How to Export My Yahoo Settings to iGoogle
The My Yahoo section of your Yahoo account has a built-in RSS reader that lets you keep track of your favorite websites via a list of RSS feeds. Google's iGoogle application lets you follow Web pages as well, only in the form of gadgets and tabs rather than lists. You can only export your My Yahoo settings as an OPML file, but iGoogle does not allow you to import OPML files. Instead, if you want to import your My Yahoo settings into iGoogle, you must convert the text from this file into an iGoogle-compatible format, add the text to your iGoogle settings file and then import the settings file into iGoogle.
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Instructions
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Open a Web browser and navigate to my.yahoo.com. Click the "Sign In" link, type your Yahoo account login credentials in the spaces provided and click the "Sign In" button.
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Navigate to the My Yahoo RSS subscriptions OPML page. You must be logged in to your Yahoo account and have RSS subscriptions in order to access this page. Right-click and select the "Save As" option. Select the ".OPML" file extension in the Save As window and click the "Save" button to save the file onto the computer's desktop.
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Double-click the "OPML" file you saved in Step 2 to open the file in the computer's default text-editing application. Highlight the text, right-click and select the "Copy" option.
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Open a new browser window and navigate to googlesystem.blogspot.com. Type "OPML" in the site's search box and click the "Search" button. Select the "Import OPML Files to iGoogle" option in the list of search results.
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Right-click on the OPML text-conversion space and select the "Paste" option to paste the OPML text. Click the "Convert OPML to iGoogle's Format" button to convert the text.
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Copy the converted text. Open a new browser window and navigate to igoogle.com. Type your Google account login credentials in the spaces provided and click the "Sign In" button to sign in to your Google account.
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Click the "Settings" icon and select the "iGoogle Settings" option. Click the "Export" button to the right of the "Export iGoogle Settings to Your Computer:" heading.
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Double-click the iGoogle settings file you exported in Step 7 to open it with your computer's default text editor. Locate the line of text that reads "</GadgetTabML>." This is the last line of text in the document.
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Right-click directly above the "</GadgetTabML>" line and select the "Paste" option to paste in the text you copied in Step 6. Click the "File" menu and select the "Save" option to save the modified iGoogle settings file.
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Return to your iGoogle settings page and click the "Choose File" button beneath the "Import iGoogle Settings From a File" heading. Double-click the modified iGoogle settings file and click the "Upload" button to import the settings.
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