Abstract: A user-created life portal for viewing and accessing content on the Internet is described. The platform, referred to as a life portal, is configured by the user to display only content that is of interest to the user, thereby reflecting the personality and life of the user. The content displayed in a life portal is scraped from web sites and is not limited to sites licensed or maintained by the life portal service provider. The content is displayed as a view or a magazine. Views and magazines (content) are stored in life pages. A view is content that is contained in a portlet and is retrieved from a single web site. A magazine is a collection of content, such as article headlines and links, on a particular topic from one or more web sites. All content in a life portal is specifically tailored to meet the targeted interests and preferences of the user and is designed to exclude content not of direct interest to the user.