HowTo: Personalize Google (and viewing Aximsite News whilst searching!)

matt.hoy · 11-08-05, 12:50 PM

Personalized Google HowTos

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Personalized Google is the perfect way to get your email, news, weather and other information all in one easy to read page. You can choose from various companies to receive these services from (including Google, BBC, Sky, USA Today) or choose your own (including Aximsite!)

HowTo: Get Started with Personalized Google
You can get your own Google Personalized search page by visiting http://www.google.com/ig and registering. From there, you will receive a rather basic, although rather different Google site, which you can add to and remove things from at your own will, simply by clicking "Add content" - in the top left hand corner of your new page.

HowTo: Add content
Adding content is rather easy, and will become easier as you get used to the site, but to add for example USA today news feed, simply click "Add content" in the top left corner, and USA Today will appear on your homepage. Then click edit, and you can choose how many items you want to see from this particular site. Now simply click the title, "USA Today" and drag it to where you want it on the page.

HowTo: Add Aximsite (and other feeds) to your page
Now's the part you've all been waiting for, yes here is how I will reveal howto get most site's news pages onto your Google Page. First, you must visit the site you wish to feature, and look for a small logo like these:

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- once you've found this image, click it. You will be taken to a basic news site, not to disimilar to the one you were viewing before you clicked the image. Copy the URL of that site to the clipboard (Ctrl+C) and go back to your Google Personalized Page, click Add content, then "Create a Section" where you will see a small text box. Paste (Ctrl+V) the link you copied earlier into here. Now you will be able to drag, drop and edit the new box as I said in the "Add content" HowTo.

Need Gmail? Simply PM me your email address and I'll sort you out. If there's anything else you need help with on this guide simply reply and I'll see what I can do.

Hope all of that helps! :)

Matt

matt.hoy · 11-08-05, 06:14 PM

:( No input on this one?

BoraxJr · 11-09-05, 08:07 AM

Thanks. I never would have thought of that. :approve:

matt.hoy · 11-09-05, 06:06 PM

Well that's the last time I share my knowledge on here.

Almost 100 views and only one person took the time to say thanks.

I'll go help out elsewhere.

jhennig · 11-09-05, 08:08 PM

I use it as my homepage on both my Axim and my PC. However, it is flawwed on all Axims in my perfectionist point of view. The problem is that google does not allow the user to choose how many columns will be shown. Therefore, either the user must turn on desktop viewing mode, go into landscape mode, or simply deal with it. Even using TrueVGA mode, the objects are obviously squished and it is still required that the user scrolls horizontally to see everything. I am dissappointed that Google has not added the feature which allows users to decide how many columns are used, however, for now, I'll just have to live with it.

jhennig · 11-09-05, 08:09 PM

By the way, that wwas a nice walkthrough although that's supposed to be one of the few jewels that geeks must keep to themselves. ;)

11-09-05, 08:37 PM

Originally Posted by matt.hoy

:( No input on this one?

Well, I just viewed this and I say thanks
:approve:

matt.hoy · 11-10-05, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by jhennig

By the way, that wwas a nice walkthrough although that's supposed to be one of the few jewels that geeks must keep to themselves. ;)

Oh really? Why's that?

**Martin** · 11-10-05, 05:08 PM

Matt, lighten up. It's a friendly community; it's simply that most regular members already know all about personalised Google.

Styles · 11-10-05, 05:14 PM

This is good. Thanks Matt.

**Rishad** · 11-10-05, 05:19 PM

better late than never.. thanks! :)

Tankman · 11-24-05, 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by jhennig

By the way, that was a nice walk through although that's supposed to be one of the few jewels that geeks must keep to themselves. ;)

Use Google, desktop home page. Use Google/PDA Axim home page.

Can't expect it all...............Yet! It will come! :approve:

Tankman · 12-23-05, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by DeeCee52

Well, I just viewed this and I say thanks!
:approve:

Excellent post! I too say, "Thank You!"