# Where do you want your LINK ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745 "2009-01-17T15:50:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![atominoceanofignorance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@atominoceanofignorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atominoceanofignorance)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/1 "2009-01-17T15:50:26Z")
:dubious: what is the most popular home page on the internet? ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/2 "2009-01-17T15:52:39Z")
blank ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/3 "2009-01-17T15:53:57Z")
Seriously, though, I think iGoogle is getting quite popular as a home page, since it has so many possible categories for news and entertainment and also access to gmail accounts. It’s my current homepage. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/4 "2009-01-17T16:19:41Z")
There is no way to know this. We can guess, though. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/5 "2009-01-17T16:35:40Z")
I would guess Google. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/6 "2009-01-17T16:49:00Z")
I’m gonna guess Yahoo. ---
**Author:** ![J\_Cubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@J\_Cubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_Cubed)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/7 "2009-01-17T19:53:34Z")
msn default installation % \* people who never even think about changing it % ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/8 "2009-01-17T22:16:00Z")
IME it is: 404…page not found. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/9 "2009-01-17T23:17:13Z")
Mine is my Hotmail page. My wife’s is hers. Joe ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/10 "2009-01-18T00:16:40Z")
I’m going to take a wild guess and say the SDMB. Hey, it’s _my_ homepage. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/11 "2009-01-18T02:01:37Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Seriously, though, I think iGoogle is getting quite popular as a home page, since it has so many possible categories for news and entertainment and also access to gmail accounts. It’s my current homepage. Thanks! I just changed my homepage to there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![atominoceanofignorance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@atominoceanofignorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atominoceanofignorance)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/12 "2009-01-19T22:12:39Z")
So you do NOT know what site has world-wide satistics for website evaluations EITHER ? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/13 "2009-01-19T22:23:19Z")
NOPE ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/14 "2009-01-20T00:36:52Z")
> [@atominoceanofignorance](#): > > So you do NOT know what site has world-wide satistics for website evaluations EITHER ? Plenty of sites have such statistics, but they won’t answer your question. They collect things like traffic, browser usage ratios, etc., but don’t typically capture the users configured homepage, as that’s not really considered kosher. The answer to your question is likely Yahoo, as it still beats out Google in total pageviews, and being more of a standard portal makes them even more likely to be the preferred start page. Google does get slightly more unique users per day, but they have a lower pageview per user number than Yahoo. If you want to get general traffic rankings, [Alexa](http://www.alexa.com/) is a decent option. ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/15 "2009-01-20T03:36:51Z")
> [@DMC](#): > > … Yahoo … being more of a standard portal makes them even more likely to be the preferred start page. If by “portal” you mean that it is crammed full of all sorts of stuff which makes it take longer to finish loading, then you’ve explained why my home page is Google. Mods! Can someone move this poll to GD, please? ---
**Author:** ![J\_Cubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@J\_Cubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_Cubed)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/16 "2009-01-20T05:43:32Z")
> [@Keeve](#): > > If by “portal” you mean that it is crammed full of all sorts of stuff which makes it take longer to finish loading, then you’ve explained why my home page is Google. > > Mods! Can someone move this **post** to **IMHO** , please? There, I fixed your misspellings. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/17 "2009-01-20T06:21:34Z")
\ **J Cubed** , I’m going to do a very dangerous thing. I’m going to assume you don’t know the rule about changing people’s words in the quote boxes. The quote boxes are not to be messed with. If you wish to change someone’s words, do it _outside_ of a quote box. This is not an official warning, however, please don’t do this again. In the meantime, I’m moving this to MPSIMS. GQ \> MPSIMS \ ---
**Author:** ![atominoceanofignorance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@atominoceanofignorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atominoceanofignorance)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/18 "2009-01-21T12:09:56Z")
Perhaps I mistakenly selected the incorrect option ; however, I intended to referr to the select ed reply inorder to clarify my personal comment! ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/19 "2009-01-21T14:45:52Z")
> [@Kevbo](#): > > IME it is: > > 404…page not found. Who the heck wouldn’t change their homepage if that’s what it was linking to? I mean, if you’re smart enough to change it to a nonexistent web site, surely you’d be smart enough to change it back? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![atominoceanofignorance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@atominoceanofignorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atominoceanofignorance)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745/20 "2009-01-27T14:59:50Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Seriously, though, I think iGoogle is getting quite popular as a home page, since it has so many possible categories for news and entertainment and also access to gmail accounts. It’s my current homepage. Evidentialy, “yahoo” currently has a better financial gustalt as well as more traffic;however, I am contenuing to invisticate and intend to include other vinues than “.com”: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-your-link/481745.md?page=2)