iGoogle brand new for Personalized Homepage

iGoogle is the new name given by Google giant to the Personalized Homepage service 1-5 with new functions added to iGoogle such as news, Gadget Marker, personal search.

Google's Personalized Homepage service allows users to create exactly the parts that the browser's default home page will display. On the page, users can place "gadgets" containing their favorite information such as weather, stock market news, news from other websites, personal events (Google Calendar) and display. the whole day with the current time.

A personal home page hosted through iGoogle iGoogle came into being as a result of anticipation after the success of NetVibes, a service that provides personal page support for many Web 2.0 features. Currently, the number of iGoogle users (Personalized Homepage) has reached 10 million, more than Google Maps and Gmail, according to Google. iGoogle will be released in 18 more countries, bringing the total number of countries supported to 40 in 26 different languages.

25,000 gadgets on iGoogle are available to users, but the latest Gadget Marker feature will allow users to create gadgets for themselves without having to be familiar with HTML or Javascript. Seven models of gadgets will be provided and users can share their gadget creation with others through the "My Community" feature.

In addition, Google intends to introduce search results to users via iGoogle. These results have been modified to suit their physical location. Therefore, the company also synthesizes a lot of user data to provide more accurate results with their preferences. Google also publishes a Web History service that can store any Web site a user visits for reference.

Thanh Truc