Websites that changed the world

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Here is list of websites that changed the world and thinking of many people.

1. eBay.com - Auction and shopping site

Users: 168m

2. wikipedia.org - Online encyclopaedia

Users: 912,000 visits per day

3. napster.com - File sharing site

Users: 500,000 paying subscribers

4. youtube.com - Video sharing site

Users: 100m clips watched a day

5. blogger.com - Weblog publishing system

Users: 18.5m unique visitors

6. friendsreunited.com - School reunion site

Users: 15m

7. drudgereport.com - News site

Users: 8-10m page views per day

8. myspace.com - Social networking site

Users: 100m

9. amazon.com - Online retailer, primarily of books, CDs and DVDs

Users: More than 35m customers in over 250 countries

10. slashdot.org - Technology news website and internet forum

Users: 5.5m per month

11. salon.com - Online magazine and media company

Users: Between 2.5 and 3.5m unique visitors per month

12. craigslist.org - A centralised network of online urban communities, featuring free classified advertisements and forums

Users: 4bn page views per month

13. google.com - Search engine and media corporation

Users: A billion search requests per day

14. yahoo.com - Internet portal and media corporation

Users: 400m

15. easyjet.com - Budget airline

Users: 30m passengers last year

VIA: http://observer.guardian.co.uk

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