15. A computer-implemented method comprising: providing a user interface that enables a user to define a query; detecting a dragging of an icon that represents the query onto a notification panel at the user interface; designating the query as an important query that monitors at least one of a plurality of disparate repositories, the plurality of disparate repositories including one or more repositories each associated with one of local file stores, shared file stores, or websites; displaying via the user interface a first indication in response to determining that the important query has identified metadata that corresponds to new content and that the new content is received by a first software application for storage in the plurality of disparate repositories; and displaying via the user interface a second indication in response to determining that the important query has identified metadata that corresponds to the new content and that the new content is received by a second software application for storage in the plurality of disparate repositories, the first software application being different from the second software application.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the user interface displays the query via the notification panel.