iGoogle was a customizable Ajax-based start page or personal web portal. Launched May 19, 2005; shut down November 1, 2013 — it lived 8 years. One of 13 Google products killed in 2013. iGoogle was a customizable Ajax-based start page or personal web portal launched by Google in May 2005. It was discontinued on November 1, 2013, because the company believed the need for it had eroded over time. Wiki link Data: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com, MIT).