1998 has been an exciting year for the Internet, and exciting for me personally as I searched for sites and technologies that are both useful and that impacted my life. Here's The Kleinman Report's Top Ten List of 1998:

#1 Yahoo! http://www.yahoo.com - Yahoo spread its wings this year and grew to include some of the most amazing resources on the Internet with the addition of great sites like My Yahoo http://my.yahoo.com , Yahoo Get Local http://local.yahoo.com/local/ , and Yahoo Internet Life http://www.yil.com

#2 Mercury Mail http://www.merc.com - Proves that the Internet really does begin with e-mail with free news, stock reports, sport scores, weather forecasts, and entertainment like horoscopes delivered right to your e-mail box.

#3 "You Don't Know Jack" Netshow http://www.jacknetshow.com/ - Brings all the fun of the"You Don't Know Jack" CD ROM game to the Internet.

#4 Ziff Davis http://www.zdnet.com - The essential source on the Internet for computing information.

#5 News.com http://www.news.com - Worth a daily visit to catch up on all the exciting things going on with the Internet.

#6 Multimedia Marketing Group Top 100 http://www.mmgco.com/top100.html - If you build it (a web site) and then list it, they will come.

#7 Learn 2 http://www.learn2.com - Learn anything from how to iron a shirt to how to set up a home theater system through easy-to-understand steps.

#8 DejaNews http://www.dejanews.com - Your key to unlocking the power of Usenet news.

#9 Edmunds Car Guide http://www.edmunds.com - Essential information for buying a car.

#10 The Why Files http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu - Proves that learning on the Internet can be very fun!

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There are millions of web pages on the Internet, and this year I have found a few that made a definite impact on my life. If you have a site that I missed, or an Internet technology that has impacted your life, let me know at [email protected].
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Check out the Back Issues Section of the Kleinman Report, with great picks from the past year!
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