What are Gadgets in iGoogle?

Video Transcript

"DREW NOAH: Okay, so now we're going to actually start talking about the gadgets which, of course, is the whole reason that you want to use iGoogle is so you can put all these gadgets and have this customized homepage. So we've got some just to start out with and as you can see I was just doing, you can actually just drag and drop to rearrange your gadgets so always keep that in mind as you're adding them. You can move them to whichever--however you want and to get to the gadgets you want--just want to go to this 'add stuff' link right here and this is the--remember we were looking at themes earlier in the themes tab, now on the gadgets tab, this is where you can add your gadgets. And we got a couple of options, first off there's the 'hottest', just the, you know, what's the hottest right now. You can sort by most users and by newest. So also you can narrow it down by category, I'll go through all these and show you some of the gadgets that are available in these categories later. But we've got: news, tools, communication, fun & games, finance, sports, lifestyle, technology, politics and then you can also add a feed for a gadget. Your search results are right here and you've got--you can search for gadgets and even create your own little gadget and then there's some links for developers or feed owners to learn more about iGoogle. So it's important to kind of--kinda note that gadgets could be made by anyone, so maybe some aren't going to work as well as others. Of course, if it says by Google, then that means it's a gadget that Google made and you're pretty much guaranteed that that one's going to work really well. But other gadgets, even like a big thing like Wikipedia, this is made by I'm not really sure, so just kind of keep that in mind and if it says by Google, it's going to be a really good gadget. But, I mean that's not saying--I think all the gadgets out there are going to work. It's just maybe--just kinda--to keep that in mind that they're not all coming from Google; they're coming from all different places. So that's a--just a quick look at the gadgets and I'll be going in detail about all these gadgets in the following clips."