1. A server in operative communication with a client computing device over a network, the server comprising: electronic memory having stored thereon a networked information monitor template, the networked information monitor template comprising: a definition of a viewer graphical user interface within which content in a web browser-readable language may be presented; a network reference to said content, the network reference including a uniform resource locator from which content for the networked information monitor is served over the network via the TCP/IP protocol; an element configured to cause said viewer graphical user interface to be displayed by the client computing device separately from any graphical user interface of any other application; an element configured to cause the client computing device to request the content from the network reference over the network; and an element configured to cause the client computing device to present said content received from the network reference in said viewer graphical user interface; wherein the definition of the viewer graphical user interface and/or the content define all controls for enabling a user to specify the uniform resource locator through the viewer graphical user interface, and one or more processors configured to execute one or more computer program modules, the one or more computer program modules being configured to receive a request for the networked information monitor template from the client computing device over the network, and responsive to the received request, to transmit the networked information monitor template to the client computing device over the network.