iGoogle: Hidden Treasure

Surfing the net one night Nadine discovered iGoogle. A fantastic way to keep on top of your professional life, your personal interests, your travel plans, and possibly your sanity, iGoogle allows you to customize a web home page. There are thousands of gadgets—mini applications—to choose from and more coming every day. You can customize the header theme, I chose the beach scene.

As a courtesy for our blog readers, we’ve tailored an iGoogle site for people in the marketing industry that you can easily duplicate. Send us an email, we’ll forward the iGoogle setup files and you won’t have to do a thing. Or, follow these steps to set up the tabs yourself. 1. You need to be logged on in your browser with a google account (free) to save your settings. 2. When you log on to iGoogle for the first time, select only the News check box. 3. To create the Marketing and Personal tabs simply select the “Add a tab” button and type in the titles; uncheck the I’m feeling lucky box. 4. Add our listed gadgets by selecting the “Add stuff” button. Enter the titles of our recommended gadgets in the search window.

Have FUN!



iGOOGLE HOME TAB
We picked basic necessities that are good to have on hand.
5. YouTube Videos – good for a 3 o’clock break
6. Jon Stewart Quote of the Day – even when you don’t agree with him, he’s funny
7. CNN.com – keeps you on top of the latest breaking news stories
8. Google Hot Trends – let’s you know the latest greatest
9. Drink Recipes – obvious necessity
10. NYT Art & Design – we think a necessity
11. Date & Time – who can be expected to know otherwise?
12. Weather –
13. Skype – so you can keep up with the younger generation for free



iGOOGLE NEWS TAB
Can you have too many sources these days?
14. Funny Eyes – the eyes follow your mouse around the page
15. NY Times
16. Google News
17. MSNBC.com
18. New York Yankees News – can’t live without this for sure (call us to argue the point)
19. USA Today
20. Reuters
21. BBC News
22. NPR Topics



iGOOGLE MARKETING TAB
Stay on top of the latest in the marketing world without working too hard at it.
23. Pac Man - essential
24. Writer’s Unblock Tool
25. Marketing News
26. Trendwatching
27. Marketing: Case Studies & Know-How from MarketingSherpa
28. MarketingVOX – The Voice of Online Marketing
29. Marketing Profs – Marketing Concepts, Strategies, Articles, Research, Events and Commentaries
30. WSJ.com: Media & Marketing
31. Marketing & Strategy Innovation Blog
32. Seth’s Blog
33. Duct Tape Marketing Blog
34. WPP Marketing Insights



iGOOGLE PERSONAL TAB
35. Art of the Day
36. Mapquest
37. Hangman
38. Internet Slang Translator – so you can figure out if someone’s dissing you or merely saying hello
39. Expedia – the Caribbean is always nice.
40. To Do pad – handy little tool
41. Daily Horoscope
42. ebay Search