Google Friend Connect is my latest social networking trial – partly because other blog community sites have not been too successful in bringing readers here lately and because, as usual, I cannot resist checking out something new. Although released for trial in May last year, the beta version is now available to all. When I [...]
Lijit Blog Search Tool – Review and Tutorial
August 25, 2008 –
.Lijit is a search tool that offers a lot more features than the run of the mill default blog searches. I have just installed the Lijit Widget (Wijit) in my sidebar. Automatic installation is available for Blogger and Typepad via the widget setup and there is a brand new Lijit WordPress plugin that gives you [...]
Widget Update
December 28, 2007 –
New Ripple Widget Thanks to a great new blogging forum (still in beta so not yet open for public registration) I found out about a new Google Search alternative, Ripple. Using the Google search engine, all searches done through Ripple generate funds for Australian Charities ( all are charities that operate internationally) as does clicking [...]
Featured Widget Criteo
December 21, 2007 –
When I find new blog addins or widgets that I think may be of interest I add them to my sidebar – to either just feature them for a while or, as in the case of the Criteo Auto Roll, to try them out. The blogs listed in the roll are meant to be based [...]
Featured Widget – Digg
September 8, 2007 –
This weeks widget comes from from Digg. As you can see, from the image below, the widget is configurable. I have chosen to show posts dugg by my digg friends but you can also choose posts by subject, digg member or website. If you choose a particular user, you then have the option to display [...]
