Financial Information
Abnormal Returns Links to other links
Accounting terms What the bean counters mean
American City Business Journals Regional wannabees
Angry Bear Blog by financial eggheads
Annual Credit Report Yours. Free. Right here.
Annuity Museum Fascinating history of a promise to pay
Bankrate Help find the best interest rates
Better Business Bureau Search a business’s bona fides
Big Charts Minute by minute trading data to check your broker
The Big Picture Rare blog with good graphics
Bloomberg The business news service, not the man
Bureau of Public Debt Buy those bonds, notes and bills here
Business Wire Official line from the company
CalcMoolator All kinds of financial calculators
Calculated Risk Economic analysis up the blogzoo
Canada Stockbroker Disciplinary Records Who got blamed, eh?
CFA Institute No scandal among chartered financial analysts
Charles Schwab Quick stock quotes from discount brokerage king
Consumer Price Index Since 1913 How much cheaper back then?
CNN Money Latest happenings in business
Corporate Information Company profiles worldwide
The D&O Diary Watching corporate boards shirk their duties
EconBiz Business studies and economics information
The Economist International financial view from London
Economic History Chatty economists, lots of neat links
Enigma Cross-indexes public records by name
Federal Trade Commission Warnings on many industries
Financial Times Pinko business newspaper in London
Footnoted Blog that reads the fine print
Forbes Business-oriented web site and publication
Fraser Nifty economic data compiled by the St. Louis Fed
Free Erisa See how underfunded your own pension plan is
Free Edgar Smart retrieval of SEC filings
Free Lunch Huge amount of economic data
Hedge Fund Adviser Records Check out that secretive outfit
Internal Revenue Service Taxing information
Investment Adviser Records Check out that money manager
M&A Law Prof Blog Dotting the I’s and crossing the T’s
Morningstar The Bible on mutual funds
Motley Fool Amusing but informative financial information
Municipal Bond Information Finally, free online statements
PR Newswire More official line from the company
Quatloos Heads-up on scams, frauds, dubious investments
Quicken Financial Network Personal finance advice
Raging Bull Where unverified market gossip reigns supreme
Rank And Filed Highlights corporate connections
Securities and Exchange Commission Public company filings
SEC Actions A critical look at the agency that missed Madoff
SEC Info Makes sense out of raw SEC documents
Seeking Alpha Financial blog of financial blogs
The Simple Dollar Personal finance blog
Social Security Figure out what you got coming
Spendster Public AA for spendthrifts, one bill at a time
State Securities Regulators Where to blow the whistle
The Street.com Broad financial coverage
Tax-Exempt Form 990s Get the skinny on tax-dodgers
Tax Terminology Some basic concepts
10-Q Detective Sleuthing out the good stuff in SEC filings
Ticker Sense Blog by Birinyi Associates
United Kingdom Parliament research reports More than Brexit
Vanguard Lots of financial information here
Yahoo Finance Best investor chat around
Zillow Computer estimate of a property’s value
General Research
About The skinny on nearly everything
Acronym Finder A guide to alphabet soup
American Rhetoric Live feed of famous speeches
Answers.com Hot quick source to everything from Gurunet
Census Data Plenty of numbers here
CEO Express Well-designed links to just about everything
Dictionary Plus thesaurus
Dictionary.com For various languages
The Discourse Database of Canadian information
Double-Tongued Word Wrestler Dictionary Includes slang
The Elements of Style William Strunk’s classic work on writing
Encyclopedia Britannica Great book but barely afloat
First Gov Owner’s manual to the Federal Government
FreeDictionary Lots of technical definitions
GlobalStat Worldwide data sorted by topic
Library of Congress Terrific way to track down old books
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
One Look Word definitions drawn from 100 dictionaries
Questia Another paid Web site that is a virtual library
Reference Desk Still another good collection of reference sites
Search Systems Links to public records
Smithsonian Institution Wide scope
UN Data United Nations clearinghouse
University of Michigan Wide collection of links to statistics and data
USA.gov Portal to the Federal Government
Wayback Machine Amazing archives of the entire Web back to 1996
Wikipedia User-written encyclopedia of uncertain veracity
Wolfram ImageIdentify Figure out what that picture is of
Wordnik Combo dictionary, thesaurus that pronounces words
Yahoo Answers Post your question and the world answers
Internet, Computers and Wireless
Bandwith Meter Measure the speed of your Internet connection
Broadband Home Central How to set up that home network
Bug Me Not Enter Web sites without registration
