.apple.com)
4. Stylegala (http://www.stylegala.com)
5. The Big Noob (http://www.thebignoob.com)

[job]

1. Surfhousesurfcam.com
2. www.transworldsurf.com
3. forums.vwvortex.com (mainly the Car Lounge)
4. surfermag.com
5. www.trackshark.com


Sorry guys, Macrumors has definitely slipped down the list over the past two years.

[efoto]

RSS = Really Simple Syndication, otherwise known as a news feed. It's an XML file in a specific format that lists headlines (full or partial stories are optional) for a particular site. Safari 2.0 (part of Tiger) can find these if a website has one.

Thanks for the explanation. I had seen the little RSS button (that Firefox shows) at the bottom of a few pages before but had been a little too nervous to click it since I had no idea what it stood for or was about. Tried it now since I read a little bit due to curiosity after your explanation, and all is well :)

So, based on the neat little RSS feeds I personally just learned about, I now have to add:
The New York Times (RSS for Headlines, Business, International, Movies, Tech)

[ScottDodson]

MacRumors (http://macrumors.com)
Engadget (http://www.engadget.com)
Hack A Day (http://www.hackaday.com)
Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com)
Slashdot (http://www.slashdot.org) (although I've been losing interest in /. lately :( )

I guess based on Engadget, Hack A Day and Joystiq all being in my top five, I must love the Weblogs Network :rolleyes:

[John Jacob]

My top 5...

1. Mac Rumors (http://www.macrumors.com/)
2. Team-BHP - An Indian auto enthusiast forum (http://www.team-bhp.com)
3. The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/)
4. Wired Magazine Online (http://www.wired.com/)
5. The New Scientist (http://ww.newscientist.com/)

[Jose Hermida]

Apple.com
Bracuta.tk
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[wordmunger]

In no particular order:

MR
NY Times
Word Munger
Conversational Reading
Political Animal

Google any of these for URLs

[xli_ne]

www.espn.com
www.macrumors.com
www.cnn.com
www.joblo.com
www.ign.com

[MongoTheGeek]

I have a set that in my bookmarks bar that I open in tabs to begin the slacking part of my day

theregister.co.uk
drudgereport.com
Macrumors.com
dailynews.yahoo.com
newscientist.com

I also look at Woot.com and sinfest.net

[jalagl]

Not counting work sites...


Google
Slashdot
MacRumors
La Nacion (www.nacion.com) (Costa Rican newspaper)
1up (http://www.1up.com) / IGN (http://www.ign.com) (Game Sites)

[Ugg]

MR of course.

1. The Guardian
2. Wired
3. mactechnews.de
4. Der Spiegel
5. Google News