iGoogle is a personalisable start page tool where you can aggregate all the Google resources you use on your online desktop, eg Gmail, Google Calendar.
| Website: | www.google.com/ig |
| Cost: | Free |
| Availability: | Online |
| Top 100 Tools 2012: | - |
| Top 100 Tools 2011: | 74= |
| Top 100 Tools 2010: | 44 |
| Top 100 Tools 2009: | 16 |
| Top 100 Tools 2008: | 17 |
| Top 100 Tools 2007: | 17= |
Comments from some of those who selected iGoogle as one of their Top Tools
- “it’s the home page of every piece of online work I do. Everything I need sits there, including most of the rest of this list…” Mags Amond
- “My iGoogle page is the one I return to minute by minute throughout the day. It has links to my calendar, my most used bookmarks, weather and news and a Twitter app. It really does function like a virtual desk, and is available wherever I am working.” Helen Whitehead
- “My personal google homepage where I have immediate access to my RSS feeds, news headlines, weather forecasts, etc. A one stop shop to access all kind of information.” Guy Boulet
- “This is still my number one tool. My RSS feeds are set up using iGoogle – my Google home page. However, you can use any number of readers. I love the fact I can set up RSS feeds for news and issues I want to track” Steve Rayson”I use iGoogle to manage my personal learning and work environment. On my home page, I have Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Bookmarks, Google Reader, and Google Docs and use each daily.” Janet Clarey
