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Friday, December 14, 2007

Google Homepages, Gadgets, and more...Isn't it a Search Engine?


Google is the search engine of choice for most people. (Although there are others out there that are worth accessing; I often prefer ask.com!) But Google has been branching out and offers all sorts of extras. They offer igoogle pages. Pages that individuals design to their tastes (it's VERY easy) and they can then make it their homepage. It can feature anything from the weather reports for your area to quotes by your favorite thinker. (We like to suggest our favorite thinker, of course, Larry John. He's got a Google Gadget featuring a quote a day and in his case it's a "Larryism"; some from Book One and others from his upcoming release, Larryisms: Book Two).

We posted a link recently to add the Larryisms Gadget to your igoogle home page, but they're having a few issues. (It's rumored that the cause is the massive explosion of online shopping due to the holidays. Alright...I started that unfounded rumor. But what was I to do? They won't provide me with any solid reason for the outage! My imagination was running amok!)

So in case you are wondering WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY LARRYISMS GADGET? Calm down...there's no reason to yell. As soon as Google has all their stuff figured out we'll post a new link!