Keyword Mapping

KWMap is an interesting site that applies visualization to help us identify better keywords for web searches. Basically, you enter a keyword to start, which appears at the intersection of two strands of related keywords. From there you can select any of the related keywords to "recenter" a new list of keywords. The visualization itself is not dynamic (i.e. it always shows your keyword on the continuum of the same two strands), but is somehow much more appealing than other keyword generation sites.

Navigate the Webby Award Winners

UPDATE: The 2008 Winners have been announced, using the same interactive interface.

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The Webby Award people have posted an interactive interface to explore all those award-winning 2007 websites.

2008 Webware 100

The winners for 2008's Webware 100 are just out and the winner's list is a nicely categorized directory of what's great on the web right now.

Visual Search Engines

Infosthetics.com has a good summary of emerging visual search engines posted today. SearchMe's tag line is "you'll know it when you see it" which really gets to the key challenge of navigating a text-based internet for visual people.

MoMA's Design and the Elastic Mind

There is an incredible exhibit on right now at MoMA that is right up this blog's alley.

See also a nice summary from Creative Review.

Time Magazine's 50 Best Websites

Old news, but here's Time's take on what's worth looking at on the web in 2007.

PC Magazine's 100 Undiscovered Websites

Here's PC Magazine's 100 Undiscovered Websites, as well as their list of Classics.

TED's list of 100 Websites you should know

TED has come out with a list of 100 websites you should know and use...not a map, but a nicely edited directory. link

Mapa Visual de la Web 2.0

This is a well-edited depiction of Web 2.0 concepts and site links from Spain. link

Internet as logo collection

This is also not a map and has a cluttered feel, but does a good job of organizing top websites by category. Source: allmyfaves.com via infosthetics.com

iA's 2006 ratings for websites

Not a map, but a useful visual reference comparing popular sites across a number of criteria. They also rate news services, social networks, social linklists, corporate websites, and blogs. Check out the full page on iA.