Comments on: Using Widgets on Your Website

By: Escape The Rat Race - Lawrence

Escape The Rat Race - Lawrence — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:47:54 +0000

Hi. I have found that a ‘Popular Posts’ widget is one of the essential widgets every blog should have.

It has helped to decrease the bounce rate.

By: michael

michael — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:48:53 +0000

There is nothing like a well placed wedget to give your reader something to do or more information. They also are great for search engines because most offer dynamic sticky for your blog.

By: Anders blogger in websites

Anders blogger in websites — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:50:16 +0000

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By: Barry

Barry — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:59:34 +0000

Hi Bolaji. Being more of a minimalist when it comes to web design, I tend to stay away from widgets on my own websites. My personal blog uses a few widgets, most notably the Flickr widget that shows a selection of my most recent photos.

Which widgets add value to your site and which don’t depends on many different factors. Travel sites and weather widgets seems like a good match, but if used in the wrong way it can distract from your own content and derail a potential customer’s web visit.

My best advice would be to look at other websites, copy what you like and don’t copy what you dislike. And when in doubt, don’t. As I stated, web widgets should be used sparingly, so better to err on the side of caution than abundance.

By: Bolaji - Rat-Race-Escape-Artists.com

Bolaji - Rat-Race-Escape-Artists.com — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:37:47 +0000

Barry,

This is an informative post. Web sites like widgetbox.com have an unbelievable array of widgets. (Many of the ones I looked at were of zero interest. But there must be a market out there for widgets, if so many are being created…)

Do you have particular widgets that you would recommend, or have found useful?

On the flip side, can you comment on some of the worst offenders for useless / loud / noisy widgets?

Thanks for the post.

Bolaji.