The SEOmoz Web 2.0 Awards were really neat to look at. I am familiar with several of the "bigger" sites on the list, like Picnik, Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, etc., so I stayed away from those and focused on a couple that I'd never heard of before.
The first site I looked into was the travel site Kayak. I have tried other travel booking sites before like Expedia and Priceline, but what is great about Kayak is that you can search those sites all at once. Essentially, you can plan your whole trip (airfare, hotel, car rental, etc) all from one website. Plus there are many different ways to limit your searches to exactly what you need. I would definitely use Kayak in planning upcoming vacations.
Swivel is the second site I explored. I had no idea that putting together a graph could be that much fun! You can input your data from an Excel file or by hand and then Swivel puts all that into the graph or chart of your choice. You can also search graphs that have been posted, which I think would be great for students looking for statistics as part of a report. That's because much of the data is being pulled from credible sources, such as the CDC or Standard & Poors. Very interesting concept!
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