Lively is Google’s new 3D virtual world with social aspects. Here is what a room looks like embedded on a page… To try Lively out for yourself, just enter the above room (you will be asked to login with Google), and look around. Or go straight to Lively.com Note: The login window from Lively gadgets [...]
With iGoogle updating to different people at different times, it might seem there could be problems with viewers being able to be use the gadget correctly. The iGoogle blog article with the solution for this explains that with just an extra content div you can solve this. While the article concentrates on gadgets you are [...]
Danny Sullivan wrote an article about putting humans back into search results. He mentioned how search engines are already using human behaviors in ranking, but I want specifically talk about the latest four places Google uses human factors, and introduce the next place I feel they will do so (gadgets in results). As a reference, [...]
During Widgetwebexpo, I noticed that there was alot of discussion about paid spread of widgets and almost none about organic spread of widgets. This caused me to change my presentation. There were companies represented there and widget teams that I felt could really benefit from some simple techniques of how to spread a gadget. So [...]
Recently Barry Schwartz highlighted the new iGoogle layout, and how it has started to be released to limited users. I just wanted to add to that and mention that the new iGoogle layout and features can be seen by anyone via the iGoogle sandbox and is available to developers who request to be included. To [...]
Google has over the last two years started a real effort to constantly improve and expand the help documentation for their products, and in that effort there have been several times where their documentation has resulted in broken links, not just for Google, but for thousands of webmasters as well. Good news: Google is always [...]
There was so much put out at Google I/O that it will likely take a while to discuss all my notes on it. On the Google gadget front I learned an interesting thing (and also got a sweet Google code tshirt) at the visualization desk…. There is a Google visualization gadget directory. Neato. Also there has [...]
By some miracle I was awake when this conference began at 8AM (ouch), and I was impressed by the keynote. I am happy I made it to see it, I was thinking of skipping it. Keynote Speech The keynote, as I said was pretty good. In it, Google products were highlighted, but the real crowd pleaser [...]
Quick overview of some of the features announced today by Google concerning Google gadgets social aspects including a developer iGoogle sandbox and Open Social support for iGoogle gadgets. One of the major reasons that Facebook applications spread like wildfire is because they are seen by friends on other friends profile pages, or are listed in [...]
Google just released the API for the street view functionality of maps. I made this example Google gadget that uses the new API that displays a few historic landmarks in Philadelphia to illustrate some of the gadget potential… The gadget takes advantage of the “simple street view panorama” example provided with the API release. There [...]
