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A list of the top sites on the net

pokeplayer984

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A fun little thing I found.

Here is a list of the top sites on the net:

Before clicking, try and guess #1.

http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?ts_...lobal&lang=none

I think you'll find a few surprises here. ;)


Petrie.

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I knew google would be up there.  Didn't expect yahoo to be number one.


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I had guessed Wikipedia to have made it under the top 10 but not under the top 5. Good enough a guess ;)
No let's get back to work to get the GOF on place 1 :lol


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I think it's just sick how you see porn sites making the top 100 :x
I've kinda heard of like 50% of the sites on that page, maybe 70% if you're not including the chinese ones :p

I think it's too bad google is in there like 10 times.


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I'm surprised they did not weed out the porn sites. Google and Wikipedia I'm not surprised at since they both seem to be very popular sites.


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At least they're brutally honest that there's dirty people out there.


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It wouldn't really be "Top 100" if they started filtering sites due to their content, would it?


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Quote from: Mumbling,Dec 2 2008 on  07:54 AM
I think it's just sick how you see porn sites making the top 100 :x
 
It's very sad indeed. You would think human kind became more advanced and mature as time went on...yet these sites and those weridos are around...




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It wouldn't really be "Top 100" if they started filtering sites due to their content, would it?
That's true, but I think it's still sick that so many people visit those kinds of sites :p


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It seems many humans are the same as they were a thousand years ago, and even farther in the past.