websites rank position:

1 - google.com
Enables users to search the Web, Usenet, and images. Features include PageRank, caching and translation of results, and an option to find similar pages. The company's focus is developing search technology.

2 - yahoo.com
Personalized content and search options. Chatrooms, free e-mail, clubs, and pager.

3 - facebook.com
A social utility that connects people, to keep up with friends, upload photos, share links and videos.

4 - youtube.com
YouTube is a way to get your videos to the people who matter to you. Upload, tag and share your videos worldwide!

5 - Windows Live (live.com)
Search engine from Microsoft.

6 - wikipedia.org
An online collaborative encyclopedia.

7 - blogger.com
Free, automated weblog publishing tool that sends updates to a site via FTP.

8 - Microsoft Network (MSN)
Dialup access and content provider.


I realize that the website free things only can got more people to support it, and thus it will become popular. See Windows Live Messenger is free, you-tube is free, google is free and facebook is free.

So if you want to make your own website become very popular, you must free give something that people want it, and you must keep giving this things continuously without a stop.