Cell Reception Provides map of nearby cell phone towers
File Extentions Index to obscure computer file extensions like .vcd
File Info Another listof computer extensions like
Internet Domain Lookup The skinny on domain owners if not hiding
Internet Traffic Report Congestion on the information superhighway
Namechk Name available check on dozens of social sites
Net History Amazing story of the Internet
Search Engine Showdown Critiques the backbone of the Web
Spyware Info Tipoff sheet about Internet snoops
Spyware Warrior Tips on shaking that virus
Tech Crunch Review Internet sites and services
Tech Dirt The Page Six of the tech industry
WiFi Freespot.com List of no-cost wireless access
Wi-Fi Planet How to get wireless
Media, Entertainment and—Gasp!—Gossip
ABC Major broadcast network with newsy site
Arts & Letters Daily Points to humanities-oriented material
Associated Press The granddaddy of wire services
Blank on Blank Audio of old interviews
BBC World Service Listen to its famous radio reports right here
Book Publishing Industry Directory Everyone who’s anyone
Box Office Mojo Movie stats galore
Breaking News When you got to know the scoop right away
BusinessWeek Dying financial pub owned by bond-rating scammer
Buzzfeed New hot news site on the Web
Chicago Tribune World’s Greatest Newspaper in bankruptcy
Christian Science Monitor Top pub nobody reads
Classical Music Radio Stations Online Hear Mozart right now!
CNN Good for breaking news
The Dallas Morning News Sad testimonial to family control
Deadline Hollywood Daily Once run by the former Nikki Finke Greenberg
Drudge Report Conservative gatekeeper
E! Online Brad and Jennifer and Angelina and other such stuff
eWeek What’s happening in the digital world
Forbes Business-oriented web site and publication
Fox News When you like your news with a spin from the right
Gawker Gossip from New York and beyond
Gizmodo New gadget blog
Google News Fastest way to grab breaking news
The Guardian Making a run in the U.S.
The Huffington Post Blog of blogs
LA Observed Online critique of things Los Angelesan
Los Angeles Daily News Now edited elsewhere
Los Angeles Times Not what it once was
MSNBC TV spin from the left
MSN Money Lots of material here
Music Archive Huge number of performances, all for free
National Geographic Without the dirty pictures
National Public Radio A decent site, All Things Considered
New Mexico Magazine Touts Land of Enchantment
Newser Another news web site helping to sink newspapers
News Links Links to media outlets worldwide
The New York Observer Gotham weekly no longer thoughtful or witty
The New York Post Gossip Columns The best in daily dish
The New York Times Still the U.S. newspaper of record
O’Dwyer’s P.R. Newsletter Spin about the spin
Old Newspapers From 1880 to 1922 digitized by the Library of Congress
OMG! Yahoo’s entry in the under-served celebrity-news market
The Onion Satire, not news, but who cares?
Opera Broadcasts Daily listings of when the fat lady sings
Overlawyered Daily accounts of why there are too many lawyers
People If you live for gossip and gossip alone
Press Think Journalism blog by Professor Jay Rosen
Pro Publica Paul Steiger’s life after The Wall Street Journal
PR Watch Amusing dissections of paid propaganda and media spins
Public Domain Review Lists literary properties losing copyrrights
Pulitzer Prizes All the winners since the very first one in 1917
Radio Locator Locate that AM or FM outlet
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Name says it all
Retraction Watch Sadly, a lot of material to work with
Reuters Detached foreign view with funny spellings
Salon Online magazine of note
Science Daily News on the next breakthrough
Scriptsales.com Track those movie deals
Slate Another online magazine of note
The Smoking Gun Collection of gossipy documents
Sunday Times (London) Surprisingly interesting to non-Brits
Talking Biz News Giving business news outlets the business
TMZ Its boss preaches privacy on TV, violates it on the Web
Toronto Globe and Mail Canada’s top newspaper
TruthDig Links to political journalism
United Press International A shadow of its former self
Vancouver Sun A lot less since retirement of David Baines
The Washington Post Bezos-owned and poop from the nation’s capital
Weather Channel What it’s doing outside, everywhere
Wired Intersection of technology and culture
USA Today Free searches back to 1987
Vice Canada-based newssite with European dash
Political Information
Fact Check Tries to keep pols on the straight and narrow
Fund Race Plots addresses of political donors on a map
GOP USA Red meat for red states
Open Secrets Campaign contribution data
Politico Increasingly the go-to site for political coverage
PolitiFact Features the “Truth-O-Meter”
Project Vote Smart All about candidates
Republican Offenders Amusingly long list of GOP miscreants
Spinsanity Another set-’em-straight site
Wonkette Political gossip blog
