Chicago Tribune selects AskMeFi one of 50 best web sites

March 3, 2006 12:20 PM

Chicago Tribune selects AskMeFi one of 50 best web sites
posted by hwestiii to MetaFilter-Related at 12:20 PM (32 comments total)

Well, duh.
posted by five fresh fish at 12:22 PM on March 3, 2006

We're fascinating.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 12:29 PM on March 3, 2006

Yay!
posted by slogger at 12:35 PM on March 3, 2006

I scrolled passed like, six categories that AskMe should've been in.

Arts and Culture? Check.
Information Please? Check.
Services? Check.
Techno? Check.
Etc? We're Etc?
posted by graventy at 12:48 PM on March 3, 2006

the list also includes Fark.
posted by edgeways at 12:51 PM on March 3, 2006

LGF won a Washington Post "best of web" thing once
posted by matteo at 12:55 PM on March 3, 2006

"We're fascinating."

And popular.

At last, I get to eat at the cool kids' table!
posted by mr_crash_davis at 1:08 PM on March 3, 2006

Ummm... that seat is saved actually. Yeah, those too.
posted by ND¢ at 1:13 PM on March 3, 2006

chicago tribune still not one of 50 best newspapers
posted by quonsar at 1:31 PM on March 3, 2006

NewspaperFilter: If you had to pick the 50 best websites, which would you pick?
posted by OmieWise at 1:42 PM on March 3, 2006

Influx of Chicagoans in 5....4....3....
posted by contessa at 1:50 PM on March 3, 2006

Hey Matt, what gets more traffic? www. or ask. ?
posted by xmutex at 1:53 PM on March 3, 2006

Really good question.
posted by OmieWise at 1:54 PM on March 3, 2006

$.02 on MeFi
posted by edgeways at 1:57 PM on March 3, 2006

Mefi, easily.

(I'm pretty sure he's confirmed this before)
posted by justgary at 2:00 PM on March 3, 2006

Are we the only one that charges money? It looks to me like we are.
posted by dios at 2:09 PM on March 3, 2006

Eh, Fark and Pitchfork are on there. They're just picking popular sites.
posted by cellphone at 2:12 PM on March 3, 2006

steve johnson likes the way we tackle.

oh, and btw, on the 'trackback' for metafilter's catagory:

>>mycathatesyou.com

A clever website that never fails to crack me up every time I look at it. True, I'm a huge cat fan, but who could *not* laugh (and smile) at the entries on that site? Oh, and yes, my two kitties are proudly showcased on there, as well. :)

Posted by: tamme | Mar 3, 2006 1:55:00 PM
posted by naxosaxur at 2:20 PM on March 3, 2006

So how high will we rank them on our list of traditional media sources?
posted by srboisvert at 2:40 PM on March 3, 2006

Are we the only one that charges money? It looks to me like we are.

I give all my advice for free.
posted by furtive at 2:53 PM on March 3, 2006

matteo writes "LGF won a Washington Post 'best of web' thing once"

Surely you mean Washington Times?
posted by clevershark at 3:03 PM on March 3, 2006

Alexa says Ask has 49% while MeFi has 46%, MeTa has 4%, and projects has 1%.
posted by daninnj at 3:28 PM on March 3, 2006

LGF won a Washington Post reader poll for "Best international blog" in 2004, i.e. they had 1000 monkeys pound on electronic typewriters pointed at the ballot box.
posted by rxrfrx at 3:34 PM on March 3, 2006

"Are we the only one that charges money?"

Aha! I always knew that dios was really a mouse in Matt's pocket!
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:24 PM on March 3, 2006

dios writes "Are we the only one that charges money? It looks to me like we are"

MotleyFool and CR charge for access to some areas, MF of course only charges to post. And Peapod is a pay for delivery service. I've never heard of about half the list so it's possible there are others.
posted by Mitheral at 5:16 PM on March 3, 2006

Next week, expect a question like this:
"How do I keep a large metropolitan newspaper from losing readership?"
posted by strangeleftydoublethink at 8:54 PM on March 3, 2006

So, when can we go back to not giving a shit about the MS*Ptui!*M again?
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:15 PM on March 3, 2006

AskMe's OK, but that Boohbah site is frickin' rad.
posted by obloquy at 11:26 PM on March 3, 2006

Boohbahs ROCK! (man)
posted by Drexen at 11:10 AM on March 4, 2006

Cannot leave Boohbah site, man will not catch apples, apples will fall on the ground, get another wheel barrow, cannot leave Boobah site, man will not catch apples...
posted by Cranberry at 11:42 AM on March 4, 2006

Dude, that was cold!
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 11:46 AM on March 4, 2006

Odd, for some reason BugMeNot didn't make the cut.
posted by Ironwolf at 11:15 PM on March 5, 2006