or Widgets Lab Avatar`s Blog Post  #500

Woah.

Quite hard to believe that a whole year has passed since i joined Derek into Widgets Lab and i first introduced myself to this blog.

Many things have changed since then. i have not yet managed to revive Bloggeratto completely or unveil my personal blog again but i did completed the transition from working in a business i had (cybercafe/ repair shop/ pc building) to live of Writing and of the web. so my main goal was archived in that year that has passed.

But not only a year has passed. just a little over a year and i managed to do 500 posts into this blog. not bad at all but it is interesting to note that i did half of that amount in the last 4 months alone when i started to take over  for the most part from Derek for reasons is not my right to say but his.

Just a month ago we reached 1000 blog posts in Widgets Lab and since that has happened i have seen the blog keeping up to the promise of growing at a 1% a day goal i had set for it. something that makes me very happy.

We are now really really close to get the new Widgets Lab on track and finally take sponsorships that should go fast because i am going to set them at a low price and there will only be 10 of them. if you want to inquiry me on that. you can do so at  AvatarX@live.com

There is still some surprises and now we look forward to the second anniversary of Widgets Lab in the fall. so the blog is not going anywhere. it will get a even faster posting pace, more original content with a even better quality (will edit and re-edit to make that possible if needed)

I do not take lightly how insane the Widget market has become and how the lines on what a widget is are blurring more and more. that is something i plan to take on without diluting the focus of this blog. more announcements to follow later.

Thank You for a year of good Blogging Experience. now lets go for a even better second one.

(unless Derek fires me or something)

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I wanted to make a short heads up to everyone on what is happening with Widgets Lab and where is Derek, Widgets Lab Founder and Lead Blogger.

Derek is the voice

First of all, Derek has not gone anywhere. while brief, you can still see his posts, it is just that he is quite busy lately in his day job, but no worries, he is not going anywhere and i have not replaced him as some messages i received implied. i am just taking care of the Blog because that is what he trusted me to do but Derek is still at charge and always will be in charge of Widgets Lab.

The Blog beats hard, we will make it beat faster.

We have been thinking on the blog and how to improve it and we have done what we thought is best as the Blog has grown at a sure, even if slow pace. now, we have decided it`s time to start accelerating the process so we will revamp Widgets Lab little by little so it gets better,  faster and can offer even more content.

Advertising in Widgets Lab

Widgets Lab continues to receive advertising. so please inquire if interested, we maintain that we are the biggest and most up to date widget related blog right now and we will continue to be so.
Widgets lab reaches a very focused and desirable niche market that is seeing a incredible growth and that is getting so big that it has become our greatest motivation to up the pace soon, so we can keep up with it.

Considering this, we are gonna also revamp out advertising options and pricing structure with more ways to serve advertising to the interested  and to offer more value at a lower cost in this very focused niche market we are in. That doesn’t`t mean you have to wait to ask, you can inquire now.

The Future is reaching us faster

In the time  Widgets Lab has existed, the landscape of widgets has changed dramatically and the lines on what is a widget have been blurred so much, we even got mixed terms like Widget-App and Widgetized Apps to try to put sense to them. and not only that. they have jumped from being a web only thing to be everywhere, to the desktop, to mobiles and into Hardware. We know this.

And that is why we are covering those angles too and will find a way to better convey and categorize widgets in those contexts, so that calls for the renovation of the blog and extending the way you can find and interact with the posts. we know that and that has been considered.

Looking up to later

We got surprises this year for the blog and I hope everyone interested in widgets jumps on for the ride.

Thanks. I hope this answers your questions as regular visitors or as participants of the widgetsphere.

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