MrExcel #1 on Top 10 List...

[hwalker]

All,

FYI, just wanted to let you know that we published an article highlighting the "Top 10 Online Resources for Mastering Excel" for the oDesk.com blog this morning. We ranked MrExcel.com #1. A huge thanks to all of you who have made our lives easier with your informative posts & answers over the years. We couldn't have done all of those executive dashboards without you!

http://www.odesk.com/blog/

-Henry
oDesk.com

[hwalker]

Actually the direct link to the article is here:

http://www.odesk.com/blog/2009/05/excel/

Thanks,
Henry

[Jon von der Heyden]

Excellent!

[Patience]

Cool! I just posted it on twitter too!

[xld]

I would love to know the criteria by which you arrive at these results.

I disagree with many of the statements, but for me the list loses all credibility with OzGrid at #2. Two years ago, Ozgrid was a useful site with many good, some great contributors, administered by over-bearing admins and run by a megalomaniac. Today it is a rarely visited carcase run by a megalomaniac.

[Jon von der Heyden]

Originally Posted by xld

I would love to know the criteria by which you arrive at these results.

I disagree with many of the statements, but for me the list loses all credibility with OzGrid at #2. Two years ago, Ozgrid was a useful site with many good, some great contributors, administered by over-bearing admins and run by a megalomaniac. Today it is a rarely visited carcase run by a megalomaniac.

Why not tell it like it is Bob... Hehe!

I'm chuffed that MrE made it to top spot but I must agree with Bob, Ozgrid wouldn't feature on my list. Why not swap it for one of these:

http://vbaexpress.com/
http://www.excelforum.com/
http://www.contextures.com/
http://www.cpearson.com/Excel/MainPage.aspx
http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/index.html

Tom Urtis' site seems to be coming along nicely too: http://www.atlaspm.com/excelfaq.html

[xld]

Excellent point Jon. That Chip's site is not there is criminal, and Debra's site. And to be honest, the Usenet groups are better than any web based forum, many of them just feed off of the usenet groups - the web is just that which is accessed via a browser.

So all in all, I still see it as a highly subjective view, and it doesn't even conform with my subjective view.

[rorya]

Originally Posted by xld

I disagree with many of the statements, but for me the list loses all credibility with OzGrid at #2. Two years ago, Ozgrid was a useful site with many good, some great contributors, administered by over-bearing admins and run by a megalomaniac. Today it is a rarely visited carcase run by a megalomaniac.

That's all true, but it does (or did) have a great profile of Richard...

and it's missing J-Walk's site and JKP's site amongst others, which I think should outrank YouTube!!

[Colin Legg]

I also believe that you have to pay to start a post there now, so why that is factored in for EE but not for Oz....? [I have no affiliation with either site].

That's all true, but it does (or did) have a great profile of Richard...

lol... indeed.


And yet another one not yet mentioned (this could go on for a while!) - Dick Kusleika's site.

[Jon von der Heyden]

Originally Posted by rorya

That's all true, but it does (or did) have a great profile of Richard...

Oh it still does!! Dave's holding onto that for a while!