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I just made one and was wondering if anyone found this to be a useful promotion tool.
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what is a google gadget?
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what is a google gadget?
never mind.. i "googled" it and found out ....DUH!!!
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that's cool stuff. so what did you make?
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I keep starting one, then never finish. Im always playing around with the Google APIs. Most of all Google Maps / Google Earth.

But I am planning on starting and finishing a Google Gadget tonight. It will be a Gadget to show live Red Sox games scores as they happen and to also allow for Red Sox fans to chat with each other as well. I got the chat bot made and set up today. Just need to piece all of it together.

So what did you make Theresa??
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I have thought about making a Google gadget, but just haven't made the effort. Maybe one of these days I'll learn the Google API and see what I can come up with.
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Old 11-25-2007, 10:06 PM
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Hi, sorry I took so long to respond. I've been out of town.

I made a google gadget that shows a different crafting tip a day. There are 31 tips and it shows one each day of the month and then starts over again.

Here is a link so you can see the one I made. It has a link to my site so anyone that uses it on their site will be linking to me. So far it hasn't brought me any traffic.
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Theresa,

I have not looked into Google Gadgets before... How much programming does it require? If you are comfortable with programming something like that, you should consider Facebook Applications. I know for sure that these would require programming work, but it would have huge potential, especially if there are a few Facebook groups related to your niche.

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Hi Sherif,

I don't do programming at all. In this case I found a gadget similar to what I wanted and found the developer's site from their source. They had free a free "tip of the day" script that I used.

It was pretty easy to just plug my tips in. I ran into a few glitches, but was able to sort them out by trial and error or by comparing to other gadgets.

Google has a getting started page where you can develop and host your gadget. That is what I did.

I will have to check out Facebook and see what its about.
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I just thought I would update this thread. For the month of December I have had five hits off my google gadget. I don't know if they are from people installing it on their websites, desktops or just reading this thread.

So far, according to the stats at Google, it has 118 users. Those may not seem like impressive stats, but the work is done and now it can just send me a trickle of visitors each month.

Sherif, I joined facebook and now see what you mean. Some of those applications seem pretty complex, but I may just have to give it a try when I get some time.
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