notes on web strategy, design & digital marketing. » data portability http://rajit.hewagama.net Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:24:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 What Can Widgets Do? | ”Some people be … http://rajit.hewagama.net/2008/02/what-can-widgets-do-%e2%80%9dsome-people-be/ http://rajit.hewagama.net/2008/02/what-can-widgets-do-%e2%80%9dsome-people-be/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:32:18 +0000 Rajit http://rajit.hewagama.net/?p=9 What Can Widgets Do? | ”Some people believe that social networks are becoming ‘walled gardens,’” says Ms. Williamson. “So many advertisers are experimenting with widgets as a way to penetrate them.”

That’s exactly it IMHO. The value of widgets has now evolved beyond being a means of tarting up your blog, for example, and is part of a wider trend to make information portable between websites. They might not necessarily increase traffic TO your site on a daily basis but they might increase usage OF your site. The trick is to make that work for you on a monetary basis.

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