Mashable had a great article yesterday on Twitter #Hashtags, what they mean and how to use them. For Twitter users, hashtags represent a powerful way to navigate Twitter’s activity stream, understand trending topics and find interesting users.
Mashable even recommended using Widgetbox to help navigate your Twitter activity:
“Provide a website widget: For anyone who isn’t using or knowledgeable with Twitter, provide an easy conversation tracker tool on your website. You can make one via Widgetbox”
Here’s how you can use hashtags within your Twitter widgets:
1. When creating your Blidget Pro, add …

Yesterday, Widgetbox sent an email to our developers that outlined our ad-compliance policies. There are two primary reasons why we believe ad-compliance is important to the health of the Widgetbox Network: first, there are popular web services and domains that prohibit advertising and we consequently must ensure that our widgets are ad-free. Secondly, since releasing the Widgetbox Pro service, we need to ensure that those widget subscribers are able to have ad-free experiences.
The good news: there has been tremendous demand for Widgetbox Pro accounts by both widget developers and subscribers… …

Exciting news: you can now create Blidgets and Blidget Pros from your Facebook Feed. Add you Twitter activity, blog or RSS feed, and other useful content from across the web and you have the ultimate social media / marketing widget! Here’s how:
1. Install Chia’s Newsfeed RSS App
To get started, you need to allow the new Newsfeed RSS Application on Facebook and grant it access. The application will access your Facebook feed and convert it into an RSS feed. Note: this all occurs on Facebook.com and you will need to login …

This is part three of our series on turning your Blidget Pros into successful, viral Facebook Applications:
1. Beginners’ Guide to creating Facebook Apps
2. Video Tutorial of the Facebook App Creator
3. Advanced Guide to Facebook App customizations (below!)
Once you have turned your Blidget Pro into a Facebook Application, there are several customizations that can make your app more successful on Facebook:
Customize the Application’s About Page
Each Facebook Application has an About Page that includes (see an example here for the American Idol Application)
- A custom image and overview
- Basic statistics (reviews, …

One of the most powerful capabilities of the Blidget Pro is the ability to turn the widget into a fully viral Facebook Application. Below is a video tutorial demonstrating what Blidget Pro Facebook Apps look like and how you can create one.
You can also find a couple examples here:
- Crank High Voltage Facebook App
- American Idol 2009 Facebook App
- Investor Business Daily Facebook App