Comments on: The Personalized Homepage War: Who Matters http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/ Startup and Tech News Mon, 12 May 2008 08:20:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: edtech VISION - Visionary uses of edtech » Web page portals are getting an extreme makeover http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2219696 edtech VISION - Visionary uses of edtech » Web page portals are getting an extreme makeover Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:01:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2219696 [...] source: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/ This entry is filed under Google, Yahoo, search. You can follow any responses to this entry [...] […] source: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008.....o-matters/ This entry is filed under Google, Yahoo, search. You can follow any responses to this entry […]

]]> By: » update market news VII» Blog Archive » nugg.ad blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2210148 » update market news VII» Blog Archive » nugg.ad blog Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:33:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2210148 [...] The Personalized Homepage War [...] […] The Personalized Homepage War […]

]]> By: Nodalities » Blog Archive » This Week’s Semantic Web http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2187056 Nodalities » Blog Archive » This Week’s Semantic Web Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:30:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2187056 [...] The Personalized Homepage War: Who Matters [...] […] The Personalized Homepage War: Who Matters […]

]]> By: Telephony 2.0 » Blog Archive » Reading List: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2175430 Telephony 2.0 » Blog Archive » Reading List: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:09:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2175430 [...] bad time for managers at telco Web portal decisions to do some bargain shopping. Pageflake’s component/widget-based approach to the user start page is pretty much the de facto standard and the way Google, Yahoo and Microsoft users start their day. [...] […] bad time for managers at telco Web portal decisions to do some bargain shopping. Pageflake’s component/widget-based approach to the user start page is pretty much the de facto standard and the way Google, Yahoo and Microsoft users start their day. […]

]]> By: Pageflakes Acquired by Live Nation | MyPlayerSearch is a Pageflakes for sports « PlayerSearch Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2174375 Pageflakes Acquired by Live Nation | MyPlayerSearch is a Pageflakes for sports « PlayerSearch Blog Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:33:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2174375 [...] Arrington of TechCrunch has posted some updated traffic stats on the leaders in general personalized start pages including My Yahoo, iGoogle, MyMSN, MyAOL, Netvibes and [...] […] Arrington of TechCrunch has posted some updated traffic stats on the leaders in general personalized start pages including My Yahoo, iGoogle, MyMSN, MyAOL, Netvibes and […]

]]> By: Pageflakes Acquired By Live Universe http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2170466 Pageflakes Acquired By Live Universe Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:07:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2170466 [...] also bidding. But it’s likely that the acquisition price was not huge - Pageflakes is in a highly competitive market dominated by Yahoo and Google. Even so, reports that the company may be going to the deadpool seem [...] […] also bidding. But it’s likely that the acquisition price was not huge - Pageflakes is in a highly competitive market dominated by Yahoo and Google. Even so, reports that the company may be going to the deadpool seem […]

]]> By: startup4life http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2042438 startup4life Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:26:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2042438 Odysen is the best if you want to escape the fixed column formatting. It has free-formatting widgets, you can integrate multiple feeds in one widget, and have multiple pages with different security including private/shared/public. Odysen is the best if you want to escape the fixed column formatting. It has free-formatting widgets, you can integrate multiple feeds in one widget, and have multiple pages with different security including private/shared/public.

]]> By: Regular Geek » Personalized Homepages http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2032153 Regular Geek » Personalized Homepages Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:10:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2032153 [...] I wanted to try some of the personalized homepage services. TechCrunch has an article about the few that matter. So I decided that was a good enough place to start. I also talked about these types of services [...] […] I wanted to try some of the personalized homepage services. TechCrunch has an article about the few that matter. So I decided that was a good enough place to start. I also talked about these types of services […]

]]> By: Anna Baron - Real Estate Virtual Assistant http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2018320 Anna Baron - Real Estate Virtual Assistant Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:08:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2018320 I love iGoogle and the ability to use tabs so that I can file/organize everything that I need throughout the day. My main page contains all of the bookmarks I need as well as the RSS feeds to sites that I need to stay on top of. I also love making my own widgets for others to use as well. Hands down iGoogle is the one for me! I love iGoogle and the ability to use tabs so that I can file/organize everything that I need throughout the day. My main page contains all of the bookmarks I need as well as the RSS feeds to sites that I need to stay on top of. I also love making my own widgets for others to use as well. Hands down iGoogle is the one for me!

