USA.gov Makes "Can't Live Without" List

Government Web sites routinely score less than private-sector sites on consumer satisfaction. Nor are they considered very "Del.icio.us" in the cyberworld. But one federal government site is as hot as iTunes, ESPN.com and Amazon.com, according to Time Magazine.

In Time's 2007 list of "25 Sites We Can't Live Without," USA.gov, the federal government's Internet home page. "Each Web page of links is more specific than the last, so you can quickly drill down to the matter at hand," Time effuses. The General Services Administration's Office of Citizen Services and Communications manages the site.

The 25-can't-live-without list:

Amazon.com

BBC.co.uk

Citysearch.com

Craigslist.org

Del.icio.us

Digg.com

Ebay.com

Facebook.com

FactCheck.org

Flickr.com

Google.com

HowStuffWorks.com

The Internet Movie Database

iTunes

Kayak.com

NationalGeographic.com

Netflix.com

SimpleWeather.com

Technorati.com

TMZ.com

USA.gov

TelevisionWithoutPity.com

WebMD.com

Wikipedia.org

Yahoo.com

And if you were wondering if Time editors list the worst sites, they do. But Time lists only five, and no government site made the worst list. The worst sites are:

eHarmony.com

Evite.com

Meez.com

MySpace.com

SecondLife.com

Hat tip: PRNewswire