Online Widgets Booming in Popularity · MarketingVOX

Online Widgets Booming in Popularity · MarketingVOX: "Online Widgets Booming in Popularity
Whether from Twitter, MyBlogLog, or embedded YouTube videos, widgets are all the rage these days on blogs and websites. And as widgets become more popular, online heavyweights such as Yahoo and Google are starting to notice, Ad Age reports.
Yahoo will release the next version of its Yahoo Widgets 4.0 on March 22. It also recently purchased MyBlogLog, which has a popular widget that blog owners can add to their blog to show pictures of their recent visitors.
Google, meanwhile, claims to have created over 4,000 'gadgets' to date. Still, not all widgets are welcomed equally.
Twitter, for one, provides a widget that allows a user to post quick 140-character notes letting others know what that person is doing at the time of the post. The service has become wildly popular in recent weeks, but many people question the functionality and need for users to post about even their most banal activities.
Of course, this love/hate relationship has ensured that the widget receives even more attention both from supporters and from detractors. "