Time magazine's 50 coolest websites 2005

How do we come up with our 50 best? Short answer: we take your suggestions, probe friends and colleagues about their favorite online haunts and then surf like mad. This year's finalists are a mix of newcomers, new discoveries and veterans that have learned some new tricks:

1. Arts and Entertainment:
Aardman Animations, The Complete Review, Opus 1 Classical, New York Public Library's Digital Gallery, The Museum of Online Museums, Orisinal, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Ze's Page, Podcast Bunker, Mercora, TV.com

2. Blogs:
Overheard in New York, Jalopnik, Autoblog, Go Fug Yourself, PostSecret, MoCo Loco, Bayraider, Allen's Blog, Chocolate and Zucchini, Boing Boing, Anonymous Lawyer, Dooce, Chromasia, SportsBlogs Nation, Lifehacker, Gridskipper

3. Lifestyle, Health and Hobbies:
Flavorpill, Cancer Nutrition Info, Flickr, ZooZoom, Food 411, CNET Digital Home DIY, The Living to 100 Life Expectancy Calculator, Dogster, I-Neighbors

4. News and Information:
Blinkx.tv, Identity Theft Resource Center, Answers.com, OhMyNews International, Indeed, SimplyHired, Workzoo, FindLaw, Public Agenda, Clusty

5. Shopping:
Sidestep.com, Craigslist, Shopzilla, Woot!, Archie McPhee, Zappos.com, Complaints.com

NICE TO SEE Complete Review, aka Literary Saloon, up there. They're the most indispensable Lit Site.