Information Central: Netvibes

Posted on May 20, 2009

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Source: Benchmarkr: http://alpha.benchmarkr.com/benchmarkrs/10/chart

Steps

1. Visit: http://www.netvibes.com/

2. Use the Wizard: Create your page in less than 30 seconds!

3. Go to settings: Make it pretty.

4. Delete the widgets on the page that you don’t want – You are in control of what you receive.

5. Add the web page widget using ‘Search for Widgets’: webpage.

6. Find web page  search Engines that will return quality information:

· Google scholar. http://scholar.google.com/

· Mansfield library: http://catalog.lib.umt.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First

· Librarians Internet Index: http://lii.org/

· Virtual Learning Resource Center: http://www.virtuallrc.com/

6. Select the ‘News’ tab: Edit, Delete Tab (so as not to get distracted).

7.  Create a New Tab: Blogs

8. Add Content:

· Search for Widgets: Top 100 blogs widget. (It searches blogs ranked on Technorati).

· Add Webpage: http://blogsearch.google.com/

9. Search your topic. Use advanced search on Google Blogsearch to narrow your topic i.e. ‘management strategies’ as the title of the blog.

10. Find the feed icon and add it directly using ‘Add a Feed’ in Netvibes.

· An example: http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/

***Remember the Blogroll tells you who people are following and so is a good trail to follow for finding more blogs.

11. Sign up for an account, check e-mail to receive confirmation and click on the link to activate your account.

12. Set the Netvibe as the homepage on your home computer (drag and drop the Netvibe icon on home).

13. Make it public? It’s up to you.

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4 Comments so far
  1. Jim Caringi May 20, 2009 9:31 am

    Everyone,

    This is my first time to your “blog” and I just wanted to say how useful it is! I look forward to having some time to check out the “emerging technologies”.

    Thanks for you work on this.

    Jim

  2. Marlene Zentz May 21, 2009 8:59 am

    Robert,
    Thank you for this helpful, time-saving introduction to Netvibes. As speakers at national and regional conferences move away from static Powerpoint presentations and paper handouts into the more fluid environment of blogs and Web 2.0 tools as the foundation for their presentations, Netvibes offers some interesting opportunities for engaging audiences and inviting participation. I look forward to further work with this tool and trust we will see its potential explored with attendees at the next XLi gathering in 2010.
    Thanks again!
    Marlene

  3. Robert May 21, 2009 9:05 am

    Marlene,
    I hadn’t thought of using Netvibes for XLi 2010, but that is a great idea and certainly a possibility. We are looking at organizing the networking aspect of the conference through a Ning: http://xli2010.ning.com/ The nice thing about Nings is administrators can add events that others can add directly to their Outlook or ICal calendars.

    Thanks,

    Robert

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