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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Website Widgets - what are they? How do they work?


For the uninitiated, it may seem like a widget is just a funny name for an application, you do not quite understand. But today, with the growing popularity of widgets, most of us have installed on our web page or clicked on to some other site.

Understanding widgets is essential to the maintenance of an interactive and useful Web site. A widget is technically everything which is embedded in a web page and holds content that is not static, and that is typically on by third parties.

Thus, some widgets, you might see include those of You Tube. A site on the motorbike, for example, could have a You Tube widget. When you click on the You Tube widget, you will take to You Tube and can even be provided with a page that contains a variety of motorcycle videos.

In some places, you might see a widget for Wordpress, and clicking on this widget will direct you to the Wordpress blog that maintains the site. The widget will always include the logo or graphic standard site or business.

Let's look at how a few Twitter widgets work, as Twitter widgets are on Web sites and blogs the world these days.

One of the most common is the widget created by Twitter itself. This usually includes the Twitter bird logo and the words, "follow me on Twitter". When you click on the widget, you are caught page Twitter of that person or company. This is an excellent way for Twitter users increase their number of followers overall.

An another useful Twitter widget is located at TweetThisSite. This widget works somewhat Conversely, with the owners of Web sites using the widget on their page. Users, who think that they would not mind promoting the site a little, simply provide their Twitter log in information and the widget automatically places a post on the page of Twitter user who said checks the site and provides a link to the site of the user.

By using these widgets is a free and easy way to increase the visibility and more traffic on a site. There are a few methods to do these things that work really but widgets, which are discrete but effective, is a method that really works.








http://www.tweetthissite.com


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