Time is the most precious commodity for every blogger. Bloggers need to manage their time perfectly well to meet their long term goals. Luckily we have iGoogle which we can be used as a blogging command center.

As you can clearly see from the above snapshot, I arranged iGoogle for my daily blogging requirements. I can check Gmail, Yahoo, Google Reader, Calendar, my daily to do list, and favorite bookmarks from iGoogle. This way I can get more things done. I am much more organized, hence I have more free time for myself. I can keep track of all the key details from a page.

Benefits of iGoogle for Bloggers

• Spend less time for your daily blogging
• Easy track of Google News related to your blogging niche
• More structured and organized blogging
• Take notes with Google Notebook and having a content archive

How To Setup iGoogle?

• You need to have a Google Account to setup iGoogle.
• Click on http://www.google.com/ig
• Click on “Sign In” on the upper right corner to logon, enter your userid and password
• First time users will probably see a blank page, or a page with a few items
• Click on “Select Theme” to select a theme
• When you finish selecting your theme, click on “Add Stuff” to start inserting gadgets to your iGoogle.
• The easiest way to is to search for gadgets. For example type “Google reader” in the “Search For Gadgets” form on the right corner. You will see all the related gadgets. All you have to do is to click on “Add Now”. That’s all. You are done!
• Now add these gadgets to make the most out of your iGoogle:
  • Google Reader
  • Enhanced Bookmarks
  • Google News (find the news related to your keyword when setting up!)
  • Google Calendar
  • Yahoo/Gmail/Hotmail etc
  • Google Notebook