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SAILING (link) SCIENCE (link) SEARCH ENGINES (link) - Find BUSINESS on the web (link) - Find FACTS on the web (link) - Find PEOPLE on the web (link) - Find PLACE on the web (link) SELLING ONLINE, AUCTIONS in UK (link) SHOW BUSINESS (link) |
SPORT - Sport in UK (link) - Sport & Health (link) STOCK, SHARES, FINANCE, INVESTMENT in UK (link) STRANGE SITES (link) STUDENT LIFE GUIDE (link) SWEETS (link) |
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BBC Science & Nature - Check this excellent website that will tell you a lot about animals, prehistoric life, human body & mind, space, hot topics such as alcohol, cannabis, climate change, etc. New Scientist - Britain's top weekly science magazine's website covering the science behind latest news, and provides a huge selection of website reviews and links. Popular Science is online version of this popular magazine. Fascinating website with all news regarding science, aviation & space, automotive tech, technology, medicine, blog, photo gallery, etc. Enjoy !!! Fondem is a new kind of search engine, with a simple mission: to significantly improve the way people search the Web for information, products, and services. They are not a retailer. They don’t actually sell anything. Instead, they present you with the best bargains from hundreds of different sources, all in one place. Search Online is one of the latest incarnation of an innovative new meta search engine that has been under development (and live testing) for many months. The current version — which is now an official public release rather than a beta test — is definitely ready for prime time, and well worth the effort it takes for a get-acquainted look. Wabbadabba - A new search engine that gives you the chance to win prizes every time you search the web has launched (Sep 2007). Called Wabbadabba, the search engine awards up to 15 prizes per day at random. The prizes range from Amazon vouchers to TVs. No pre-registration is required and you'll only have to enter personal details if you win something. WebFetch is a search engine which combines results from Google, Yahoo, Ask and MSN Live Search. BigYellow - BigYellow includes more than 16 million US business listings. GTE SuperPages - Another site for looking up a particular business in US. Infoseek's Yellow Pages - This is link to Infoseek website. Go there and then select Yellow Pages. YellowPages - find businesses in UK. Yahoo!'s Yellow Pages - This is link to Yahoo! website. Go there and then select Yellow Pages.
Ask Jeeves - Another good resource for finding facts on the web. Discovery Channel Online - Have a science question? Check Discovery Channel Online. Infoseek - On Infoseek's site click Reference. You can look up a word in a dictionary, a word in a thesaurus, or a quote in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. Research-It - Another great site with an English dictionary, computing dictionary, rhyming dictionary, pronunciation dictionary, and more. You can also look up quotations, Bible verses, biographical data, etc. The History Channel - For history questions, try The History Channel. WhyFiles - The Why files ("science behind the news") offer similar information as Discovery Channel Online. BigFoot - find people with BigFoot. Four11 - Yahoo!'s site for find people on the web. WhoWhere - Lycos's site to find people on the web. If you have an address of a friend or somebody you know in United States, but would like to know where exactly his house is, you can look up an address at several search sites:
Excite - Use this link to go to Excite site. Then click Map & Directions (maps by CityNet). You can get driving directions, map an address, or browse maps. Infoseek - Use this link to go to Infoseek site and then click Maps. Enter an address, or use the links to get driving directions, or view world maps. Yahoo! - Use this link to go to Yahoo! site. Then click Maps link (maps from MapQuest). Enter the street address, town, state, and zip code. Then click Get Map. Aucland - Auctions eBay - Auctions eBid - Auctions Exchange & Mart - Classified and auctions I Trust You - Secure payment handling My Supermarket - Save time and money when grocery shopping online with Mysupermarket.co.uk, a price comparison site. It helps you to compare your weekly shopping costs across online supermarkets: Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Ocado. Once you register with the site, choose the supermarket you want to shop from and click the Start Shopping button. Online Classifieds - Classifieds Photo Ads - Classifieds QXL - Auctions UK Bargains - Classifieds CLUBS Catflap is a free weekly e-zine, delivered straight to subscriber’s Inboxes, which takes a humorous and irreverent look at the world of football. London Marathon - Since its inaugural running in 1981, The Flora London Marathon has developed a global reputation for its fast, record-setting course. Each year The Flora London Marathon hosts representatives from more than 50 countries to compete on this world stage. Elite runners compete for a portion of £150,000, while the fairly flat, city landscape and spring climate combine to provide the best backdrop for posting records – personal, national and world. Reuters Football - International news service Reuters has launched a new website dedicated solely to football. It aims to provide in-depth coverage of the English and Scottish Premier Leagues, UK tournaments, and the UEFA Champions League and Cup, as well as the major leagues and cup tournaments from around the world. MIX Football Supporters Association National Ice-Skating Association of UK On The Ball - Women's Football Site RBS Six Nations (Rugby) STOCK, SHARES, FINANCE, INVESTMENT (UK) Charles Schwab - The most popular online broker. Digital Tax Centre - will even warn you when a tax deadline is coming. E*Trade - A cheaper alternative to Charles Schwab (see above). Experian - Find out how credit ratings work. FinanceLink.co.uk - Directory of UK online financial services. FT Yourmoney - A portal helping you choose best financial product Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers - Buy and Sell Shares Interactive Investor - Information about shares. Investers Offshore - Everything you ever wanted to know about offshore tax havens. MoneyExtra - Find out more on credit card rates. MoneyUnlimited - Find out which credit cards have the best rates. Office of Fair Trading - The OFT explains what all the jargon means. Shares - How to buy and sell shares. The Motley Fool - Entertaining guide to financial services. This Is Money - Portal from the publishers of the Daily Mail Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird Guide to breaking your computer Jonathon Cainer's Zodiac Forecasts Odd Pics of the Weird and Bizarre The World Rock Paper Scissors Society
For more bizarre sites check www.theweirdsite.com or www.deiman.nl/weird. UTILITIES NUS - Student's first port of call. Student Loans - for money issues. ACCOMMODATION Campus - for contents insurance. Cujo - holds a database of student housing, available in over 40 cities throughout the UK. Endsleigh - for contents insurance. Student Watchout - for contents insurance. BOOKS Blackwell's Bookshop - discounts up to 30% on academic text. Books4beer - allows you to sell surplus text for beer money. Swotbooks - even bigger discounts and a better sense of humour. Sell Student Books - This website uses an advanced search facility to help students buy and sell used academic books. Buyers can search for a book by title, barcode number, subject and author and browse the site via categories including Business, Law and Medicine. The handy Texting Us feature lets you reserve books via SMS message or you can create a Reading List on the site and be notified by SMS message when a book appears. Sellers, meanwhile, can make some quick money by flogging their books to the site. PORTALS Anything!Student - looks excellent, although you need to have an NUS number to access the site. Lazy Student - UK's most comprehensive student resource. A lot of links directing academics to scholastic information, student services, news and reviews. Student-World - is far more staid, and manages to make even extreme sports seem dull. Studentsuncovered.com - is run by undergraduates, for undergraduates. OTHER STUFF BIDS - academic database Boxmind.com - is an excellent search engine, aimed specifically at undergraduates. eBay - Online auction house has a section aimed specifically at students. STA Travel - offers fantastic discounts on air fares and package holidays. StudentsGetOff - website for students that provides information on student discounts that are available throughout the UK |