I GOogle is a very interactive feature of google.IT provides a personalised page for users.
Add news, photos, weather, and stuff from across the web to your page… It provides an amazing visual experience for normal users.It forms a live demonsration of the power of AJAX for programers.

iGoogle (formerly Google Personalized Homepage and Google IG), a service of Google, is a customizable AJAX-based startpage much like Netvibes, Pageflakes, My Yahoo!, MySurfPad and Windows Live Personalized Experience. It was originally launched in May 2005. Its features include the capability to add web feeds and Google Gadgets (similar to those available on Google Desktop).
It was renamed and expanded on April 30, 2007, and is currently available in many localized versions of Globle, in 42 languages, and in over 70 country domain names, as of October 17, 2007.

For more details Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGoogle

Features

Gadgets
iGoogle gadgets interact with the user and utilize the Google Gadgets API. Some gadgets developed for Google Desktop can also be used within iGoogle.

Themes

iGoogle with the Winter Scape theme.
With iGoogle, users can select unique themes for their Google homepages.

Experimental iGoogle

On July 8, 2008, Google announced the beginning of a testing period for a new version of iGoogle which alters some features, including replacing the tabs with left navigation, adding chat functionality, and a canvas-view gadget for RSS. Users were selected for this test and notified when they logged in by a link to a brief description and further links to forums. On the forums, it was explained that there was no opt-out, as a Control for the test. Further, there was no information on how long the test would continue. Unfortunately, many were unhappy with the new version and the inability to opt-out.
On October 16, 2008, Google announced the release of this new version of iGoogle and retired its older format. The release does not include the persistent chat widget. It does include the left navigation in place of tabs as well as a change to widget controls, however.The stated purpose is to prepare for OpenSocial, with the new canvas view stated as playing an important role in that.
On October 17, InformationWeek reported “a vocal group of users” are unhappy with the changes. They point out that many users don’t want change forced on them, and that this is a general problem with cloud software under a service provider’s control.

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