Crowdsourced Content Aggregators
Crowdsourced Content Aggregators are Web sites where users can save and share their favorite Web sites, and determine the popularity of a news story, blog entry, or Web site through various voting and rating systems. Here are some of the more commonly used sites:
Digg
A Community of people who submit content for other people to view and then vote on.
Mixx
A list of web content that has been voted on and graded by users.
Reddit
Users submit and vote on content. The most popular content resides at the top of the page until something new takes its place.
Newsvine
A community of people who vote on news stories.
Technorati
A blog search engine that tracks authority and influence of blogs and ranks them by popularity.
IceRocket
A blog search engine.
Squidoo
A free publishing platform that allows its users to create and edit pages.
StumbleUpon
Users create a profile, indicate their interests and then "StumbleUpon" sites that people with similar interests have recommended.
FriendFeed
A social networking site built around sharing content with your friends.
Mashable
The World's largest blog focused exclusively on web 2.0 and social media news.
Retaggr
A social networking site that allows you to upload all of your online social profiles and contact details into a portable profile.