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 [...]
I was going to do a post about some basic widget strategies. I asked Brent Csutoras if he wouldn’t mind me using his site, Weird Asia News, as an example for widgets. He said no prob, I have yet to write the post yet, but since I do have a widget made, might as well [...]
If you read this blog and you are a developer, you probably should let me know I often have work on neat projects. I have project work for… Open Social developers (javascript) Search Monkey (php / xslt) Facebook (php) Be part of some of the most popular and innovative applications on the web. I should [...]
Yahoo Searchmonkey widgets are now live in the search results. What does this mean? It means that Yahoo has beat Google to third party widgets in search results. It means that those of you who ignored SearchMonkey can no longer do so. I think in a larger sense what it means is that Yahoo is [...]
I am getting on a flight to Chicago this morning (the 29th), I should be there at least a couple of days. Feel free to email me if you are in Chicago and want to meet. The evening of the 30th I am doing something and the business day of the 31st I am doing [...]
Terms like semantic web, the social graph, and machine readable link relations are things that people in SEO and marketing typically sorta know about but don’t have a clear grasp on. I want to quickly explain a couple of terms and concepts that are part of the social future of the web and how link [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
LinkedIn has been pretty specific about their intentions for Open Social. They plan to have useful, business orientated widgets only. At Google I/O they also mentioned they would be revenue sharing in a “unique” way. Hmmm. To see what they said (and what all the other social networks said) about their Open Social implementations you [...]
