There are definitely a lot of categories and a huge number of sites listed on 474747. The categories are Mail, Social, News, Shopping, Banks, Travel, Business, Estates, Sports, Jobs, Phones, Government, Health, Weather…it’s a long list really. There are niche categories like Car Rental and Insurance which you won’t normally find on an online directory, let alone a startpage.

Overall, if you are looking to have quick access to a diverse list of sites at the click of a button then 474747 is definitely a nice option. Oh, and there’s a Google search at the top of the page too.

Features

• Online startpage, directory of useful websites.
• You may choose a country to begin with.
• All kinds of categories available.
• Huge list of useful sites.

Check out FortySevens (474747) @ www.474747.net (By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

Internet Buttons is a free to use website. The site lets you place brightly colored buttons on a webpage. These buttons act as shortcuts to other URLs. You choose how many buttons to place on your webpage; your selection is saved through the account you create. You can name the buttons whatever you want and choose a different color for each button. Through a public URL to your buttons page you can access the startpage from anywhere.

This simple way of labeling the web shortcuts through brightly colored buttons will definitely be preferred by people new to computers and the Internet.

Features:

• A user friendly web service.
• Lets you create a startpage brightly colored buttons for net illiterate.
• Buttons are shortcuts to URLs.
• The buttons are completely customizable.
• Helps make the Internet easier to use.
• Similar tools:  Teach Parents Tech, LMPTFY and Let Me Google That For You.

Check out “Internet Buttons” @ www.internetbuttons.org (by MOin from ThumbPress)

SyncBay lets you create a really simple start page, giving you one click access to eight popular sites including Google, YouTube, Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Twitter, iTunes and even your email. SyncBay completely eliminates the need to open a new browser window and typing the URL, now you can just click on your favorite website icon and search, shop or bid right your SyncBay homepage.

SyncBay also allows you to customize your start page by adding up to 12 different websites that will be accessible with a single click. The tool provides easy instructions on how to set SyncBay as your browser’s home page. If you are more of a toolbar type person, SyncBay also has a toolbar that can be added to your browser and used to get alerts when you receive new email, listen to music while surfing the web, stream over 30 TV channels for free and receive latest weather reports, all for free.

Even though SyncBay doesn’t offer a whole lot of customization as some other tools, it is a really simple solution to create start pages specially for new or not-so-tech-savvy internet users.

Features:

• Create simple start page with one-click access to popular websites.
• Search, bid, shop and socialize from a single platform.
• Use the SyncBay toolbar to listen to music while surfing.
• Customize your SyncBay by adding up to 12 different websites.
• Watch random funny videos right from your SyncBay.

Visit SyncBay @ www.syncbay.com

Logaway lets you login to multiple websites with a single click, no need to enter your username and password again and again. Once you sign-up for Logaway, you can add as many websites as you want to your account. To add websites, you can choose from a list of popular websites, browse websites by categories, search for them, or enter the URL and request Logaway to support that website. Once you choose a website, provide your login credentials for your website and they will be stored in your Logaway account securely.

Now every day when you open your browser in the morning, just head on to LogAway and login to all the websites you want right then and there. Some websites require an additional step for logging in, and for all such websites LogAway provides a bookmark bar that can be clicked to login. In addition to making the login process easy for hundreds of websites, Logaway also serves as a start page where you can different gadgets to keep you informed of things like weather, movie showtimes, sports scores, news, stock updates e.t.c. To make LogAway more secure than a traditional web service, you create a regular password as well as a Logaway key. Using the correct combination of both is the only way to log in to your Logaway account.

For more info watch demo video below:

Features:

• Create a single click log in for hundreds of websites.
• Add from a list of popular websites or suggest your own.
• Create a start page and add widgets to keep track of things.
• Video tutorials available to guide you through each step.
• Combination of password and LogAway key gives you added security.

Visit Logaway @ www.logaway.com

When it comes to startpage websites, many of them give you unlimited shortcuts options; this causes a clutter which is counterproductive ““ it makes it harder to reach your desired web shortcut. With MyFav.es you get only 4 thumbnail shortcuts. You need to add the top 4 of your most frequented sites. Of course you access MyFav.es’s options and manipulate this design by changing the row into a scrollable one or shifting from the row to grid design; however keeping the simple 4-options look is what will appeal to most users.

Features:

• A simple start page showing only 4 shortcuts by default.
• The default row display can be made into a scrollable row to add more shortcuts.
• The site can be made into a standard startpage by converting it from row to grid design.
• The list of available shortcuts is quite comprehensive and includes many popular websites.
• Similar tools: MySurfPad, Kadaza, RocketShotz, Goowy, Guzzle.it, YourMinis, Symbaloo, 43Marks, SiteHoover and Gpanion.
• Also read related articles:
  Feedly ““ A New Firefox Start Page Addon You Can’t Afford To Miss
  Ways to Build your Custom Browser Start Page
  Hittery ““ Awesome Custom Search Startpage.

Check out MyFav.es @ www.myfav.es (by MOin from ThumbPress)

Many startpages show only a few website shortcuts. Take fav4 for instance, it is minimalistic and  shows only four shortcuts. This is not preferable for people who access a variety of websites regularly. Using Kadaza, you can access a huge number of websites by a simple mouse click. You can also easily customize your personalized startpage by adding sites you like.

