Two More Alternatives to Your iGoogle Home Page

Last week I told you about the impending demise of iGoogle -- and suggested three iGoogle alternatives. The response was great, with many readers sharing my dismay over Google's decision and others offering their own recommendations for replacements.

With that in mind, I thought I'd share two more home-page options worth considering. One comes pretty close to replicating the iGoogle experience, while the other takes a totally different tack.

Three Alternatives to Your iGoogle Home Page

For as long as I can remember, iGoogle has been my home page. I've used it for everything from monitoring my favorite blogs and news sites to tracking the number of days since I last added salt to my water softener.
So it came as something of a shock to read that iGoogle is going away on November 1, 2013. That's only 16 months from now, barely enough time to vet a replacement.
I kid, I kid -- that's more than enough time. The question is, where should you hang your home-page hat? What should be the first thing that appears when you open your browser? I've got three suggestions:

MSN or Yahoo
Like to scan news headlines? Then you can't go wrong with MSN or Yahoo, which bring you the latest stories followed by sections like sports, entertainment, local news, and money.