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It is interesting to see how much the Internet has changed over the years and amazing to see all of the cool things you can do online. With that said, most everything that users do online can be accessed or performed from their web based start page, or now called a personalized homepage.

The question to ask is who offers the best personalized homepage? Over the last few years, there has been so much focus on who provides the best search (i.e. Google, Yahoo, MSN). There doesn’t seem to be much discussion about personalization. In my opinion, I think personalization is very important.

The situation as hand is that each major search engines function quite well. They are all accurate and they are all going to return relevant results. Granted, these results may vary, but honestly… who cares. If you live in Dallas TX and you’re seeking the best deals on a dozen of roses, I am confident that you can use any of the leading search engines to find what you’re looking for. (more…)

It appears that Google is taking a stab at trying to keep people interested in using their personalized iGoogle page. Google just introduced social gadgets for iGoogle. Google now has the aim to make things easier for users by allowing quick access to some of the more popular sites on the Web such as YouTube.

Earlier last month I wrote a post about the new Yahoo! Homepage. I have to say that I am a little disappointed in Google. I don’t think it would be too difficult to beef up iGoogle. I really think Google is going to have to be careful because Yahoo!’s personalized homepage looks killer. (more…)

For years, Yahoo has had the same look and feel. Soon they will be launching a brand new homepage that will showcase many of the more popular Web 2.0 services that have been gaining popularity over the last two years.

The new Yahoo! homepage features new application such as FaceBook, MySpace, and eBay. These applications pop up on the screen and from there, the user can simply login and access their account without having to leave the Yahoo! homepage.

While these enhancements seem to be great, many people wonder if this upgrade came too late. Here is a screen shot of the new Yahoo! homepage:

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GeoCities.com, acquired by Yahoo! Inc. ten years ago for over three billion is being shut down. It is one of the oldest – and at one time, most popular – free website hosting communities online.

GeoCities.com hosts, – what I would call, “a living archive of Internet’s past” -  thousands of pages created by Internet users in the 90′s. These pages, files, pictures, and designs are – what some to believe – historical and valuable. I am one to agree. Many times I search Google and find myself delivered to an old GeoCities.com hosted page that contains the information I desire. All that will come to an end, however, on October 26th, 2009. (more…)