Widget - SocialTimes http://socialtimes.com Your Social Media Source Copyright 2012 Mon, 28 May 2012 03:37:47 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 How To Design & Install Chat On Your Facebook Page, Tumblr, And Beyond RumbleTalk wants to help you make your website, blog or Facebook page more social with the addition of chat.  Earlier this week they launched a brand new chat widget that you can customize and embed on pretty much any website, including Tumblr, Facebook, Wix, Blogger, TypePad, Squarespace and more.
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]]> Megan O'Neill http://socialtimes.com/install-chat-on-your-facebook-page_b80509#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/install-chat-on-your-facebook-page_b80509 http://socialtimes.com/?p=80509 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:00:28 +0000 Video Contest Widget Gets Viewers Watching 4 to 6 Times More Video A new contest widget from ShortForm, an online video community featuring curated playlists, is getting viewers to watch 4 to 6 times the videos they normally do.   The widget, which lets brands and VJs engage fans by creating lists of videos that viewers can vote on, is being used for a ‘Best of the Best Goals’ contest launched by the major league soccer team the San Jose Earthquakes this morning.
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]]> Megan O'Neill http://socialtimes.com/shortform-contest-widget_b69961#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/shortform-contest-widget_b69961 http://socialtimes.com/?p=69961 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:50:54 +0000 How To Embed The New YouTube Subscribe Widget On Your Blog Or Website YouTube has hit yet another milestone, with the announcement that they have officially passed the 1 billion subscriptions mark and, to celebrate, they have launched a brand-spankin’ new subscription button widget for bloggers and site owners.
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]]> Megan O'Neill http://socialtimes.com/youtube-subscribe-widget_b26937#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/youtube-subscribe-widget_b26937 http://www.socialtimes.com/?p=26937 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:50:59 +0000 "AddThis" To Your List of Online Privacy Concerns clearspring-thisAll it takes to “share” a favorite website with your friends or “bookmark” an article to save and post on Facebook is a simple click. In fact, the “AddThis” feature on everything from magazine to social networking sites has become so commonplace that even the savviest of Internet consumers may not realize the information they give away each time they click that button.

But now the convenient feature is very much in the spotlight thanks to a federal lawsuit claiming the company behind AddThis, Clearspring Technologies, broke the law by using the widget to gather information on users, including children. The suit was filed in the central district of California by attorneys for a group of minors and their parents.

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]]> Katie Kindelan http://socialtimes.com/addthis-to-your-list-of-online-privacy-concerns_b20856#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/addthis-to-your-list-of-online-privacy-concerns_b20856 http://www.socialtimes.com/?p=20856 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:45:17 +0000 8 Free Poll Tools for Your Website Opinions are like a**holes, everyone has one! That could help explain why everywhere you turn on the Web, there is a poll awaiting your vote. For a dot com owner, the decision to include a poll is a no-brainer: it adds entertainment value, gives people a voice, keeps visitors on your site longer, and helps you take the pulse of the general public on a variety of issues. Another reason to add polls is that they are so easy to implement.

Here are a few of the better free Web-based poll tools.

1_blogpollBlogPoll – Not the sexiest of all of the solutions, but a hard worker! After inputting your question and answer choices, choose your desired widget width, pick your colors, check a results display format and you’re off and running. SAMPLE continued…

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]]> andrewgr http://socialtimes.com/8-free-poll-tools-for-your-website_b5913#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/8-free-poll-tools-for-your-website_b5913 http://www.socialtimes.com/?p=5913 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:36:50 +0000 Dijit Looks to Mobile for Widget Future Dijit LogoWidgets. Remember those things, hailed as the savior of online media and sharing capabilities? Well, widgets haven’t necessarily gone anywhere, they’ve merely evolved and morphed into various socially aware sharing necessities, finding ways to become even more integrated with networks and sites through the provision of various platforms such as Facebook’s. But if you look at the widget industry overall, it’s vastly different from what we witnessed three years ago.
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]]> Kristen Nicole http://socialtimes.com/dijit-looks-to-mobile-for-widget-future_b1164#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/dijit-looks-to-mobile-for-widget-future_b1164 http://www.socialtimes.com/?p=1164 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:38:20 +0000 Remove That BlogRush Code NOW! It’s almost a year to the date that RotorBlog first told you about BlogRush, the widget that promised to drive ‘tons’ of free traffic to your Web site.

After a series of usability issues and blogger complaints, the folks behind the product have decided to shutter it up; BR is not even for sale.

The owner says it’s not about the money. Decide for yourself. In the meantime, we recommend you remove the code snippet from your site NOW. Who knows what will populate on your site should the product fall into the wrong hands.

Here’s the e-mail I received this morning:

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