Web 2.0 Mini Review (5) -- Personalized Homepage Category | Internet Travel Journal

by cpxxpc on 2008-06-26 08:44:40

**iGoogle**

[Short Review]: Google's personalized homepage.

[Features]: Comes with a large number of categorized content modules (continuously updated, many of which are from abroad), supports adding RSS content via search, supports tabbed pages and themes.

[Limitations]: Does not support sharing personalized homepages.

[Region]: United States, Simplified Chinese.

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**MyYahoo**

[Short Review]: Yahoo's personalized homepage.

[Features]: Supports tabbed pages (referred to as "webpages"), themes (referred to as "colors"), and layout adjustments.

[Limitations]: Fewer pre-set content modules, limited to Yahoo internal resources, and does not support adding RSS content (at least I haven't found it).

[Region]: United States, Simplified Chinese.

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**Pageflakes (Feige)**

[Short Review]: A professional and powerful personalized homepage website with a Chinese version.

[Features]: Comes with a large number of categorized content modules (including many internationally renowned websites), supports freely adding RSS content (including importing OPML files), supports tabbed pages, themes, and layout adjustments, supports sharing selected tabs, has an independent RSS reader for convenient reading of subscribed information.

[Limitations]: The level of localization in the interface and tools is low, with much of the content (including the management center) still in English. After the redesign, the button for adding page content is less prominent (as shown in the figure on the right).

[Category]: RSS subscription type.

[Region]: Germany, Simplified Chinese.

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**Netvibes**

[Short Review]: Another professional and powerful personalized homepage website with a Chinese version.

[Features]: Similar to Pageflakes, comes with a large number of categorized content modules (including many well-known domestic and international websites and blogs), supports freely adding RSS content (including importing and exporting OPML files), supports tabbed pages, themes (including customizing top and bottom images), and sharing selected tabs (referred to as "creating domains," though it seems to require an invitation). Compared to Pageflakes, Netvibes has a higher degree of localization (local content scope can be set in settings), includes more China-specific content in pre-set modules, and has a simpler and friendlier interface.

[Category]: RSS subscription type.

[Region]: United States, Simplified Chinese.

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**Hao Ei Network**

[Short Review]: A personalized URL navigation website edited autonomously by users.

[Features]: Allows users to add or import URLs from a pre-set categorized URL library or local bookmarks, create different categorized sections to form a personalized navigation webpage with a short domain name, supports promoting one’s own website or blog through aggregation buttons, provides browser link bar and right-click quick submission tools, allows sharing personal navigation pages, enables easy classification searches by setting personal characteristics, and allows creating your own personalized page based on others' navigation pages. It also supports customizing logos and titles for navigation pages. This site can be considered a representative platform for collecting personal online bookmarks in the form of a personalized homepage, and it is highly recommended to register. (Reference example: My Hao Ei personalized navigation page, which needs further improvement and is provided only as a reference.)

[Category]: Online bookmark type.