Search Engines and Portals
A9 Search engine from Amazon.com
All The Web Norwegian import with very broad coverage
AOL Search engine with a tilt toward partners and own sites
Altavista Still a damn good engine
Ask Jeeves Stunning search logic using ordinary questions
Bing Microsoft’s promising challenger to Google
Deja News Indexes Usenet posting by everyone
Dogpile Searches other search engines
Duck Duck Go No-frills browser
Google Also searches other engines, plus deleted pages
Google Groups Searchable archives of newsgroup postings
Internet Archive Dig up that old Web site
Mahalo Claims to be “human-powered”
Microsoft Live Search Surprisingly decent coverage
MsDewey.com Scantily clad host talks back at you during searching
MSN It’s a search engine, too
Search Mash All-in-one Google engine for Web, video, blogs, pix
Stumble Upon Your past searches help guide this engine
Wayback Machine Amazing archives of the entire Web back to 1996
Wolfram Alpha Newest engine touts “computational knowledge”
Services
Angies List Review of home services
Get Human.com Find the codes to evade company phone trees
Missing Money Find unclaimed accounts in 37 states
Unclaimed Find unclaimed accounts in 50 states
Zillow In case you missed it above
Sites for Searching Blogs
Alltop Blog-posting collector by industry
Flickr Search for photos by name
Google Blog Search Claims it can search minutes-old postings
Sphere A comer in blog-searching
Technorati Yet another source for researching blogs
Twingly Still another search engine
Soccer
Advice to Referees The fine print on offside
American Youth Soccer Organization Everyone plays
FIFA 110 years of questionable oversight
Laws of The Game 2014-15 Slimmest rulebook in sport
Major League Soccer Limited popularity outside Seattle
U.S. Soccer Federation American umbrella
Specialty Searches
Banished Words List Lake Superior State University’s gift to the world
BRB Publications Interesting but a stalking horse for paid services
Canada Statistics Pin down those numbers up north, eh?
Centers for Disease Control Health info galore
Copyscape Check for plagiarism
Federal Campaign Contributions Democracy at work
Federal Prisoner Locator Records of past and current inmates
Find A Grave Searchable by last name only
Fix Ya Helps diagnose things that break down
Footnote Documents in the National Archives
Genealogy Records Mormon Church’s famous archives
God Checker Mythology encyclopedia
Graves of Famous People Exhaustive index to final resting spots
Healthopedia Links to medical information
How Stuff Works The basics on the basics
Interment.net Google-powered index to the deceased
Internet Movie Database Track down Hollywood trivia
Justia Free search of federal-court civil cases, and more
Landings All about specific pilots and planes
Lifehacker All kinds of shortcuts
Museum of Hoaxes When it sounds too good to be true
NETRonline Direct link to government public records
Nonprofit Organizations Forbes list of 200 majors
Nonprofit Governance BBB Wise Giving Alliance ratings
Open Secrets Details the best democracy that money can buy
Patent and Trademark Server Index goes way back—to 1790
Project Gutenberg Full-text of many old books in public domain
Public Resource.org Copyright records, building codes and more
Public Records Search Free and paid sources
Search Engine Guide Links to specialized Web findings
The Straight Dope Basic answers to basic questions
Social Security Death Index Dearly departeds back to 1933
State FOIA laws Every single one
Tributes.com Claims 90 million death records
U.S.Gen Web Geneaological site that links to others
U.S. Postal Service Figure out the freight and the rules
U.S. Supreme Court Research about the Supremes
Web MD Reference manual for the body
Who’s Alive and Who’s Dead Lists deceased Playboy playmates
World Health Organization Early word on the next epidemic
Telephone Numbers and Addresses
Anywho AT&T’s directory assistance
Infospace Another phone and address directory
InfoUSA Still another phone and address directory
Reverse Phone Directory Get name or address from number
Search-It-All Another reverse directory
Switchboard Also provides maps and directions
WhitePages.com Also pulls up email addresses and bios
Zip Codes In A Radius Find out who’s nearby
Travel
Airfare Watchdog Real people searching for real discounts
Airline Crashes Details every airplane crash since 1970
Alamo Car Rental A tad cheaper than others
American Airlines More accidents than most other carriers
Amtrak Puts the drama back in long-distance travel
Avis They try to try harder
BiddingTraveler Helps you game Priceline.com
Bing Travel Run for better or worst by Microsoft
Booking Buddy Helps search other travel sites
Cheap Tickets Another place to look for air deals
City Search Guides to the city you are visiting
Czech Airlines When you really want to take a flyer
Currency Converter How many pesos to the dollar?
