What Google gadgets are available for Twitter? This post highlights fun and useful Twitter Google gadgets for your iGoogle homepage that you might not know about.

Have you ever seen a grouping of Google gadgets available as tabs? It looks like the image to the right (click image to see what I am talking about). This is the way iGoogle tabs are distributed. A page like this is shown to the user who can then decide which of the gadgets will [...]

When you promote your Google gadget, you may also be unintentionally promoting your competitors gadgets as well. Google wants to provide suggestions to their users of other gadgets they might enjoy. The problem this may cause for you is that those “other” gadgets may just well be your competitors. Here is a way to keep [...]

With mentions in Mashable and SearchEngineLand this Digg like gadget is off to a very good start. The What’s Popular gadget shows stories, videos and images that are popular. You can submit your own stuff to the gadget and these things can be voted on. What’s Popular? How about What’s Probable? There are some notable [...]

This lesson will surely give you an upper hand in having your Google gadgets be seen by more people.  It explores the best practices of how to effectively describe and spread your Google gadgets via the underused method of complete ModulePrefs. Guide to ModulePrefs What are ModulePrefs? ModulePrefs are the “metadata” of a Google gadget. On [...]

The use of AJAX in the Google gadget directory can confuse the heck out of alot of users. When you add a gadget from the directory, it does not take you back to your home page so you can see the gadget in action, it just used to say “added”. and left you on the [...]

New from iGoogle… You can watch and post videos of why you love iGoogle and gadgets here. You can also write stories if you don’t have a webcam. The featured stories link to the gadgets mentioned After you submit a story Google says thank you with a free set of laptop stickers…

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One common question among businesses considering Google gadgets or other widgets is basically this… “Why should I encourage people to use the functionality of my web site without actually visiting my website?” This question makes sense if someone for example is monetizing their site via adsense. If they display their content elsewhere like iGoogle or [...]

This post will describe the best practices of how to promote a Google gadget, but most of the things I mention are equally useful for any kind of widget promotion. Google Gadget Promotion 101 Let’s get right to a couple of obvious things first so that we don’t waste any time… Usefulness: If your Google [...]