Set Your iGoogle
2011-06-21
Most of people use Google everyday, but only some people use iGoogle.
What is iGoogle? iGoogle is just a customizable web homepage which set by you with Google’s stuff.
You can put content which you like, for example: a Google search box, your choice of any number of gadgets. Here are some things you can do with gadgets:
View your latest Gmail messages
Read headlines from Google News and other top news sources
Check out weather forecasts, stock quotes, and movie showtimes
Store bookmarks for quick access to your favorite sites from any computer
Design your own gadget.
OK, Let’s set our iGoogle:
Open your browser and visit iGoogle.com.
You need to sign in by click top right corner link so that your iGoogle setting can be saved into your google account. You can create the homepage by choosing items which you are interested in,m and select a theme, choose your location so that you can always get things such as local news, local weather, related Businesses etc. After you finish selections, you can get your home page by click the button “See your page”. You can see now your homepage, there are multiple “blocks”, these blocks called gadgets. You can drag and drop to move gadgets, delete gadgets, add gadget, and edit the gadget settings. **Add gadgets:** Click the Add gadget link on top right corner , you will see gadgets list, just choose what you like: For each gadget, you can setup by click the small triangle. After all settings, you will get a homepage which you want, and also, you can adjust them by changing settings time to time.