The site classifies sites into various categories such as News, Shopping, Career, Blogs, Food / Cooking, Phone, and more. Clicking on any shortcut opens it in a new browser tab, maintaining the original Kadaza page as it is.

The site even features a search bar; the default search engine is Google but by using a dropdown menu, you can change the engine to Yahoo, Bing, IxQuick, YouTube, or Wikipedia. You can also customize the site to change its themes or thumbnails shortcuts to achieve your ultimate startpage.

Features:

• Simple to use customizable startpage,e.
• Lists many web shortcuts.
• Lets you customize the appearance and web shortcuts.
• Includes a search bar which can be used for various search engines.
• You can set Kadaza as your homepage and access your frequently-visited sites from there.
• If you are on somebody’s else’s computer, you can get quick access to your favorite sites through Kadaza.
• Similar tools:  Favoorit, Fav4, Samfind and SiteHoover.
• Also read related articles:  How To Set Your Browser Homepage in 5 Browsers and ClutterMe ““ Simple Yet Amazing HomePage Creator.

Check out Kadaza @ www.kadaza.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

Gpanion is a free to use website that gives visitors to Google.com a better alternative. The site has Google search on it as well as links to Google’s most used applications such as Gmail, Docs, and Calendar. We can customize the applications we see on the Gpanion’s homepage by signing in with our Google or OpenID account.

Once we sign in, clicking on an application link automatically signs us into it. Search and applications are located under two different tabs on the site for better organization. The search feature in the site is exactly how Google offers it: with “Advanced Search” options and the option to filter results according to Web, Images, Videos, News, Local, Blogs, and Books.

The way the results are presented will be preferred by many users because the text is bigger and the layout is neater.

Features:

• Can easily replace Google.com.
• Has all Google Applications listed which can be removed / added via customization.
• Better Ajax based Google Search (ads free).
• Also read out related article: How To Easily Set Up Google Apps on Your Website.

Check out Gpanion @ www.gpanion.com

Sitehoover is a free to use website that assigns a URL to each user. Visitors can save favorite links to their Sitehoover page. Their page is saved for 6 days only unless they have registered for a free Sitehoover account; account holders have their pages saved indefinitely.

Apart from this benefit, account holders can also choose from one of three available visual themes on Sitehoover. A Firefox addon is also available through the site which imports all of our Firefox bookmarks to our Sitehoover account and makes adding new bookmarks to Sitehoover even easier. Site owners can also get a special code which can be embedded in their own site to make it easier for visitors to add the site to their Sitehoover account.

For people with a long list of bookmarks they simply cannot do without, Sitehoover is a wonderful option regardless of which browser you use.

Features:

• Fast and responsive interface.
• Lets account holders choose visual themes.
• Add-on for Firefox also available.
• Makes our bookmarks accessible through the internet wherever we are.
• Keeps our bookmarks saved forever.
• Related article: 5 Excellent Firefox Extensions to Manage your Bookmarks.
• Similar tool: Thumbtack.

Check out SiteHoover @ www.sitehoover.com

After signing up and activating your account, you are first asked to choose at least three interests which you would like to receive news for.

After selecting a minimum of three interests, your customised newspage will be built and you will be taken to it.
Now it’s time to tweak and customise your page even further.  Down the left hand side of the page is a column of different categories such as Business, Sports, Arts & Entertainment, and much more.   Just click on a category and you will be taken to modules which look like this:

If you want to include one of these modules on your iCurrent news page then all you need to do is click the green + button in the top left hand corner.   To remove it again, just click the red X button in the top right hand corner (it appears when you mouse over the area).

What makes iCurrent cool is that you can set up your own custom modules with search terms that you specify.   So say you have an overwhelming love for Britney Spears and you want all Britney news delivered immediately and directly to your iCurrent page.   First, just search for her in the search box at the top left :

Click on the search result you want and at the top, you will see an option to add the channel to your page.  Clicking on that green link adds all Britney news to your iCurrent page.

Now you can make your page “learn” what you really like and dislike by clicking on voting buttons. Just hover over a story link and you will be asked if you liked or disliked the story.

When you click on a chosen arrow, you will then be asked for more specific information on what you would like to see on your iCurrent page:

All in all, iCurrent is an excellent way to get only the news you want, and if you are looking for a good browser start page, this would be a good one to consider.
Features:

• Customize your own news webpage, just like Google News.
• Have complete control over what you see, filter out what doesn’t interest you.
• Vote stories up and down so the website “learns” better.

Check out iCurrent @ www.icurrent.com

You can customize the four links, picking from some of the most popular pages on the net. Find your four favorites and you’ve got a good starting point for your browsing.Best of all, there’s no need to sign up for an account: a single cookie on your computer will keep track of your selections.

Not the clicking type? Just press 1, 2, 3 or 4 to load one of your four sites. Amazing.

Features

• Clean homepage featuring four iconic shortcuts.
• Single cookie on your computer stores favorites without log-in.
• Keyboard support: the numbers 1 through 4 all load shortcuts.

Check out Fav4 @ www.fav4.org