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What is/are your browser homepage and why

by Adie
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Mine is huffingtonpost. The reason is that, the first info I want to know before doing my daily routine is news. And another one is bleacherreport. Checking NBA news first before anything else... How about you and why?
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    The browser loads faster when there's nothing to load in the first place.
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    • Profile picture of the author Baadier Sydow
      Originally Posted by 26medias View Post

      about:blank

      The browser loads faster when there's nothing to load in the first place.
      I agree completely, i just load up chrome and use the default page. I then open up my 2 gmail tabs and warrior forum and get stuck in.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ben Clemons
    Google... I have many bookmarks for all the other places I need to be.
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    • Profile picture of the author Shaun OReilly
      Mine is a RoboForm Start Page with links to 15 of my
      most frequently used site log-ins.

      It saves a lot of time.

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  • Profile picture of the author TheArticlePros
    I use Chrome, and mine opens to the page that shows the 8 most commonly-opened sites.

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  • Profile picture of the author Josh Fulfer
    I like the regular google homepage combined with a plugin that makes new tabs always open to my home page.
    That way anytime I need to search for anything or just need a quick link to email or any other google product I can just pop a new tab open and I'm on my way.
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    • Profile picture of the author Myles Sinclair
      I use iGoogle, which for those that don't know is a google search page that you can customise with lots of different widgets.

      Unfortunately Google are discontinuing iGoogle towards the end of next year, So I'll have to choose a new home page when that happens.
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      • Profile picture of the author aivzdog
        Originally Posted by Myles Sinclair View Post

        I use iGoogle, which for those that don't know is a google search page that you can customise with lots of different widgets.

        Unfortunately Google are discontinuing iGoogle towards the end of next year, So I'll have to choose a new home page when that happens.
        Yup, I use igoogle too. I used it for years but once it goes I am going to have to find a new destination. Maybe just google or a news site. Who knows but for now igoogle is my home.
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  • Profile picture of the author Adie
    Latest firefox version does not support most of google features. I used igoogle before and I liked it... very useful..
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  • Profile picture of the author maggie2
    I use Google as my home page because I so often go to it for searches. And I'm a die hard IE fan. I use Firefox once in a while but I still prefer IE, so I use the latest version of it.
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  • Profile picture of the author TomYevsikov
    For IE its about blank(because IE is so slow..)

    for firefox its our main news website

    for chrome its google, because the big g is watching.
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  • Profile picture of the author Insane Hacker
    No doubt google.
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    just kidding..
    I also have it on Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author Isaiah Jackson
    Safari - about blank
    Google Chrome - Apps section (made my own apps)
    Firefox - default home page
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  • Profile picture of the author Kim Phoenix
    My home page is a local news page. Unfortunately, it does sidetrack me, but I like to know what's going on by quickly glancing at the latest news stories. If I change my home page, it will be to Roboform as that makes it so much quicker and easier to login to sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author AgentHomes
    I use Chrome but before that it was Google on IE.
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  • Profile picture of the author vCr8
    I use firefox and my homepage is yahoo just because i like reading the comments of yahoo news readers... Some good laugh to start my day
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  • Profile picture of the author Jinjer
    For all the browsers I use (IE, Chrome, Firefox), my homepage is Google. It's convenient because I do so many searches throughout the day. I have bookmarks for any other site I frequently visit.
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  • Profile picture of the author Trevor M
    My web browser opens up to Google.com.

    But I navigate to different websites using the 'Lastpass' toolbar. It includes all my recently, and most viewed websites.

