Using Netvibes as an Aggregator Sharon K. Goetz 2009-08-27

What is Netvibes? Lets you create custom page with widgets (Widgets are little boxes with neat things in them) Aggregates— centralizes —content Live data: weather, stocks, headlines RSS/Atom feeds (website updates)  Less time spent visiting individual sites

Lets you create custom page with widgets

(Widgets are little boxes with neat things in them)

Aggregates— centralizes —content

Live data: weather, stocks, headlines

RSS/Atom feeds (website updates)

 Less time spent visiting individual sites

Log in or look around?

Change the theme

… less distracting

Clear away starter widgets

Add your feeds and widgets

No RSS/Atom feed? (see http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/11/02/rss-best-design-practices-and-icons/)

Page2RSS service

Add converted feed

Added CLIR feed—bare

In sum—

What else?

Public pages

Real sample #1

Real sample #2

Other possibilities iGoogle + Google Reader My Yahoo!, recently given a facelift Bloglines … None of these really integrates social networking; depends on your preference.

iGoogle + Google Reader

My Yahoo!, recently given a facelift

Bloglines

… None of these really integrates social networking; depends on your preference.

iGoogle and Twitter: requires Google Desktop

Facebook stripped down