Comments on: Widgets on TV and Why Widgets are Important

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By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:00:01 +0000

It’s nice to see another great post from Pat…

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Affiliate Summit West - Day 3 Mini-Recap - Sugarrae — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:19:15 +0000

[...] or maybe people just don’t get it. Personally, I work for a company that’s a huge proponent of building widgets for clients. I guess the rest of the world hasn’t caught up yet. Their [...]

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Is Your Blog Advertiser Friendly — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:38:03 +0000

By: Guillaume

Guillaume — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:21:15 +0000

Thanks for this good article! I love widgets and I do not understand why so many companies have not embraced them, especially regarding iGoogle or Netvibes.

By: Michael VanDeMar

Michael VanDeMar — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:18:51 +0000

The definition of what a widget actually is has not, in my opinion, been stated well in our field.

Actually, the reason you can’t find any decisive definitions for a widget probably has to do with the fact that the word “widget” itself is a generic term meaning tool or gadget. Yes, someone used the word a couple of years back to refer to small graphical Javascript or Flash GUI components, and in the web marketing world the name spread really fast (my guess is that happened mostly because those little tools could be used as a form of link bait), so now everybody has some nebulous concept in their heads of what a widget “is”… but it’s still basically a general descriptive label.

By: Patrick Sexton

Patrick Sexton — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:06:25 +0000

@kimberly thanks!
@laura nice to see you here I believe Monday or so we are putting up the new widget content.

By: laura

laura — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:29:49 +0000

great post Pat, thanks. I’m really looking forward to reading more

By: Kimberly Beaven

Kimberly Beaven — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:19:28 +0000

I agree Patrick that widgets are certainly coming into their own and that their needs to be very concentrated thought on a business marketing structure and what they want to accomplish with a widget. People are certainly looking fr methods to streamline the gathering of information they wish to have, and the businesses that strive to be a provider of a well-designed and effective method will definitely see a ROI.

By: Patrick Sexton

Patrick Sexton — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:49:55 +0000

Kailee, thanks! I absolutely think that usefulness is key, far too often a company will go into widgets blind and spend money unnecessarily to market a widget that will never go anywhere.
If you are interested in my thoughts on this, I speak about it alot in my Google gadget promotion guide.