Widgetbox » blogging http://blog.widgetbox.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:06:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Announcing the Widgetbox Blog Network – Join Today! http://blog.widgetbox.com/2008/09/announcing-the-widgetbox-blog-network-join-today/ http://blog.widgetbox.com/2008/09/announcing-the-widgetbox-blog-network-join-today/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:03:16 +0000 Jillian Jones http://blog.widgetbox.com/?p=278 Widgetbox is excited to announce the launch of the Widgetbox Blog Network – a collection of blogs and bloggers connected by a single widget and across 29 channels of content. Widgetbox already has a strong presence on blogs (see below) and the Blog Network is an opportunity to connect blogs, bloggers and audiences:

- Widgetbox has widgets on over 250,000 unique blogs
- Blidgets have been served over 1.5 BILLION (!) times
- Widgetbox now reaches over 65 million unique each month (verified by Quantcast)

Widgetbox Network

Here’s how it works:

Let’s imagine that you are a huge Paris Hilton fan and an avid celebrity news blogger. You would join the Celebrity Channel and place the widget in your blog’s template (widget shown below). On each page view, new blog posts are dynamically presented from other bloggers also in the Celebrity Channel – and likewise, your blog posts appear on their pages… effectively driving highly relevant traffic across the network and taking advantage of Widgetbox’s large audience / community.

On your blog, the widget will actually be customized to display a badge of your blog and its rank within the Channel!

Widgetbox Blog Network Home

Joining is easy:

1. Visit http://www.widgetbox.com/network and select the Channel that fits your blog
2. Click the Join This Network button, select your blidget (or create one) and then grab the Channel Widget’s code
3. Add the code to your blog template and press activate

That’s it. Your content will now be automatically populated in the widget and you will begin to see new streams of traffic.

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Must Haves

If you have a blog, these three widgets are necessary additions to your blog’s template. Each widget is customizable, showcases your content and drives traffic back to your blog!

The Blidget
Making a blidget is simple: enter your blog’s URL, customize and embed! Widgetbox has served over 1.5 billion blidgets:

The Blog Badge
Use your blog to build your brand and promote your content on other internet sites such as Digg, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.

Widgetbox Blog Network: Channel Widgets
Widgetbox launched the Widgetbox Blog Network last week with 29 channels of blog categories. Pick your channel, add the widget to your blog template and your blog posts will be featured across other blogs in your channel.

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Content Additions

Surround your blog posts with other relevant, interesting content around the web:

Twitter Badge

Skype Me Button

RSS Feed Scroller

Digg Ticker

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Social Sharing

You spend time writing on your blog… use these widgets to submit your content to social websites that will share your blog with 1,000s of users:

Social Sharing Badge

Digg This

Facebook Share

StumbleUpon

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