You have all seen calendars, currency converters and clocks displayed on webpages. Some of these are designed by the webmaster while others are gadgets that Google has which you can display on your website without any programming. All that you have to do is to copy a piece of code and paste it on your webpage then sit back and watch the your webpage come to life.

Using these web objects on your website for free, you can improve your site with the latest weather forecast, currency converter or mortgage loan calculator to name but a few. These content-rich gadgets catch the interest of your visitors and keeps them coming back

These gadgets are made by ordinary Internet users like you and offer unique, interesting and dynamic content that can be placed on any website for free. You can also add them to your personalized homepage or your computers desktop if you have Google Desktop installed.

They are easy to install. Just select the gadget you want from the directory, customize it to suite your need and then copy-and-paste the HTML into your page’s source code. Reload to see the gadget on your page.

Why not make your own Google gadget?

They are a great way to share information that you care about with other web surfers. Anybody will then be able to place your gadget on their website for other web surfers to see. They are easy to create - anyone with a little web design or programming experience can do it.

To see actual working examples and to get more information, have a look at the the Google gadgets here

James DuPont works for Independent Digital creating dynamic websites and will be happy to help you with your website and WordPress blog. James can be contacted via the Independent Digital contact form. See http://www.idig.za.net

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