| Written by Rak-Wholesale.com, on 25-03-2008 18:05 |
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 Have you thought about what makes a web site "sticky" ?
A sticky site is a site that successfully keeps its' visitors active on the site. Every webmaster and publisher wants his/her site to be as sticky as possible: constantly evolving content, interactive features and never ending tweaking of all of the above.
This often is a very time consuming project, and definitely one that never ends. Luckily there a few short cuts available at every publishers' disposal - enter the widget!
Widgets offer a fast, attractive and easy way to add interactivity to your site, offer constant news headlines, interactive games, calendars, music - whatever you could think of you could probably find a widget that answers your quest.
One example of a widget you could test on our site is our shout box. This widget allows our users to chat in real time with other site visitors, and is not limited to a single screen! It moves with the visitor to which ever page he or she browses to.
If you are looking for some ways to dress up your site with a minimal investment, you should consider adding widgets to your site. But of course, we wouldn't leave you hanging without giving you some links where you could get your own site enhancing widgets. Some of the more popular widget serving sites are listed below:
- Widgetbox - Over 40,000 widgets in the gallery organized by category and tagged by key word. Better yet, this site will also generate your own personalized widget based on an RSS feed you offer or blog you publish on your site.
- Springwidgets - Over 18,000 widget in this popular gallery. Also lets you create your own.
- Yourminis - Smaller gallery, but some nice widgets here too.
- Fancygens - Another small gallery - but very 'unique' widgets. If you haven't found it elsewhere, this might just be the place for you.
Enjoy!
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