The Most Influential Websites in the World: Wikipedia #1, Twitter #4 With a Bullet

A year ago we profiled an oddly-named service called ://URLFAN, which we concluded was a good ‘Influence Index’ for the Web. ://URLFAN ranks websites by popularity, based on blog mentions. Unlike analytics services like Alexa or Compete, ://URLFAN doesn’t measure website traffic. It’s similar to Technorati, only ://URLFAN ranks all websites and not just blogs. … Read more

Web 2.0 Expo Competition Winners

We had a great response to last night’s competition offering 2 full passes to the upcoming Web 2.0 Expo. Over 100 people left a comment telling us their favorite web app(s). Sadly, there can only be 2 winners. They were selected at random, using a cool web app called Random.org. The winners are: comment #79, … Read more