]]> By: cg http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2012245 cg Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:38:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2012245 Flashhomepage.com just recently launched. Although it might not have the most features, I'd say it has the most attractive interface and is the simplest to use. Flashhomepage.com just recently launched. Although it might not have the most features, I’d say it has the most attractive interface and is the simplest to use.

]]> By: Eric http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2012220 Eric Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:07:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2012220 Hello? The sign outside says this is the Northern California PageFlakes User Club luncheon. Does anyone know where they moved our Narcotics Anonymous meeting? Hello? The sign outside says this is the Northern California PageFlakes User Club luncheon. Does anyone know where they moved our Narcotics Anonymous meeting?

]]> By: Cyb@rdèche’s Blog and Frog » Les flux RSS de plus en plus populaires ? http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2008588 Cyb@rdèche’s Blog and Frog » Les flux RSS de plus en plus populaires ? Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:38:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2008588 [...] TechCrunch (en) vient de relayer les statistiques de ComScore (janvier 2008) sur l’audience des home pages personnalisées [...] […] TechCrunch (en) vient de relayer les statistiques de ComScore (janvier 2008) sur l’audience des home pages personnalisées […]

]]> By: Simon http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2007583 Simon Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:26:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2007583 Hi Martin #42 re: # Martin Lindeskog ............. To #5 Simon of AnyCircle.com. Thanks for the tip. I have created my own link page on 43WSDR.com. (I will remember the URL in the following way: The “time management system” 43 folders + World Site + DRive.)" Of course you can just use any circle URL (hence www.ANYcircle.com) so whilst you can remember one circle as in your creative way! - you can just use: wedxza.com 34rdsw.com 43wsdr.com 45tfde.com 67uhgt.com and any of 259 other circle URLs (we have a little cookie system going so it doesn't matter which circle you type/enter they all finish at the web function you are after) Cheers Simon Hi Martin #42

re: # Martin Lindeskog …………. To #5 Simon of AnyCircle.com. Thanks for the tip. I have created my own link page on 43WSDR.com. (I will remember the URL in the following way: The “time management system” 43 folders + World Site + DRive.)”

Of course you can just use any circle URL (hence http://www.ANYcircle.com) so whilst you can remember one circle as in your creative way! - you can just use:
wedxza.com
34rdsw.com
43wsdr.com
45tfde.com
67uhgt.com
and any of 259 other circle URLs
(we have a little cookie system going so it doesn’t matter which circle you type/enter they all finish at the web function you are after)

Cheers

Simon

]]> By: Kevin http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2007223 Kevin Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:17:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2007223 The flakes are great. They fall right into a sweet start page--Pageflakes is just getting better and better. The flakes are great. They fall right into a sweet start page–Pageflakes is just getting better and better.

]]> By: Anders Bendix Kiel http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2006998 Anders Bendix Kiel Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:39:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2006998 So these are for the guys like you and me, but what about the mainstream? People in generel that do not have advanced skills on the web. Are there any pages that just let people sign up and guide for an easy and intuitive startpage solution? So these are for the guys like you and me, but what about the mainstream?

People in generel that do not have advanced skills on the web.

Are there any pages that just let people sign up and guide for an easy and intuitive startpage solution?

