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Re: louisgray.com: After 5 Years of My Yahoo!, Google Reader Is New Start Page

60 in 3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:31:00 -0000

I've been tempted to switch to Google Reader but iGoogle still provides me with too much functionality to abandon. I can categorize and sort feeds into multiple pages in order to prioritize them. I can also add widgets like my Google calender, to do list, docs and gmail. Plus I can add feeds like stock and weather.

I basically have the front page of iGoogle set up as my on going workspace and then some subsequent tabs that serve as RSS feed pages sorted by category.

Gal

Re: louisgray.com: After 5 Years of My Yahoo!, Google Reader Is New Start Page

louisgray — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:13:00 -0000

Stephen, despite the move, I'll still have plenty of time on My Yahoo! or other news sources. With Safari, I can just hit "Command-1" to go to stock data, or "Command-4" to go to My Yahoo! and "Command-8" for iGoogle. I'll be starting in Google Reader, though.

Technorati for me has never been a good candidate as a start page, but it's a good tool to measure inbound links. Digg is crazy. I've added Digg/Technology to Google Reader, so I get that news through that source.

Re: louisgray.com: After 5 Years of My Yahoo!, Google Reader Is New Start Page

Stephen Foskett — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:48:00 -0000

I moved my start page from Google News to Google Reader myself earlier this year. It's just so much more relevant. But I get to wondering if I'm doing myself a disservice by tailoring my "intake" so much to pre-selected feeds. There was always the chance that I would get a surprise insight from News (or Yahoo before it) that is very unlikely to come from Reader feeds. I've decided which sources I care about and ignore the rest, missing all opportunity. Too bad Digg is so off the wall and Technorati has been infested by spam or I might use them instead...