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Gadget Platforms - Dapper

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

This is the second in a series of articles about the top widget and gadget platforms. I asked the same specific questions about each platforms usefulness to developers, advertisers, and search marketers. I will also highlight my personal experiences with each platform and provide my own review.
Dapper
From their “About page”…
“Dapper aims to make it easy [...]


Gadget Platforms - Widgetbox

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

This is the first in a series of articles about the top widget and gadget platforms. I asked the same specific questions about each platforms usefulness to developers, advertisers, and search marketers. I will also highlight my personal experiences with each platform and provide my own review.
Widgetbox
From their “about” page…
Widgetbox™ helps people express, [...]


Facebook Apps - Numbers and Invites

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Just as a note of warning, the reported Facebook usage numbers are temporarily very, very wrong. The numbers that are being reported by Facebook are incorrect and have been for several days.
This is not a time to buy a Facebook app if you are basing your price on reported usage.
Adonomics has frozen their value [...]


Future Of Web Apps - Miami

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

I will be in Miami for the FOWA conference 28/29 Feb and a party Mar 1st.
It has a great lineup of speakers and workshops, but it is going on practically the same time as SMX West
I met some of these folk at the Widget Summit in San Francisco, and I have to warn [...]


Facebook to Clean House

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Facebook to begin taking steps to “unclutter” user profiles soon. User complaints of difficulty finding basic information on profile pages cluttered with apps will lead to Facebook providing two versions of a profile page. A “quick version” and an “extended version”.
From the announcement…
“we will soon be launching a “profile clean-up” tool. Similar to how your [...]


Facebook App Canvas Pages Open to Public

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

It was announced that Facebook application pages will now be accessible to the public.
This means that visitors need not be logged in to (or even a member of) Facebook to see the apps description.
What is a Facebook App Canvas page?
It is just the “home” page of the application where the app is described to those [...]


Thinking Sticky

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Keeping people on your page is good.
Gadgets are great for this, and a gadget we all use alot is an excellent example of this. One of the most used “Google” gadgets is, um… Ever posted a video from YouTube on your blog?
Thats a gadget, see you already use them
Keeping people on your website [...]


Examining Your Brand For Open Social Gadget Strategy

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

If you are an industry leader in any sector, you likely have a large and varied web presence. Your gadget options have changed dramatically with the introduction of Open Social. Prior to Open Social, most brand gadget strategies would need to create several gadgets for the different facets of your business. With Open Social the [...]


Ning, Google Gadgets, and Open Social

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

A quick look at some features in Ning that display and allow users to add gadgets. On a page in Ning networks, there exists the possibility to add gadgets it starts off by offering a few to choose from (see image at left). But it also links to what is called…
Ning Open Social Gadget Directory
Which [...]


FaceBook at the Widget Summit

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Hi. I just wanted to put out that I will be discussing FaceBook and their presence at the Widget Summit 2007. I have to co-ordinate a few mails before I do a huge post, but just for the curious here are the sessions about Facebook and a blurb about each…
On the Facebook Application front, there [...]