Last night was the National [American] Magazine Awards, which include a category (with two divisions) for general excellence online. It’s worth checking out the nominees for inspiration for your own site (we’ll just all remain in denial about the CA:US staffing exchange rate, shall we?). I like to subscribe to e-newsletters to remind me to visit different sites regularly. Just be careful, or use a separate email account – it can get a bit overwhelming.

Over 1 million UVs/month:
• nymag.com (the winner!)
• businessweek.com
• chow.com
• nationalgeographic.com
• time.com

Under 1 million UVs/month:
• backpacker.com (the winner!)
• motherjones.com
• parenting.com
• runnersworld.com
• canopycanopycanopy.com

Visit the ASME website for a full list of nominees and winners (you have to scroll to the bottom for online). Then head on over to the website of the brand-new Canadian Online Publishing Awards to find out how to submit your site, and you could be a winner, too.