These are the 5-star, top rated sites reviewed by
UKHelpdesk.
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| BBC News |
news.bbc.co.uk
Rating: 5 Stars |
| BBC News review: Regularly updated headlines from the BBC. Includes an In Depth section,
giving access to the history behind stories, and access to the BBC archives. |
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| Pricerunner |
www.pricerunner.co.uk
Rating: 5 Stars |
| Pricerunner review: This seems to be the best of the 'compare prices online' sites. It found us a fantastic TV at a huge discount on the recommended price. Links directly to the appropriate page on the retailers site. Also includes links to appropriate external reviews. |
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| Expedia |
www.expedia.co.uk
Rating: 5 Stars |
| Expedia review: In our view, Expedia provides the greatest range of flights, hotels, car hire, and other holidays of all the online travel centres. Even our obscure flight across the middle of Russia was accurately planned and booked. Very smart. |
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| Amazon |
www.amazon.co.uk
Rating: 5 Stars |
| Amazon review: For books Amazon
are the undisputed leaders in online commerce, and now they're offering
many other products as well. Their site is easy to navigate, books are quick to
find, and delivery is prompt and absolutely reliable. Reviews are posted online
by customers, and Amazon will even produce personal recommendations based on
your previous purchases. |
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| Amazon - Music & Video |
www.amazon.co.uk
Rating: 5 Stars |
| Amazon - Music & Video review: Amazon, leaders in online commerce, bring their reliability, prices and speed of service to the music industry. Includes reviews, track listings and samples. |
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| 123-Reg |
www.123-reg.co.uk
Rating: 5 Stars |
| 123-Reg review: For a long time Easily has been the best place to register domain names, but now we find ourselves using 123-Reg more frequently. They have an excellent registration and domain management process, and the domain prices are very low. They are also closely linked with the excellent Webfusion hosting company. |
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| Boomtown |
www.boomtown.net
Rating: 5 Stars |
| Boomtown review: Good-looking games review site with few of the annoying pop-up adverts which seem so prevalent on other sites. Free registration required for downloads. |
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| BBC News: On This Day |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthi...
Rating: 5 Stars |
| BBC News: On This Day review: In typically slick BBC style, this site offers a different view of the BBC news archives, offering events that occurred on a particular day of the year. Includes video and 'contextual' information - e.g. how has the story developed since. |
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| JobTrack |
www.jobtrack.co.uk
Rating: 5 Stars |
| JobTrack review: Run by the same company as JobMagic, with the same jobs and the same search mechanism. Good, effective searching, which narrows down jobs to a reasonable degree. Critically, the search results also list the key information such as location and salary. Details pages offer substantial information about the jobs and links to the recruitment company, and to apply online. |
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| JobMagic |
www.jobmagic.net
Rating: 5 Stars |
| JobMagic review: Run by the same company as JobTrack, with the same jobs and the same search mechanism. Still, at least its good, effective searching, which narrows down jobs to a reasonable degree. Critically, the search results also list the key information such as location and salary. Details pages offer substantial information about the jobs and links to the recruitment company, and to apply online. |
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| CricInfo |
www.cricinfo.com
Rating: 5 Stars |
| CricInfo review: Fantastic site with ball-by-ball coverage of all the big cricket matches. Team averages and no shortage of wit. A great place to follow the 2003 Cricket World Cup. |
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| Guardian |
www.guardian.co.uk
Rating: 5 Stars |
| Guardian review: The Guardian's 'Unlimited' suite websites are clear and well designed. Includes a searchable archive back to 1999. |
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| Cancer Research UK |
www.cancerresearchuk.org
Rating: 5 Stars |
| Cancer Research UK review: Information on cancer and details of how to get involved with a wide range of events, fundraising or volunteering. You can also donate online. Useful advice on healthier living with information, interactive games and advice. |
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| Dell |
www.dell.co.uk
Rating: 5 Stars |
| Dell review: UKHelpdesk is built using Dell Computers and we would thoroughly recommend them. Configure and order yours online today. |
