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  1. Getting started

    Go to the iGoogle homepage: http://www.google.co.uk/ig. If you already have a Google account sign in if not, follow the ‘Sign in’ link in the top right corner and choose to ‘create an account now’. Google will then generate your start page with pre-existing content. Before you make any changes to your page browse the site to see what tools are on offer.

  1. Add RSS feeds to your page

    Begin by adding Google Reader to your page. Click the ‘Add Stuff’ link near the top right corner of your page and search for Google Reader on the page that loads. Add it to your page. Return to your start page and click the link through to Google Reader in the box that has appeared.

    To understand more about what Google Reader can do, watch the introductory video or take a tour. Alternatively get started by adding a subscription.

    The quickest way to add a subscription is by clicking the ‘Add Subscription’ link in the left hand column. Here you will be asked to enter the feed url or name of the source. Try adding a subscription to the BBC News headlines using the following feed url: http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/front_page/rss.xml#. Alternatively you can type the name of a website into the box. When you click add a list of all available feeds from this site will be returned. Choose one to add to your site. Return to your start page by clicking the ‘My Account’ link in the top toolbar and then the iGoogle link under ‘My Products’.

  1. Add web tools to your page

    To find gadgets to add to your start page click the ‘Add Stuff’ link on the right near the top of the page. On the following page there are a number of options for finding gadgets
    • You can search by putting the name of the gadget you want into the search box.
    • Sort all available gadgets by newest or most used.
    • Filter all available gadgets by category.

    When you’ve found the gadget you want simply add it to your page by clicking the ‘Add it now’ button.

  1. Customise the look of your page

    Themes
    Change the look of your start page by adding a theme. Click the ‘Select Theme’ link on the right near the top of the page. You can search or browse themes in the same way as web tools. Once you’ve found a theme you like add it to your page using the ‘Add it now’ button.

    Tabs
    Organise the content on your site using tabs. To create a tab click the ‘Add a tab’ link to the right of all existing tabs.

    Rearrange content
    To change the layout of your page you can drag and drop gadgets between the three columns. You can also move gadgets between tabs by dragging them over the tab at the top of the page.


For more advanced start pages with embedded RSS feed readers try Pageflakes or NetVibes


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I've been using Netvibes as a start page, and have found it good for the embedded RSS feed reader, but not much else. It does have widgets for Hotmail and Facebook and other things, but I prefer to just have them open on my machine as extra tabs on my browser and flick to them. I find it easier to work with that way - how about others?
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