Posts Tagged ‘Google’

Google Buzz website widget

February 14th, 2010

Google Buzz is barely out 5 days. On day 1 we saw TechCrunch and Mashable integrate some form of Google Buzz buttons that allowed you to “Buzz” their content directly into your BuzzStream.

Today, I have been alerted to what I believe to be the first iteration of a Google Buzz widget for your website or blog.

the Google Buzz Widget from buzzcounter.net

Check it out:

As you can see, the widget is a simple yet powerful tool that can quickly build your Buzz audience. Readers of your site can easily follow you or even comment on your buzzes.
This widget is so easy to setup! Just enter your Google Profile name, click the “Create Widget” button and then copy your code.

The widget obviously cannot display comments to your buzzes due to size constraints. (Robert Scoble comments number in the hundreds)

I think a comment counter on each post would be a nice feature that would definitely increase the likelihood of reader interaction.

This is a JavaScript widget, so there may be some restrictions on where you can place it. However, JavaScript does make it iPad/iPod friendly…if thats what you’re into.

Check out buzzcounter.net

Google “Buzz It” share button

February 12th, 2010

Google Buzz and the Buzz It button:

Google released “Buzz” on Feb 9/10 2010 and it has become very popular. So popular in fact that within hours a “Buzz It” button was created.

This button allows your users to easily share your content on Buzz with a single click.


(found this button on this awesome post about BUZZ on AEXT.net Design Magazine)

You will need to edit the appropriate fields in the code to reflect your website’s info.

Have a blog? Increase your traffic by adding a simple Buzz widget. In your blog’s theme, simply use the following URL (replace the appropriate data):


Mashable’s “Buzz It” button.

Head on over to Mashable, TechCrunch & others to see how their usage of the “Buzz It” button has turned out. (Warning: Mashable sports a GIANT Google Ad near the top of their page that resembles some “Buzz” functionality.)

Google adds chat to Translator toolkit

January 7th, 2010

Knowing that collaboration is a very important aspect to development of any kind, Google has added chat functionality to the Google Translator Toolkit.

Wonder if they considered Wave integration?

Read the full story at: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/chat-on-translator-toolkit.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FMKuf+%28Official+Google+Blog%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Oggchat offers FREE website chat integrated with gmail

January 5th, 2010


Oggchat is a “live” website chat solution that integrates with Google Talk and Gmail.

Simply put. You sign up for an account (Free and Fee based) and set some parameters. Then you paste the Oggchat code into your website and start offering realtime solutions to your customers.

I suspect one drawback would be that Oggchat integration is only available through Google Talk/gmail. So any website organization that isn’t currently using Google will need to create a Google account in order to utilize the Oggchat service. (I am not 100% sure on this as I have not signed up for the service and there is no indication of integration with other IM clients.)

Oggchat says:

OggChat is unique among live chat solutions. It incorporates a customizable client chat window for your website but routes all chat requests to your operators’ GMail accounts. No additional client software is required and you can chat right from GMail or from your Google Talk client.

I can say this though…Gmail does offer awesome features for small business/blog writers. Creating a Google account in order to utilize Oggchat couldn’t hurt.

Oggchat.com

Google Translate Element

December 17th, 2009

google web elements_logo

Google Web Elements has released the Translate Element.

This is a simple copy and paste embed code that adds translation functionality to your web site.

Lets see how it looks and performs.

Correction:
I had to display an image for the Translate button in order to place the actual widget in my sidebar. Otherwise there was a conflict.
google_translate

…Damn…that was fast!
I think the Google Translate Element just kicked the shit out of ConveyThis…sorry guys…but you’re out of here.

I may have to look at some other Google Web Elements.