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| Jobsite |
www.jobsite.co.uk
Rating: 5 Stars |
| Jobsite review: Good power-searching facilities allow rapid narrowing down of your search. Search results provide the key pieces of information, and the search can be saved with new vacancies emailed to you. |
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| UseIt |
www.useit.com
Rating: 5 Stars |
| UseIt review: In simple style, Web guru Jakob Nielsen presents his guide to usability on the web. This site should be required reading for all web designers, novice or on their third IPO. Five years of web design expertise just can't be argued with. |
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| Google Answers |
http://answers.google.com
Rating: 5 Stars |
| Google Answers review: Google provide lots of additional services beyond their excellent search engine. A good example is 'Google Answers', which allows you to post questions for qualified researchers to investigate. You say how much you are willing to pay (from $2 up to $200, charged to your credit card) and they will come back with a response. If you have any queries you can request clarification, and the researchers seem desperate to maintain their high review ratings, so will make sure they get the answer spot on. If you are not satisfied with an answer you can request a refund. Note: Google manage all the transactions, not the individual, although you can award a tip if you are particularly impressed. |
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| Deliverance |
www.deliverance.co.uk
Rating: 5 Stars |
| Deliverance review: Quick and efficient food delivery in the City, West and South London. Select from a wide range of menus - Chinese, Indian, Thai, Italian, Japanese and European. This is the sort of thing which really shows the convenience of the web. |
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| Wimbledon Championships |
www.wimbledon.org
Rating: 5 Stars |
| Wimbledon Championships review: The official Wimbledon site is a quality affair, including the expected latest scores and order of play. Also featured are live (though slowly updated) pictures from the main courts, and video interviews with the winners after each match. IBM collect incredibly detailed statistics for each match (what dull a job that must be), and they're all here, player-by-player, set-by-set. Top site. |
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| Telegraph |
www.telegraph.co.uk
Rating: 5 Stars |
| Telegraph review: Well-designed and comprehensive Daily and Sunday Telegraph site. |
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| PC Plus |
www.pcplus.co.uk
Rating: 5 Stars |
| PC Plus review: Online version of the magazine. Well-organised reviews and helpdesk (advice and tips). Focused download sections, and plenty of editorial comment. |
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| Hermitage Museum |
www.hermitagemuseum.org
Rating: 5 Stars |
| Hermitage Museum review: One of the world's great art galleries, the collection at the Hermitage in St Petersburg ranges from early Russian archaeology to medieval Italian armour to the Impressionists. Some great search tools, including search by colour layout - e.g. find a picture with blue sea, white cliffs, and a lighthouse. Loads of other great features as well. Top site. |
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| Total Jobs |
www.totaljobs.com
Rating: 5 Stars |
| Total Jobs review: A simple but effective searching mechanism leads to well presented search results, with information categorised uniformly across the site. Would like to see more comprehensive searching and 'shortlist' facility. |
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| Tradedoubler |
www.tradedoubler.com
Rating: 5 Stars |
| Tradedoubler review: Place banners on your site and get a percentage of the profits of any visitors to those sites. So if someone clicks a BT advert on your site, and then goes to sign up for broadband, you'll get a pound or two. Sign-up with TradeDoubler and then select from their large range of advertisers. Probably the most robust of the affiliate programmes, free to join for you, but very expensive for the advertisers, so probably gets a greater number of 'blue chip' merchants. |
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| Google |
www.google.co.uk
Rating: 5 Stars |
| Google review: This is the most straightforward, easy to use, yet powerful search engine around. Not overwhelmed by advertising and portal-mania. Start here for your web searches. |
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| PHP.net |
www.php.net
Rating: 5 Stars |
| PHP.net review: Offical site of the PHP Programming Language, providing a huge depth of information on PHP, easy search methods, clearly laid out function reference information, and user comments and additions. Why doesn't Microsoft have anything so clear and useful? |
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