Ooops, sorry!
I’ve been adding quite a few feeds to my Netvibes account and I keep getting the “sorry our server has experienced an error” message.
Here are my other Netvibes gripes, I really don’t like the new glam version. I think it is more resource intensive and just plain buggy. I never had errors so frequently with the older version.
It is very slow to load the new feed preview when you add it from a blog. It’s pretty quick when you are adding a new feed from the control panel though.
Also, I like to color code my feeds and I don’t like the new options. The colors in the new version are more vibrant, which in itself isn’t bad. However, as one of the color choices is red and the new item notifier displays in red, the foreground and background are the same.
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What is Netvibes
The official description of Netvibes is a personal start page or a personal news aggregator. But it is more than display your selection of news feeds.
I was first turned on to the possibilities of Netvibes after reading a post by Eric at Internet Duct Tape Marketing on how to create a blog maintenance page. A wide variety of applications can be added to a Netvibes page through widgets.
In one browser window on Netvibes you can keep track of and moderate comments on your blog, see your latest Technorati rankings, keep an eye on the traffic of your competitor’s web sites, Twitter away, update your status on Facebook, just to name a few.
As of the date of this writing, there were 117,288 widgets, 904 universes, and 4,612 tabs listed on the Netvibes Ecosystem.
How to Use Netvibes for Your Business
One of my favorite uses for Netvibes is keeping my finger on specific topics. By using Google Alerts, you can create a feed on any set of keywords you want. This is designed to integrate with other Google services such as the Google Reader, Gmail, and iGoogle.
I prefer Netvibes.
Create the alert, view it, and then click on the RSS icon in the browser url bar to add it to your Netvibes page.
And why would you want to do this?
- Keep up-to-date on industry news
- Track mentions of your company online (both positive and negative)
- See what your competition is up to
Using Netvibes or a similar service is a great way to keep your online activities under one roof.
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