Google completed the update for its iGoogle homepage and the new version improves the integration of Google Reader, Gmail and Google Finance. iGoogle also introduced its new canvas feature, which allows gadgets to be displayed all across the screen and will prove to be extremely useful for tasks with Google Reader and Gmail.

The Gmail gadget allows users to perform many email tasks, without the need to leave the iGoogle page.

From now on, iGoogle users will be able to share items directly from the page and browse through their RSS feeds using Google Reader’s interface. The company also used the update to bring some changes to the iGoogle interface.

According to the company’s estimates, close to 20 percent of all its users have crossed on to the new platform and the update, making activities a lot easier, will surely determine many more to use it.

The iGoogle homepage doesn’t only offer the possibility to include just Gmail and Google Reader, but also gadgets such as Movies, Sudoku Puzzle, Music iLike, TV Guide, GasBuddy Gas Price, GoComics, The Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Flood-it!, The Washington Post, Google Translate, YouTube Videos, Google Finance Portfolios and Current News.

What makes this format so appealing is that iGoogle’s gadgets provide most of the functionality of a normal Web site, which represents a big plus for both users and gadget developers. In addition to its utility, it also creates spaces for bigger advertising campaigns.