Check out the 2007 winners, along with those of previous years:

http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=11

WEBBY’S 12 MOST INFLUENTIAL ONLINE VIDEOS

     The “most influential” list came out in 2006. This listing encapsulates the trivial nature of online fads.

http://www.webbyawards.com/press/top12videos.php

CIRCLE AND SLIDE WITH THE WEB RINGS

     Web rings, on many topics, were popular in 2002 and 2003. Hundreds of obscure sites joined the rings and got a few more visitors than they otherwise would have. Since then web rings have gradually fallen from popularity, and some, I believe, have disintegrated. But they still supply an interesting experience for those who have the inclination to play around with them. I had a good time with the following web rings one evening:

     The MARQUISE website has illustrations of costume from 1300 on. It is also a web ring hub from which you can slide in several directions.

http://www.marquise.de/en/index.html

     Find the web ring of the costume site below. I like to click on the part that says “list,” but you may prefer to take the sites as they come and be surprised. Whatever.

http://www.marquise.de/en/misc/rings.shtml

     To start circling, click on the webring that sounds most interesting to you. As you circle the rings, you’ll find sites with other webrings on different topics, enabling you to “slide” from one topic to another. And, after a few slides, you wind up in completely unexpected territory, seeing things you never dreamed were on the Internet. (I slid into the costume site, for instance, and was amazed that such a thing existed.) From the costume rings you can slide into re-enactment rings or history rings. From the history rings you can slide into Victorian rings, and from Victorian rings you can slide into angel or Avonlea rings, for those who love Anne of Green Gables. Of course there are hundreds of other slides you can make. As you circle, you’ll see them winking at you from the various webring pages, promising novel sights.