I guess few of you guys already know about netvibes.com . Those who doesn't know what it is, here is an explanation. Netvibes is a start up company created in 2005 based in Paris and specialized in Web 2.0 applications. They provide a custom made web 2.0 home page solution. This service is free and gives the user the ability :

• to create a personalized page with the content they like.
• to put together data feeds and services from web 2.0 with a very simple interface
• to access your page anytime and from any computer .

It is also possible to :

• browse, modify, and import your RSS feeds with our integrated RSS/ATOM feedreader. You can easily import an OPML file as well.
• to import, download and listen podcasts without any additional softwareto check your mail on one or many gmail account,
• to stick webnotes, weather and many more modules which are custom made to come !

Netvibes is multilanguage available in French and English, a spanish, german and Chinese versions are on their way.

Recently i've wrote about another service called PageFlakes which has  the same functionality as netvibes does. But netvibes has introduced their ECO system where you can get a lot of pre made custom modules for your to use and share which includes Podcasts , Feeds , Modules , Events and Custom Tabs collection . PageFlakes don't have the feature like Netvibes ECOsystem but PageFlakes just introduced and opened to public early of this month so I'm sure they have their plan to do it.

I use netvibes as my Web starup page. It is simple and easy to use. You can open your browser and you can have a look on what's happening on the web, your e-mails, blogs and more. Netvibes web desktop doesn't require you to signup but signing up will save your settings permanently. Lets take a look whats on my web desktop.

I can open my web desktop and all in a while i'll know whats updated everywhere. 2 of my gmail account is checked. I can manage my To-Do list, I can see whats the weather for today and I can do a search.

I can check on my Friends/Bloggers Tab to check which friends/bloggers have updated their site

Also the RSS reader will pops up when you click on a RSS feed topic. The reader is fun and easy to use, additionaly you can mark posts status to read or unread. 

Netvibes provides a good collection of modules and addons. Check the photo above for a series of modules it comes in default.

The Netvibes ECOSystem is a huge repository  where you can publish your own modules or collections as components and also you'll find a lot of Pre made custom modules to add to your pages.

Netvibes supports creation of multiple pages with 1,2,3 or 4 column layouts, so that you can categorize your feeds and modules. Start use it Today. Stay updated about all the things in One simple place.

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