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That time is once again among us. The time when parents rejoice and children cringe: Back to School!

I’ve compiled a list of Web 2.0 websites sure to help you with any school related matters! So whether you’re going to college for your first year or returning yet again, this list is sure to help you out!

Facebook.com – If you have not yet created a Facebook account, there is no better time than now. Use Facebook to meet new people, learn about new activities (whatever they may be), and stay in contact with other students and friends.

RateMyProfessors.com – This one can help you GREATLY! With RMP you can find information about teachers or even add your own. Use this before you start to make your schedule to learn more about particular teachers.

Ebay.com & Craigslist.org – Use both websites to get good deals on text books and school supplies! But why these two when there are many others dedicated to solely school matters? Well with Ebay and Craiglist you can buy almost ANYTHING else too!

Yelp.com – If you’re going to school in a new location, you will need to know all the not-so-hot and HOT spots. Yelp is a review site where all reviews are user submitted, so you can learn about places before you check them out- right from other students.

Stu.dicio.us – There is nothing worse than losing notes or just leaving them somewhere. With Stu.dicio.us you can take/save/share notes, todos lists, documents, and even connect with Facebook friends, and have everything available from any computer with Internet access.

Citationmachine.net – MLA, APA- WHAT? Still having trouble writing citations? Use this website to correctly structure your citations for your papers by simply filling out a form.

Books.Google.com – Need to check out a book, but have no time to get to a real library (who still goes to those places anyway?), just try doing a search in this Google tool. You will find hundreds of books completely digitized by Google. Though, they do not have as big a selection as some libraries, it is still a good start.

All of the mentioned sites have helped me in school, but I am sure there are many other great ones out there. So if you have any not on the list, just add them to the comments section.

Good luck!

There has been a lot of talk since eBay quietly launched it’s free classifieds site, Kijiji.com, here in the states last week. Some people think this will be a major blow to Craigslist for sure- but let us not jump to conclusions…

Craigslist revolutionized online classifieds and continues to be a major force- and for good reason. According to Craigslist.org’s “factsheet“, it boasts more than 12 million new classified ads each month and more than 5 billion page views per month, making Craigslist the #7 most popular English-language website. And I am sure these numbers will not dramatically change much anytime soon.

Though I do not see this affecting Craigslist much, I do think there is a place for Kijiji.com in the online classifieds market. Since, Craigslist’s simple layout is not only its best friend, but also its worst enemy. People are familiar with seeing bright attractive logos with eye catching layouts, so when they see a simple looking, text based website, they get pretty worried about its safety.

Therefore, a classified site with some color, powered by such a trusted company such as eBay will be sure to bring in those afraid of using Craigslist. Also, loyal Craigslist users will definetly benifit from all of this, because they will have more options for reaching the public.