blog widgets

Also known as gadgets, badges, plug-ins, snippets, and modules, blog widgets are an embeddable portion of code for blogging platforms that can enhance functionality and usability by encouraging readers to stay longer and return for updated content. Once the code is successfully embedded, widgets help retain reader interest by providing fresh site content automatically.

Programming knowledge is not required. Generally, a third party prepares the code which can then be customized and applied by copy and paste. Content can also be user created with or without outside assistance.

Popular blog widgets and reviews can be found at Gigya, Widgetbox, Widgets Lab, and Mashable.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “blog widgets”

• Switching to new blog

  
  Refugio's Blog — Authority: 105
  So I’ve spent most of my Thanksgiving holiday moving my wordpress.com blog over to a new server (well, in addition to having dinner with the parents) in the meantime my more ambitious new website is finished some time in the future.  I’ve got the basics all up but it’s been a learning process.  I’m SO not ...
  4 days ago

• Widgetbox

  
  webdev2.0 — Authority: 141
  Widgetbox is the worlds largest widget marketplace, with widgets for Facebook, Blogger, TypePad, MySpace, Bebo, WordPress, Piczo, Xanga, Freewebs, Netvibes, Pageflakes, iGoogle, and all blogs and web pages. widgetbox.com
  1 week ago

• Current Mortgage Rates

  
  Out of the Mundane — Authority: 139
  Hey guys! Check out this new mortgage rates widget from Monitor Bank Rates. The widget will simply show you the national average mortgage rates. Just simply copy the code of the widget and paste it to your websites or blogs. You can view the widget by simply following the link in this post. Have a nice day.
  2 weeks ago

• How to Create a Blog Widget For Twitter Lists

  
  Techie Buzz — Authority: 539
  You can easily create a widget for any public Twitter list and integrate the widget in your blog, website or social networking profiles. Twitter has an official list widget that lets anyone display a public Twitter list as widgets. You might also like: Twitter to Allow Grouping of Friends With Lists ...
  3 weeks ago

• Related Links and Script Converter Live on Google Labs!

  
  Technology Nerd — Authority: 133
  Google just added two new tools, “Related links” and “Script Converter” to Google labs. Related links, the name is pretty self-explanatory. It’s a widget that shows all the related links/articles/content that’s published on a particular domain. WordPress and other CMS package plugins have been ...
  4 weeks ago

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