AOL

Six of the best sites about AOL, also known as America Online. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestion at the bottom of this page.

1. AOL.com - Web portal offers news, original content, Web search, shopping services and more. (www.aol.com)

2. AOL Says Napster Will Be Its Exclusive Provider Of Music Downloads - January 12, 2007 article on AOL scrapping its Music Now service in favor of a partnership with Napster for music downloads. (www.informationweek.com)

3. AOL Research Exposes Data; We’ve Got a Little Sick Feeling - August, 2006 story on AOL’s research department releasing user search data. While user information was changed to make users anonymous, AOL was blasted for releasing search histories that would make it easy to figure out who the searchers were. AOL later apologized. (www.siliconbeat.com)

4. How Hard Can It Be to Cancel an AOL Account? - June, 2006 article on AOL user Vincent Ferrari taping his attempt to cancel his AOL account, an attempt made more difficult by the customer service representative’s refusal to go forward until trying various ways to keep Ferrari, including a request to speak to his father. (www.msnbc.msn.com)

5. Anti-AOL - Blog offers an ongoing stream of posts telling why AOL is bad. Also gives information on uninstalling AOL from your computer and reaching AOL’s customer service to cancel your account. (antiaol.insanejournal.com)

6. AOL and Time Warner to Merge - January, 2000 article on AOL merging with media giant Time Warner, a move that many would later say was disastrous for both companies. (money.cnn.com)