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  • Profile picture of the author Anita Clark
    I switch frequently but right now Google is my default homepage.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bokva
      On Firefox my startpage is its "new tab page", so I can choose from 9 most visited sites.
      In IE I think it's....... yes, it's google, and it was bing till 3-4 days ago, as I use IE very rarely, maybe just to check something to see if it's different in IE...
      Chrome, like IE, very rarely, but need to check things...
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  • Profile picture of the author sc00byd00
    Google home page is my default in Firefox and Chrome, never use IE.
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  • Profile picture of the author WesBlaylock
    I use Chrome and use the Speed Dial2 plugin which has links to the most visited pages like

    - 2 News sites
    - 2 Weather maps of my city
    - My main social media sites
    - The login pages of all of my blogs
    - My support system
    - Gmail
    - My bank
    - Imgur and Wikisend for fast file sending
    - Skype
    - Warrior forum (and forums from other niches)
    - My shopping cart login page
    - Some fun sites (games, art, music etc..)
    - eReader
    - My to-do manager (currently using Kanbanflow.com)
    - A few other things

    I also use another plugin called 'Stay Focused' which I have set up to block all of the time-wasting sites when I am trying to get things done. It locks you out of those sites for the amount of time you specify

    Seems to work for me, but I am always tweaking how my computer is setup for my business. I have so many "Operations tweaks" I could write a book about them lol..

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  • Profile picture of the author sonnt
    my homepage is google, because I love him ) and he's gonna love me
    It's so great
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  • Profile picture of the author BloggingPro
    Chrome opens up to my 8 most visited site page, while when pushing the home button you are brought to Yahoo!.

    I used to land on MSN as my homepage, but I found Yahoo to have more interesting articles when starting out "my internet day!"

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  • Profile picture of the author hyonglin
    Yahoo News and soccernet, They are the first thing I read every morning!
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  • Profile picture of the author onSubie
    I use "Last set of tabs open" because when my browser crashes, I don't want to forget all the WSO tabs I have open while I hum and haw about purchasing...



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  • Profile picture of the author shivam7
    At the beginning it was different but then i place Google, as my home page. because I love it....
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  • Profile picture of the author therichb
    My choices somewhat differs just like @TomYevsikov.

    Even I don't use IE frequently & I forget that my device has it installed

    My perfect browsing partner is Google Chrome updated with SEO plugins, alexa rank tracker & many more. (You can simply go in extensions to install them free btw)

    For Firefox, It seems to take more time than chrome comparatively.
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  • Profile picture of the author funkynassau
    Mine is the Toronto Sun newspaper so I can see the headlines.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Roncone
    Google, always, for the past five years.

    The reason, I Google things probably a lot more than any person reasonably should. I also don't like to frequent the same websites for my news-type information, so I like to see which ones are highest on the search engine for the particular topic that I'm looking for.

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    Mine is my personal IM blog.
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    • Profile picture of the author optionstrader
      Debka.com (for yearrrs ), might change it to RT.com tho (quite impressed as of late with their analysis). Obviously news related sites which interest me.
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    Firefox: Familiarity
    Google: Laziness. I don't care what my homepage is.
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  • Profile picture of the author TimeTravelAgent
    I use Chrome so I have the websites I visit the most listed there.
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  • Profile picture of the author pranta
    Mine is Google. Because Internet is my school and Google is my teacher and I love to see my teacher while entering my school.
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  • Profile picture of the author icykalimu
    of course blank. because i'm doing different thing & it's faster from blank page.
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    • Profile picture of the author optionstrader
      Time is money. It's all about productivity and squeezing every available minute out of every work day and minimising effort and stress

      I am finding some potential with this speed dial. Even though I have been using Opera since incepetion, never paid attention to this feature (don't remember when it came about..) I like gmail preview (quick grab of what my inbox looks like) and facebook alerts (requests, notifications, etc) extensions and so I can add a few more sites and it will show me the preview in a sort of thumbnail on that page.. sounds interesting
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  • Profile picture of the author CollegeCEO
    Mines is Google, just because that's what it was by default. After reading through this thread I might change it though.
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  • Profile picture of the author Adie
    My friend set his personal blog as his homepage and according to him, every impression worth alexa ranking LOL...
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  • Profile picture of the author Wade Watson
    As an old HTML type, I had to create my own home page. It's local on my harddrive and contains 100 px wide logos/links to my most oft-used websites: Google, Image Search, Maps, GMail, Google Analytics, Google Reader, Bing Maps, Yahoo Mail, EBay, PayPal, Flickr, Craigslist, Wikipedia, Amazon, Ameritrade, Yahoo Finance, Big Charts and so forth. Actually, I started with just that home page, and found myself adding so many new links I had to expand to additional pages, basically creating a personal home site. I put links to these pages in a row across the bottom. They include My Sites, Blogs, Shopping, Marketing, News, etc (WF is under "Marketing", BTW). Adding/subtracting logos/links is easy. I started using MS FrontPage for this long ago and now that's about all I use it for.
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    • Profile picture of the author Adie
      Originally Posted by Wade Watson View Post

