Comments for Website Traffic 101, Mar 06 at http://www.iowasource.com , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.iowasource.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:58:02 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.iowasource.com/internet_computing/webmeister_0306.html#comment-201 A web widget is a mini-web application you can put in your web page, blog or social profile that can quickly and easily provide your visitors with, user specific information , extra functionality, and even a bit of fun and games. A widget is available in a ready-to-use formats and are visually attractive and customizable by the user. It takes the form of pictures, graphs, statistics, summary, or just numbers. Its a snippet of HTML code which is available from the the website which hosts the widget. you can "copy" that code and "embed" in your web page. Web Stats( http://webseomasters.com/ ) is offering a widget that provides important information about who is visiting your blog or website. An entry is posted to the widget every time a person arrives at your website and again when the person leaves. Web Stats entries list referring web site where your visitors came from, what was their post of interest, and their geographical location. To visualize the gadget, also posts a little flag near every entry to indicate what country each visitor is from. The offered widgets are all free and you register to get them for your blog or website. They are also extremely lightweight and won’t slow your site down. If you’re a Blogger or Typepad user you can install any of the widgets with one click. If you use a different blogging platform or website, you can simply cut and paste the provided script into your blog template or website HTML. Live Web stats will appear in the position you paste the script. - helena Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:11:03 +0100