Google Gadgets & SEO

The two recent announcements about Open Social and the ability to add Google gadgets to Blogger have some things in common. I speculate that the biggest thing they have in common is the Google Gadget Syndication Directory.
What is it?
It is a “face” of the Google gadget directory that lists gadgets that can be placed on […]

Most people who have added Google gadgets to their iGoogle page did so through the Google gadget directory which is located here with a new look and some new functionality. This “face” of the directory allows users to add gadgets to their iGoogle page. Lets look at the new changes. My next post will explain […]

Google will make some announcements on their new APIs and social networking platform called “Open Social” soon, until then you can learn more at SearchEngineLand.
For developers, the APIs will provide the ability to develop for multiple platforms at once. Here is a great pre-launch article about the API that answers some initial questions.

In an earlier post I spoke of the official YouTube Google gadget, and the way it appeared in a Blogger sidebar. For those of you familiar with this gadget, you know that it displays 6 videos, yet the one I added to the sidebar using Blogger only shows 4.
The gadget was not magically transformed, nor […]

My favorite video has been removed from YouTube. I thought it was safe, It is in Spanish. But dammit, they are catching up. In the last week my favorite songs are dissapearing off of YouTube, even though they are in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and yes, dammit, Arabic.
The real sadness for me occured today, when my […]

Blogger in Draft (the “preview” version of Blogger) announced the addition of Google gadgets to Blogger sidebars. This might not seem like a big deal, after all, you could already add Google gadgets to blogs right?
The difference is how they get there.
When you click on “Add a Page Element” you get a few new choices […]

I think gadgets are a great way to highlight the resources you have that might receive less action than they should. Instead of giving you only my kooky thoughts, I thought an example was in order…
There is a blog called SEOmoz (you might of heard of it). They have many great resources that people may […]

Google unveiled this new welcome screen at the widget summit, but it now appears to be up and running everywhere.

You will see this screen now when you go the iGoogle page and try to customize it if you are not signed in. This is a very new user friendly set up. The last interface they […]

Google announced a new feature for anyone wishing to make use of financial data on their iGoogle start page. The Google finance tab for iGoogle is a simple way for you to add several gadgets at once to your start page…

What this does is easier for you to see then it is for me to […]

There is a Google webmaster help group thread where Adam Lasnik links to the video below…

She discusses Google webmaster tools, and why she likes her job. Amanda is a very friendly person, and a great speaker. I met her at the Googleplex during a party, at the SEOmoz party, and I heard her speak at […]