Talk:Web widget
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After all that, I have no clue what a web widget is.138.163.0.42 15:36, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
Citations showing first large scale distribution of widgets to the masses on the Internet. Miniclip's Dancing Bush game was freely syndicated to all websites via a portable chunk of code (widget):
- Wall St. Journal, Jan., 2002 article referring to 2001 Dancing Bush sensation: http://www.domainmart.com/news/WSJ_ecommerce-marketing2.htm
- Library of Cogress, archive, Oct, 23, 2001 : http://wasearch.loc.gov/sep11/2001*sa_/dancingbush.com/ clearly shows Dancing Bush freely syndicated via the widget code: "Put on your site for free" widget code link under Dancing Bush game. This is the earliest archived example of a large website freely offering widgets.
- Google: Go to google and type in "dancing bush" to see the thousands of websites that Dancing Bush was syndicated to via the widget code.
- Comscore Media Metrix Industry reports: http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?id=254 showing Miniclip as a top newcomer to the Internet (a major website) in 2001 with over 1 million users.
- Dancing Bush game with 2001 copyright notice and syndication widget code link under the "more" button: "Put this on your website for free" http://www.miniclip.com/games/dancing-bush/en/
- Alexa shows Miniclip to be in existance before any other the sites mentioned in this article. http://www.alexaholic.com/miniclip.com+netvibes.com+pageflakes.com+flickr.com+youtube.com
- Uproar's S1 filing for its 2000 NASDAQ listing confirms that the company had 15,200 sites carrying the Trivia Blitz widget on December 31, 1998 and 36,100 sites as of December 31, 1999 (referred to as affiliate program in filing). http://sec.edgar-online.com/2000/03/13/17/0000950116-00-000501/Section12.asp
- The 1997 Trivia Blitz widget launch date is based on my first hand experience (I was VP Marketing at Uproar from 1997-2000).
- A Google search of the term "TriviaBlitz" shows many sites (Tripod, Geocities) that still carry the code (though Uproar no longer serves the game so these are essentially dead pages).
Seanwellis (talk) 01:37, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