Delta Air Lines Made “Change in Atlanta’’ famous
Driving Directions How to get anywhere on the road
Driving Distance Calculator In miles, not six-packs
Enterprise Car Rental Also on the low side
Expedia Book those airfares here
Fare Compare Good for traveler with flexible dates
Flight Aware Check if your flight went over a war zone
Flightstats Tells you how often a specific flight is late
Flightrader 24 Another way to track that flight
Fly.com Another ticket Web site that searches other ticket Web sites
Flyer Talk When you have to vent
Flying Distance Calculator Figure out the frequent flyer mileage
Foders Lots of travel information
Frommers Lists cut-rate deals
Frontier Airlines Lower fares, but not low fares, through Denver
Gas Buddy Find the cheap gas station while on the go
Google Maps Current king of online mapping
Google Pedometer Figure out the length of your daily walk
Google Places Review of local services and restaurants
Hertz King of rental cars
Hipmunk Airfares displayed in a clever design
Inside Trip Search airfares by price, speed, comfort or ease
Itasoftware Zeroes in on cheapest days to fly
Jet Blue Discount carrier that goes coast to coast—in good weather
Kayak Better than most at finding lowair fares
Lonely Planet Oriented toward backpackers
Los Angeles Transit Featuring subways to nowhere
Mapquest Ex-king of online mapping
Mesa Air Getting around New Mexico and environs
Metrolink Southern California’s commuter train system to nowhere
Mile Maven How to get maximum frequent flyer points
Mobissimo Another site to check for best airfares
New York City Transit Get that subway map here
New York City Trafficcams When you’re really, really bored.
Orbitz Best for finding flights
Point Maven How to get maximum frequent hotel points
Priceline Frankly, you often can do better elsewhere
Seat Expert Spotlight airplane seats with the most legroom
Seat Guru Does the same thing as Seat Expert
SideStep Search engine for best travel deals
Sit or Squat Find the nearest bathroom
Southwest Long beyond hot pants
Speed Trap Smoking out Smokey
Spirit Airlines Discount flights mainly along the East Coast
Thrifty Car Rental A dubious outfit, from my dealings
Time Zones and Current Time Set your watch right here
Travelocity Good place for last-minute airfares
Trip Advisor Helpful in booking hotel rooms
Trip Connect Share your travel war stories
TripitCreate complete itinerary for your big trip
US Airways Nonstop service into the Hudson River
Walk Jog Run Calculates distance of your jogging route
Weather Channel Local conditions anywhere in the world
World Health Organization Check for outbreaks before you go
Yapta Monitors airlines for fare cuts after ticketing
Yelp Restaurant reviews
Video, Image and People Searching
AOL Video Search Serious place to look for tape
Bing Microsoft’s entry into violation of personal privacy
Blinkx One way to find that clip online
CVGadget Site governed by “Dutch law”
Facebook Check out that person here
FriendFeed Canvass all the social networks at once
Google Video Broad coverage of the medium
Google Image Search Still the best for stills
iSearch Promising people search site
LinkedIn A Facebook for professionals
My Space Check out that high school student here
Peek You Promises more than it delivers
Picsearch Name says it all
Pipl Proclaims it searches “the deep Web”
Snitch Name says it all
Spock New entry in the field
Spokeo Says its searches 42 social network sites
Tube Surf Searches all the video search sites
Twitter A Facebook for techies
Wink Surprisingly effective people searches
Who2 Lots of biographies here
YouTube Where copyright law is a dead letter
Zabasearch Search public records by name
Zoom Info Good at finding official bios on the Web