      As an old HTML type, I had to create my own home page. It's local on my harddrive and contains 100 px wide logos/links to my most oft-used websites: Google, Image Search, Maps, GMail, Google Analytics, Google Reader, Bing Maps, Yahoo Mail, EBay, PayPal, Flickr, Craigslist, Wikipedia, Amazon, Ameritrade, Yahoo Finance, Big Charts and so forth. Actually, I started with just that home page, and found myself adding so many new links I had to expand to additional pages, basically creating a personal home site. I put links to these pages in a row across the bottom. They include My Sites, Blogs, Shopping, Marketing, News, etc (WF is under "Marketing", BTW). Adding/subtracting logos/links is easy. I started using MS FrontPage for this long ago and now that's about all I use it for.
      Great idea. I have the same page but not set as homepage. Far better than Google bookmark
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  • Profile picture of the author jojoinla
    Usually BarelyLegal.com, pending on the mood.
    But Google.com or NPR.org, when I'm in a "news in the morning" mood
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Oksa
    On IE it's the Toshiba home page. It stinks, but that was the default page on my computer. I don't care enough to change it because I only reboot my computer about once a week, and sometimes less frequently than that.

    With broadband connections, it only takes a second or two to open a new page anyway, so the idea of a browser homepage doesn't seem to have the same relevance it once did.

    In Chrome it's the default Chrome page that shows my most-visited sites, and I do use that. BUT...I typically only use Chrome for about 5 sites.

    Also, right now I have 3 tabs open in IE, 2 in Chrome, 6 text files, 7 folders, 7 Word documents, 5 Skype chats, 1 calculator, and 2 PDF files. Not sure why that matters, but I hardly give any thought to my browsers' homepages.

    All the best,
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    Firefox and Google - love searching
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  • Profile picture of the author bumgardner1
    I use all 3 as well, IE, Mozilla and Chrome. Certain things just move faster on different browsers.
    The home page is set to the big G.
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  • Profile picture of the author KeithSneed
    I switch between my WP blog login and my mentor's site login as my homepage. It keeps me focused so I don't get distracted with facebook or email. I once I had the WF as my homepage, but it can be distracting...
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  • Profile picture of the author GuruGazette
    I use custom pages. A mobile version that's clean and simple with about a dozen links to stats, control panels, etc. The desktop version has 4 tabs: dashboard contains links and action list inbox; finance is budget, accounts and expense entry forms; products is my kindle import and reporting page; admin is a db maintenance and debug page cause I'm still working on the system. Plan to have a project management tab at some point.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Cole
    Mine is BBC.co.uk I like to have the news and updates the BBC offer with their website, so this is my browsers home page
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    I use all 3 as well, IE, Mozilla and Chrome. Certain things just move faster on different browsers.
    The home page is set to the big G.
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  • Profile picture of the author walksonthebeach
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    FF and Opera

    Google is the default homepage.
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  • Profile picture of the author Wade Watson
    If I wasn't using my own custom home page, I think I'd use John Dvorak's handy "Personal Portal". It's got links to search engines, news services and so forth: Dvorak's Universal Home Page and Personal Portal 2008
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  • Profile picture of the author Arief Ramadhan
    I'm using Google Chrome and the homepage is about:blank but I can access all of my work stuffs from the Bookmark bar.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Hill
    I have created my own Business Command Center where all of my business related information is organized into different sections for easy access to different aspects such as payment accounts, stats and trackers, affiliate programs I'm promoting, squeeze pages I'm testing, etc...

    This is highly effective and efficient for me. I start my day by looking at my stats, results and payment accounts.

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