Since I decided to makeGooglemy home page in 2003, I’ve never really thought of switching.
Portals suck
Technology is hard to keep up with, let alone predict.
Web portals were supposedly going to be everyone’s homepage of choice.
If you’re not sure what a web portal is, check outAOLorMSN.
Besides the Google logo and a few small links to other services, Google.com is clean.
This cleanliness is the main reason I made Google my home page.
That means I like Google, and hate portals.
But of course, portals aren’t the only alternative to Google.
Let’s explore some other alternatives and see why Google comes out on top.
It’s free of clutter and, unlike Google, features amazing photography every single day.
And no, it’s not depression about the USA defeating my home and native Canada.
Picky, I know, but those are my rules and I’m sticking too them.
First of all, because it’s a portal.
Additionally, iGoogle has a habit of preventing me from seeing Google’s famous doodles.
For a couple week’s now I’ve been enjoying artistic renderings of Olympic athletes.
I know it’s silly, but I don’t want to miss those.
This site features nothing but four icons that link directly to prominent web sites around the net.
Best of all, pressing the numbers one through four on your keyboard loads a site accordingly.
Unfortunately, I can’t find four sites amongst the options listed that I want quick access to.
I’ll be keeping an eye on this one, though.
Conclusion
I’ve yet to find a home page better than Google.
