The below list reflects the five best Web sites in 30 categories for 2003 as selected by members of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. These nominees exemplify the very best that the internet has to offer.
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ActForChange | http://www.actforchange.com | |||||
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Greenpeace | http://www.greenpeace.org | |||||
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The Jane Goodall Institute | http://www.janegoodall.org | |||||
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voice yourself | http://www.voiceyourself.com | |||||
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World Resources Institute | http://www.wri.org | |||||
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Commanding Heights Online | http://www.pbs.org/commandingheights | |||||
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edutopia online | http://www.glef.org | |||||
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Movable Type | http://www.movabletype.org | |||||
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Theban Mapping Project | http://www.thebanmappingproject.com | |||||
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Wired News | http://www.wired.com | |||||
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BET Hollagram | http://hollagram.bet.com | |||||
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CBC Radio 3 | http://www.cbcradio3.com | |||||
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Commanding Heights Online | http://www.pbs.org/commandingheights | |||||
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Heavy | http://www.heavy.com | |||||
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Homeless | http://www.abc.net.au/homeless | |||||
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Amazon.com | http://www.amazon.com | |||||
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Art.com | http://www.art.com | |||||
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Fresh Direct | http://www.freshdirect.com | |||||
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RedEnvelope | http://www.redenvelope.com | |||||
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The Tire Rack | http://www.tirerack.com | |||||
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BBC Video Nation | http://www.bbc.co.uk/videonation | |||||
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Geocaching | http://www.geocaching.com | |||||
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LiveJournal.com | http://www.livejournal.com | |||||
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Meetup | http://www.meetup.com | |||||
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Nervous Industries | http://www.nervousness.org | |||||
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BrainPOP | http://www.brainpop.com | |||||
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NASA Earth Observatory | http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov | |||||
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Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus | http://www.visualthesaurus.com | |||||
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sodaplay | http://www.sodaplay.com | |||||
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The New York Times Learning Network | http://www.nytimes.com/learning | |||||
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Hint Fashion Magazine | http://www.hintmag.com | |||||
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JAPANESE STREETS | http://www.japanesestreets.com | |||||
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Lucire | http://www.lucire.com | |||||
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SHOWstudio | http://www.showstudio.com | |||||
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Style.com | http://www.style.com | |||||
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Bright Lights Film Journal | http://www.brightlightsfilm.com | |||||
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indieWIRE | http://www.indiewire.com | |||||
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Metacritic | http://www.metacritic.com | |||||
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Rotten Tomatoes | http://www.rottentomatoes.com | |||||
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SPONGI | http://www.spongi.com | |||||
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ClearStation | http://www.clearstation.com | |||||
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E-LOAN | http://www.eloan.com | |||||
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PayPal | http://www.paypal.com | |||||
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Quicken.com | http://www.quicken.com | |||||
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Yahoo! Finance | http://finance.yahoo.com | |||||
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A Tale in the Desert | http://www.atitd.com | |||||
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Disney's Toontown Online | http://www.toontown.com | |||||
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Indie Game Jam | http://www.indiegamejam.com | |||||
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Orisinal | http://www.orisinal.com | |||||
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PopCap Games | http://www.popcap.com | |||||
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NASA | http://www.nasa.gov | |||||
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National Weather Service | http://www.weather.gov | |||||
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Publius | http://www.publius.org | |||||
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Rete Civica Iperbole - Comune di Bologna | http://www.comune.bologna.it | |||||
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United Nations | http://www.un.org | |||||
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Cancer.gov | http://www.cancer.gov | |||||
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HIV STOPS WITH ME | http://www.hivstopswithme.org | |||||
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lifeclinic.com | http://www.lifeclinic.com | |||||
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Planned Parenthood Golden Gate | http://www.ppgg.org | |||||
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teenwire.com | http://www.teenwire.com | |||||
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Eric Conveys an Emotion | http://www.emotioneric.com | |||||
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get your war on | http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war.html | |||||
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oddtodd.com | http://www.oddtodd.com | |||||
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The Onion | http://www.theonion.com | |||||
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WHITEHOUSE.ORG | http://www.whitehouse.org | |||||
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Bad Girl Swirl | http://www.badgirlswirl.com | |||||
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Do-It-Yourself Network | http://www.diynet.com | |||||
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Girl-on-the-street | http://www.girlonthestreet.com | |||||
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Kitchens.com | http://www.kitchens.com | |||||
