Wednesday, July 30, 2008

iToddle with iGoogle

Google has found a new way to personalize its webpage. A rebranded Google IG has come out as iGoogle, a one-stop homepage. According to MSNBC, iGoogle was a tool designed to encourage more people to log in to its Internet-leading search engine more frequently. In 2006, tens of millions of users had created a profile on iGoogle and today more and more are signing up each day.

Once you sign-up iGoogle allows you to customize your page with themes, tabs, and add-ons. I found the homepage very user friendly and enjoyed browsing through the various gadgets to add on to each of my pages. I feel that iGoogle could be a very useful tool to help me organize my daily tasks and keep me updated on my personal interests. Within 10 minutes I had a homepage with 3 additional tabs of interest. I really don’t see myself using this as a tool to help with my teaching career. This was more of a fun customization that brought information of my choice to me.

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