Homepages are the first thing we see when we open our browser.

Our browser is a place where we spend our time on the web talking with our friends and family, doing homework, and entertaining yourself with YouTube, College Humor, and many other sites.

But, what we end up doing is keeping our homepage on default. Default in that we did not change our homepage from what was preset when you installed your browser.

By not keeping your homepage as the default, you can help yourself out and really save time from going to the same place all the time. Let the analysis begin.

Let Your Homepage Define Your Usability

When you first load up your browser (the web) what page do you find yourself going to first or going to the most throughout your time on the web?

Where ever this place is you will want to make it your homepage.  We tend to just type in the website or visit a bookmark all the time. But, why strain your fingers and clog your bookmarks bar when you could just make it your home page and click on the cute house button.

Think about when you go to other places, not your personal computer, and open up their homepage.  If you are at a certain business it will have their business homepage or when you are on a college computer it will have the college homepage.  This is all because when we go to these certain destinations we will find ourselves probably going to these already made homepages.

Now, think about your number one or two use for the web.

I see many students that have the start page for Apple, because they are using Safari on their new Mac.  I also see students that have a search engine site like Google as their homepage.  If you do find yourself always using Apple or Google by any means please continue to use them as your homepage.

But, I found out that I got more out of my homepage by setting something I need to use more, which is a site called TeuxDeux that keeps me organized with all the tasks I need to complete.

Be Sure Your Homepage Has a Purpose

I have a homepage that allows me to use it all the time and when I first open the web it forces me to look at it.  Either way the homepage I have set has a purpose. Does yours?

Most of us set a homepage just to have it as a homepage and usually navigate from it as soon as we get to it (open up our browser).

How can we limit this?

We change our homepage to one that has more purpose.  Google has made it easy to get everything you want in one place (your homepage) with iGoogle.  There are many other sites we can think about that we first use a lot and also serve a purpose to have as our homepage.

As I said before my homepage is a tool that keeps all my tasks organized.  Yes, I’m a nerd in terms of trying to stay organized.  But, that homepage has a purpose.  I know we normally do not put that much thought into deciding our true homepage and if it serves a real purpose to us. If we do pay attention to it though we can improve our time spent on the web and actually get something out of it by having it setup for our needs.

The LifeNotion: There is a homepage for a reason.  Don’t neglect its potential to serve your needs and be useful for you when on the web.

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Community Discussion

What homepage do you have set on your browser?  Have you ever given it any thought to why you have that as your homepage?

If you do have a homepage that is not default and has an actual purpose for you explain it and how it helps you.

Derek Jensen

Derek is the founder of LifeNotion and a student that's defining his true self through connections, conversations, and media. He strives to improve the college experience amongst students to take their life to the fullest. Talk and connect with him on Facebook and Twitter. Derek Jensen has wrote 84 post(s) for LifeNotion.