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oddtodd.com | http://www.oddtodd.com | |||||
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Flaming Lips | http://www.flaminglips.com | |||||
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Metacritic | http://www.metacritic.com | |||||
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Okayplayer.com | http://www.okayplayer.com | |||||
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pinknoises.com | http://www.pinknoises.com | |||||
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Tech.Nitions | http://www.technitions.com/tech2.html | |||||
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Andy Deck-Art Context | http://artcontext.org/ | |||||
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BlinkenLights | http://www.blinkenlights.de | |||||
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Listening Post | http://www.earstudio.com/projects/listeningPost.html | |||||
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NYC Surveillance Camera Players | http://www.notbored.org/the-scp.html | |||||
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PuppetTool | http://www.lecielestbleu.com/puppettool | |||||
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allAfrica.com | http://www.allafrica.com | |||||
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BBC News Online | http://www.bbcnews.com | |||||
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Google News | http://news.google.com | |||||
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MSNBC | http://www.msnbc.com | |||||
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Romenesko | http://www.poynter.org/medianews | |||||
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Cockeyed.com | http://www.cockeyed.com | |||||
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David Still | http://www.davidstill.org | |||||
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Jeff Harris | http://www.jeffharris.org | |||||
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Jenville | http://www.jenville.com | |||||
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NobodyHere | http://www.nobodyhere.com | |||||
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Congress.org | http://www.congress.org | |||||
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Environmental Working Group | http://www.ewg.org | |||||
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IssuesPA | http://www.issuespa.net | |||||
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MoveOn.org | http://www.moveon.org | |||||
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The Note | http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/US/TheNote.html | |||||
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AlterNet | http://www.alternet.org | |||||
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Boxes and Arrows | http://www.boxesandarrows.com | |||||
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Metropolis Magazine | http://www.metropolismag.com | |||||
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Shift Online | http://www.shift.com | |||||
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The Onion | http://www.theonion.com | |||||
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CBC Radio 3 | http://www.cbcradio3.com | |||||
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Epitonic Radio | http://www.epitonic.com/radio.jsp | |||||
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KEXP | http://www.kexp.org | |||||
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This American Life | http://www.thisamericanlife.org | |||||
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Transom | http://www.transom.org | |||||
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Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics | http://mathworld.wolfram.com | |||||
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exploreMarsnow | http://www.exploremarsnow.org | |||||
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HowStuffWorks | http://www.howstuffworks.com | |||||
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SCIENCE HOBBYIST | http://www.amasci.com | |||||
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Scirus | http://www.scirus.com | |||||
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eBay | http://ebay.com | |||||
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Evite | http://www.evite.com/ | |||||
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Netflix | http://www.netflix.com | |||||
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Paytrust | http://www.paytrust.com | |||||
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VolunteerMatch | http://www.VolunteerMatch.org | |||||
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BBCi Religion & Ethics | http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion | |||||
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Girardian Reflections on the Lectionary | http://my.execpc.com/~paulnue | |||||
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Parish of Trinity Church | http://www.trinitywallstreet.org | |||||
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Pluralism Project | http://www.pluralism.org | |||||
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Ritualwell.org | http://www.ritualwell.org | |||||
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ESPN.com | http://www.espn.com | |||||
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NBA.com | http://www.nba.com | |||||
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Surfline | http://www.surfline.com | |||||
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The Official Site of The America's Cup | http://americascup.yahoo.com | |||||
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Tour de France - 2002 | http://www.letour.fr/2002/us/index.html | |||||
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Apache Web Server | http://www.apache.org | |||||
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Laszlo Presentation Server | http://www.laszlosystems.com | |||||
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Linux | http://www.linux.org | |||||
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phpBB | http://www.phpbb.com | |||||
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IgoUgo | http://www.igougo.com | |||||
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Joe Sent Me | http://www.zyworld.com/brancatelli | |||||
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Lonely Planet Online | http://www.lonelyplanet.com | |||||
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SeatGuru.com | http://www.seatguru.com | |||||
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The New York Times: Travel | http://www.nytimes.com/pages/travel/index.html | |||||
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Animal Planet: Future is Wild Interactive | http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/futureiswild/animals/animals.html | |||||
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CartoonNetwork.com | http://www.cartoonnetwork.com | |||||
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Frontline/World | http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld | |||||
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HBO Online | http://www.hbo.com | |||||