The AOL.com® Web site provides you access to the features that make your experience with the AOL service better. The site provides you news, music, video, events, weather & traffic, search, shopping, and a whole lot more.
Features
AOL Search
Preview Panel
AOL Top Stories
Top News
Finance News
Entertainment News
Sports News
Snag
Local Information
Directory area
Change color of the AOL.com homepage
News Feeds
Video Player
My Networks
Customize Your Page
AOL Search
AOL Search is different! It searches the way people think. Our new product delivers comprehensive listings, and one-click access to relevant videos, pictures, sound clips, local maps, news, and more. So, you get the complete search experience: a wide variety of results in one try without the need to perform additional searches. With AOL Search with Google, you can search less and discover more.
The AOL Search bar is located at the top of the AOL.com page. The easiest way to search is to type a word or a phrase that describes what you're looking for in the Search box, and then click Search.
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Preview Panel
The AOL.com Preview Panel includes icons that allow you to quickly navigate to your mailbox. You can access Weather, AOL Radio, Video, and other features that matter the most to you. The Preview Panel icons provide one-click access to the products and features. They give a sneak peek of the relevant information for each feature on mouse over. For more information on the preview panel, check our online help article What is Preview Panel on the AOL.com Web site?
AOL Top Stories
Get the top stories of the day featured in the rotating module on the upper portion of the AOL.com page. It gets updated throughout the day. The featured stories auto-rotate, so you can sit back and get a summary of what's happening right now in the news and on AOL. You can jump to another news summary anytime without having to wait for the autoplay cycle by clicking one of the directional icons displayed on the lower right of each news section.
Once you have found the story that you are interested in, clicking Pause Rotation will turn off the autoplay feature. Read the news summary at your own pace. When you are ready to view the other news summaries, you can either click another tab or restart the autoplay feature by clicking Pause Rotation.
Note: In addition to Top Stories, the AOL.com Web page features Top News, Entertainment, Finance, and Sports, so you can browse headlines without having to leave AOL.com.
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Top News
Features the latest national and world news headlines and summary of the markets to give you a comprehensive summary of what's happening throughout the world and in the field of finance.
Finance News
- Features links to business and market news headlines from trusted news sources each day.
- Provides links to message boards and blogs dedicated to hot finance and market topics.
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Entertainment News
A complete new way to experience and get engaged with all the news that matters to you by providing up-to-the-minute entertainment news and gossip, as well as music, movie, and celebrity information for film, TV, and music enthusiasts.
Sports News
Top sports news and articles on a wide variety of sports, such as football, basketball, baseball, golf, and tennis.
Snag
The Snag feature makes it easy for you to enjoy AOL's Top Stories without having to visit AOL.com. Snag lets you subscribe to an RSS feed of AOL's Top Stories content or add the Top Stories module to a personalized homepage like iGoogle, Pageflakes, and Netvibes.
You can add the module to a personalized homepage. Just click Snag, and then click the appropriate button in the Add this module to section.
To subscribe to the feed, just copy the URL in the RSS Feed box and paste it into a feed reader of your choice.
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Local Information
Looking for information about places to go and things to do close to where you live, work, or visit? AOL uses a variety of sources to find matches, which can be category-based or list-based, and provides several easy-to-use features to enhance your Web experience. Find the best nightlife and dining that your area has to offer, as well as top local events and attractions.
In the middle right column of the AOL.com page, you will find features like local events, traffic updates, and low gas prices on the basis of your ZIP code. Get information on the hottest entertainment, restaurants, and nightlife near you, as well as links to local functionalities like the Yellow Pages directory, Local Search, and maps.
You can view real-time news about your local area, which can be refreshed as and when you wish to.
Lowest gas prices in your town and around the country come powered with MapQuest to provide you with accurate online maps and driving directions.
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Directory area
A list of popular features is alphabetically organized on the left panel of the AOL.com page below the My Links section for easy access. Can't find a channel? Click the More From AOL link to access the complete list of AOL channels.
Change color of the AOL.com homepage
In addition to the standard color, we've created new color options for you to choose from. To learn more about this, read our online help article How do I change the color of the AOL.com homepage?.
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News Feeds
Note: This feature is available only on the three-column version of the AOL.com Web page.
RSS is a file designed for sharing Web content. Each RSS feed contains a title and a link to a URL or Web site. These files are used most commonly for news and blogs. Using the News Feeds tab, you can add RSS feeds and then receive automatic updates when an RSS publisher adds new articles to an existing RSS feed. The News Feeds tab offers you a simple way of keeping up with changing content on Web sites without having to visit each site individually.
The News Feeds tab also allows you to categorize your RSS feeds into categories such as Finance, Sports, and Entertainment. You can add Categories to the existing list, and then add Feeds to those categories.
Video Player
Note: This feature is available only on the three-column version of the AOL.com Web page.
Video Player is a new feature from AOL and is located in the right column of the AOL.com page, just above the My Networks section. The player shows you videos on a variety of topics. In order to view the currently featured video, all you need to do is click on the video.
My Networks
Note: This feature is available only on the three-column version of the AOL.com Web page.
The My Networks feature helps you to keep in touch with friends and family while you are on the AOL.com page. Using My Networks, you can sign on to your social networking sites such as AIM, Bebo, MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook. You can track mails, birthdays, friend requests, comments, pokes, etc. You can also add status updates to the social networking sites with just one click.
My Networks is located on the right column of the AOL.com page, below the video player.
Customize Your Page
Note: This feature is available only on the three-column version of the AOL.com Web page.
You can customize the way your AOL.com homepage appears by selecting the content that you want to see on the page. Just click Customize Your Page on the upper right of the screen, and then select from the categories mentioned.
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