PageFlakes, NetVibes, TabUp

I went to my PageFlakes account and discovered it was missing.
So I re-signed up and made my pages . . . again. I was wondering where all the choice backgrounds were, did they change the site?

But then I discovered that I had a NetVibes account and that was what I was looking for.
However, NetVibes was not loading the widgets for me so I continued working with my new PageFlakes page which seemed easier to use and had a few features NetVibes lacked.

However, after my set up and a view a day or so later, there were the ugly fixed ads.
NetVibes does not seem to have this.

OK -- someone cleared the computer cookies and files and when I went back to my PageFlakes -- all my pages went MISSING! Well, it was "missing" in the first place when I thought I had an account but did not! This time it was for real. Not sure if I will go back and use it.

I went back to NetVibes but still the same downloading problem existed but my pages were still there. I could not add any new widgets because I could not see them to add them.

I checked my TabUp account and those pages are still there also. TabUp is a bit confusing to me but I use it as a back-up, however, it may be a permanent thing since I have no accessing issues there.
Anyone have a clue about why my PageFlakes page went missing?

Update: PageFlakes closed down January 2012.
Tab Up also closed down November 2014.