Last year, we called the just-launched BET a site to watch. BET goes way beyond its entertainment roots to cover news, business, health, and more, with an emphasis on issues particularly relevant to African-Americans. There's star power, too, with Johnnie Cochran fielding legal questions. And it has the Web's best urban music radio. But aOnline is doing a bang-up job of changing that.
Youngsters get clubs to join, games to play, and excellent homework helpers and school resources.
Kids Only 46. The mission of the nonprofit SeniorNet is to help older Americans use computers to enrich their lives. Members take classes at the organization's 185-plus Learning Centers, but anyone can participate on the Web. There are online courses for those new to the Net, and active message boards. The big Saturday-night date, concert tours, Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.