]]> By: Cheryl Allin http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2006014 Cheryl Allin Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:17:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2006014 I find it hard to believe that Protopage.com isn't on anyone's list. I tried literally every single site available and while yourminis.com stuck for a bit, Protopage is the hands down winner for me. I don't use it for RSS or photos or anything too distracting - mainly as a repository for all of the many links I use throughout the day - grouped by topic, as in all financial links in one module, all client links in another, etc. The big boys just don't allow for enough customization - Netvibes locks you into their 'boxes' layout and you can't have more than one bookmarks widget (unless you like having duplicates). Just my $0.02... I find it hard to believe that Protopage.com isn’t on anyone’s list. I tried literally every single site available and while yourminis.com stuck for a bit, Protopage is the hands down winner for me. I don’t use it for RSS or photos or anything too distracting - mainly as a repository for all of the many links I use throughout the day - grouped by topic, as in all financial links in one module, all client links in another, etc. The big boys just don’t allow for enough customization - Netvibes locks you into their ‘boxes’ layout and you can’t have more than one bookmarks widget (unless you like having duplicates). Just my $0.02…

]]> By: bhc3 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2005867 bhc3 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:44:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2005867 I feel so ol' skool. I still use MyYahoo as my home page. I signed up for iGoogle and Netvibes. And they are cool services. But they haven't caused me to switch my homepage yet. MyYahoo's dominance of personal homepages is an example of Harvard professor John Gourville's 9X thesis, which describes consumer adoption of new products. Here's my blog post on that: http://tinyurl.com/yomt6l. And I do see that the Pageflakes cult? employees? have been busy here. I'll have to check it out. I feel so ol’ skool. I still use MyYahoo as my home page. I signed up for iGoogle and Netvibes. And they are cool services. But they haven’t caused me to switch my homepage yet.

MyYahoo’s dominance of personal homepages is an example of Harvard professor John Gourville’s 9X thesis, which describes consumer adoption of new products. Here’s my blog post on that: http://tinyurl.com/yomt6l.

And I do see that the Pageflakes cult? employees? have been busy here. I’ll have to check it out.

]]> By: I'm Not Actually a Geek http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2005857 I'm Not Actually a Geek Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:36:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2005857 <strong>In Praise of Inertia: MyYahoo Still #1...</strong> Over at TechCrunch, they’ve got a post up discussing the top six personal homepages. #1? MyYahoo. MyYahoo has been around for quite a while - 6-7 years? It’s an oldie, but still a goodie. It’s my homepage. There are others on the... In Praise of Inertia: MyYahoo Still #1…

Over at TechCrunch, they’ve got a post up discussing the top six personal homepages. #1? MyYahoo. MyYahoo has been around for quite a while - 6-7 years? It’s an oldie, but still a goodie. It’s my homepage.
There are others on the…

]]> By: Jeff http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2005774 Jeff Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:05:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2005774 I don't think any of these sites will ever really break into the "mainstream" crowd, ie the less advanced average surfer. I think the concept will gain traction as more people use it, and see niches being the future, some others you have failed to mention are niche home pages / aggregators.. Sports News - http://www.sportsnipe.com Social News - http://www.popurls.com Tech/Many Niches - http://www.originalsignal.com To me, I would rather have the best sources automatically updated so I dont have to worry about rss - and I think the normal web user cares very little about adding tons of rss feeds.. plus the ones you list are so clunky....... I don’t think any of these sites will ever really break into the “mainstream” crowd, ie the less advanced average surfer. I think the concept will gain traction as more people use it, and see niches being the future, some others you have failed to mention are niche home pages / aggregators..

Sports News - http://www.sportsnipe.com
Social News - http://www.popurls.com
Tech/Many Niches - http://www.originalsignal.com

To me, I would rather have the best sources automatically updated so I dont have to worry about rss - and I think the normal web user cares very little about adding tons of rss feeds..
plus the ones you list are so clunky…….

]]> By: Martin Lindeskog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2005681 Martin Lindeskog Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:58:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2005681 I am both using Netvibes and Pageflakes. Pagesflakes is now my new start/homepage. I got Pageflakes as the default page when I got my new domain name. To #5 Simon of AnyCircle.com. Thanks for the tip. I have created my own link page on 43WSDR.com. (I will remember the URL in the following way: The "time management system" 43 folders + World Site + DRive.) I am both using Netvibes and Pageflakes. Pagesflakes is now my new start/homepage. I got Pageflakes as the default page when I got my new domain name.

