iGoogle Replacements
A lot of people were disappointed given how handy of a homepage tool it was. If you haven’t yet found a good alternative since the permanent disappearance of iGoogle, here are several you may want to consider. They’re no iGoogle, but some of them offer features that might bring back at least a small bit of that classic homepage experience. You can add all sorts of widgets to your page, set a background image and do almost everything that iGoogle allowed you to do. And it’s totally free to sign up! You can personalize it somewhat similarly to iGoogle with web apps, themes, menu bars and extensions. It even works quite well on mobile devices. It’s not quite like iGoogle, but if you want to stick with Google, then it will do. Set your page to bring up Google.com when you open a new window and you’ll be ready to go. You can add all sorts of widgets, change the colors, set the background image and perform searches on some of the top search engines and sites. As if that weren’t awesome enough, you can add tabs to your homepage for even more widgets and better organization. It’s a powerful homepage and RSS reader tool with premium plans you can upgrade to if you want more features. The platform claims that it’s a place where “millions of people around the world personalize and publish all aspects of their daily digital lives.” You can choose from over 200,000 apps, create custom layouts and publish great looking micro sites easily with just a few clicks. Unfortunately, your my Yahoo dashboard will show random advertisements throughout the page, which is a bit of a pain. It all depends on how far you’re willing to go to get a similar iGoogle experience. Twitter doesn’t have any fancy widgets or much of a personalized layout option but does have a highly visual feed nowadays and it could be a serious homepage option for people who want to be informed as quickly as possible. There’s also a pretty great community too, so if you’re a fan of participating in discussions, Reddit could be a good choice for a homepage. You can choose from any one of the Reddit lists at the top that best suits your interests. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a way to customize your site buttons or much of anything else. If you want customization, you’re going to want to go with one of the other alternatives on this list.
