Internet Desktop Iloggo, Room For Improvement

Iloggo claims to be an Internet desktop that anyone can use to navigate their favorite sites and the sites that others visit using a grid containing logos and graphics. After spending some time trying it out, I'd have to say I'm underwhelmed.

It doesn't seem to do anything other social bookmarking sites don't already do, except to do it with logos attached. In fact, it made the whole bookmarking process feel like a chore for me. The technology is out there for sites to grab logos for you -  just look at sites like StyleHive that grab the graphic you need for your link without any real effort on your part.

In spite of that available, easy technology, Iloggo makes you choose, crop and save the logos yourself. I had a few people I know who were less tech savvy than I am try it out to verify what I thought, and they all said the same thing. That Iloggo's process was too involved - they wouldn't want to use it. By the time they figured out how to get the logo onto the “grid” they didn't see it as an easy solution any more.

For the more technically savvy, Iloggo might be an alternative to other social bookmarking sites, especially if you prefer a graphical grid interface to a list or tag cloud. It gives you a chance to choose, crop and save the logo you want to associate with the site you are bookmarking, and to make notes on what the site does as well as give it category words or tags for further identification.

Once you have the site saved to your grid, you can use the logo to visit the site from your Iloggo home page from then on. The social aspect comes in the fact that you can make your Iloggo desktop public, and you can view and sort other people's saved sites as well, using their choices to find relevant items to add to your own grid.

It could be that I prefer to use other site layouts, but I just wasn't enamored of the Iloggo service. It didn't do anything in particular that really stood out for me to separate it from a crowded field. It may appeal to some, but unless they add more features, I don't see it taking the place of other sites that do similar things right now.