2012 is over… long live 2013! And to welcome in this bright new year,  All My Faves – your easy guide to the Web – has once again enlisted the world’s help to hand pick the best websites of 2012. These sites may not be Facebook, Twitter or even Pinterest, but they’re some of the internet’s most interesting, unique and, well, coolest websites around… and hey, you voted for them! So without further ado, here’s our definitive review of the top 10 coolest websites: best of 2012.

Ask.fm is a simple Ask and answer service, much like Formspring, where your Facebook, Twitter and other social networks friends engage with you through personal Q&A.

Love This allows you to recommend any product or experience you enjoyed. You can either send your recommendation to your Facebook and Twitter friends or share it by recommending mankind.

Hopflow is a new platform that helps users discover and share content through following specific topics rather than individual sources, creating a vast feed that is based on your personalized interests.

EverySignal is a platform that aggregates ‘big moments’ of people you care about from your Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and LinkedIn accounts and notifies you so that you will not miss out on them.

One of the first things I do in the morning right after I brush my teeth is turn on my computer and check out what has been added to Pinterest over night. I’m always looking to save my favorite styles, cute animal photos, cake pop recipes, and wedding ideas fun presents. But sometimes I need a little something extra where I can get votes and personalized recommendations from my friends…this is where Favery comes in.

BestVendor helps you find the best software and apps in the business world to help keep your productive and efficient work style.

If your family is anything like mine, Facebook really isn’t an appropriate way to share around those lovely/awkward Mother’s Day Brunch and Thanksgiving photos: it’s too confusing and just too public. Perhaps it’s time to move your family over to FamilyLeaf, an easier, more secure way to share family photos and conversations.

Nearly everyone has some idea they would like to bring to life. Many times it’s a simple solution to a problem, or it’s a way to maximize your fun. Uniq.ly brings you a unique way to share your ideas with the world, and even get tipped for them.

If you’re anything like me, you want to talk about your favorite show…all of the time. Sometimes you may even go on Twitter and search the hashtag of your favorite show to see what the rest of the world is saying. Zeebox has made your entertainment consumption incredibly easy, and – even better – fun.

Undrip combines all social networks and cuts out all that unnecessary noise created by your hundreds of followers, friends and acquaintances on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and every other social network you can think of…

If Facebook and Twitter had a love child – and then made it a premium service – Pheed might be that social network…