Even as the Web has become more entertaining–and certainly better looking–over the past 15 years, it has also become much more useful and practical, as the 100 sites in this feature will ...

and useful features are just the beginning of the list of essentials. They're also the things we take into account first when we dive into evaluating sites for our yearly list of the Top 100 ...

His succinct and supremely useful thread goes on to list websites that can instantly do everything from fix your bad writing to tell you what to cook for dinner without needing to run to the store.

While a few big names seem to dominate the Internet, the Web continues to flourish with a never-ending stream of incredibly useful new sites and services. PCWorld’s editors never stop scouring ...