To #5 Simon of AnyCircle.com. Thanks for the tip. I have created my own link page on 43WSDR.com. (I will remember the URL in the following way: The “time management system” 43 folders + World Site + DRive.)

]]> By: Sheryl http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2005671 Sheryl Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:44:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2005671 The sites reviewed are all very slow to load over my EVDO modem. Yahoo! has the most configurable content, offers integrated mail and is the fastest to load. In addition to being required to find your own content, the problem with simply adding bookmarks to a page is authentication. You can add a link to webmail, but then you must authenticate. You can add a link to your webstats, but then you need another authentication. Etc. Web single-signon is just a theoretical dream at this moment in time. Do I want to trust all of my passwords to a web application running somewhere in New Zealand? Not here. So storing the passwords related to each bookmark is not a viable option either. A futuristsic portal would 1) discover my favorite content dynamically based on semantics, 2) discovery my identity from a dynamically changing key and 3) use and store my personal data and preferences on my own mobile storage device (mobile cookie). The sites reviewed are all very slow to load over my EVDO modem. Yahoo! has the most configurable content, offers integrated mail and is the fastest to load. In addition to being required to find your own content, the problem with simply adding bookmarks to a page is authentication. You can add a link to webmail, but then you must authenticate. You can add a link to your webstats, but then you need another authentication. Etc. Web single-signon is just a theoretical dream at this moment in time. Do I want to trust all of my passwords to a web application running somewhere in New Zealand? Not here. So storing the passwords related to each bookmark is not a viable option either. A futuristsic portal would 1) discover my favorite content dynamically based on semantics, 2) discovery my identity from a dynamically changing key and 3) use and store my personal data and preferences on my own mobile storage device (mobile cookie).

]]> By: Fort Myers Photographer http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2005591 Fort Myers Photographer Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:28:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2005591 Having someone start on your homepage is huge! Not quite the same, but why do you think photographers give you a link to your wedding photos or engagement set? Because you send it to your friends and family and they come you your site too. It drives traffic and potential new clients. For Ft Myers Myers photographers this is very helpful. Having someone start on your homepage is huge! Not quite the same, but why do you think photographers give you a link to your wedding photos or engagement set? Because you send it to your friends and family and they come you your site too. It drives traffic and potential new clients. For Ft Myers Myers photographers this is very helpful.

]]> By: eric boduch http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2005296 eric boduch Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:59:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2005296 I wonder how active usage versus non active is examined. I am a big yahoo user, used to use myyahoo, but visited like once a week or two -- mostly to read some comics or check local weather, since I was already on yahoo reading mail, etc. Pageflakes has become a daily often twice a day destination for me. While Yahoo was a nice to have occasional convenience, Pageflakes is an essential business tool for me. Curious about other's thoughts. I wonder how active usage versus non active is examined. I am a big yahoo user, used to use myyahoo, but visited like once a week or two — mostly to read some comics or check local weather, since I was already on yahoo reading mail, etc. Pageflakes has become a daily often twice a day destination for me. While Yahoo was a nice to have occasional convenience, Pageflakes is an essential business tool for me.

Curious about other’s thoughts.

]]> By: David http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2005260 David Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:19:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2005260 It would be very interesting to compare this number to the number of portal users. Do we know whereas the comscore data is US only or worldwide ? Very good post / interesting subject It would be very interesting to compare this number to the number of portal users.

Do we know whereas the comscore data is US only or worldwide ?

Very good post / interesting subject

]]> By: nancypants http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2005247 nancypants Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:06:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/24/the-personalized-homepage-war-who-matters/#comment-2005247 I love Pageflakes. It's been my homepage for almost a year now. I love how easy it is to change the look if I want to. It's just so versatile. I love Pageflakes. It’s been my homepage for almost a year now. I love how easy it is to change the look if I want to. It’s just so versatile.

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