Google Friend Connect lets you easily add robust, social features to your website Indeed
Google Friend Connect has a lot to offer. You can add these cool
gadgets to your blog and grow you community. There are a bunch of
gadgets as a part of this Friend Connect program but for now we will be
discussing the best ones which can be installed on both blogger blogs
and WordPress. Members:
This
gadget really works well if you want to create your own community. Its
some what same as the Bloggers default "Followers" widget. That's
connected to the friend connect too. Readers can sign in, search other
members and invite friends to join your blog. Its a Pretty productive
gadget i must say.
Social bar:
Social
bar is like the Bloggers Nav Bar, but is a lot different in sense of
what it has to offer. You can either apply it on top of your blog or
bottom. The readers can sign in, comment and can follow the latest
activity of your blog. Many webmaster use this gadget now days.
Comments:
Users
can post comments and video links. A very well managed widget.Visitors
can use the translation feature to read comments in their preferred
language.
A worth using gadget.
Ratings and Reviews:
Users can leave comments and rate your content like photos, books and
songs. You can add multiple rating gadgets for different content on your
page. A fun gadget.Interest Poll:
Now
you can create your own poll using Google Friend connect gadget. Users
can vote after signing in, and their responses are added to their Friend
Connect profiles, making it easier for people to meet and find other
users with similar interests You can customize the options in the poll widget easily. Also, responses are added to their Friend Connect profiles, making it easier for people to meet and find other users with similar interests
Recommendation:
With the help of this widget users can recommend their favorite content of your blog surfacing the most popular posts of your blog. Definitely worth using widget.
Featured Content:
Definitely
one of my favorites. The gadget lets you show up your blogs most
important post or articles and your can display them as your featured
content. This gadget will automatically display content that matches the
interests expressed by your site's visitors. I really look forward to
use this gadget on my blog in future. Newsletter Subscription:
It
lets users subscribe to your blog newsletter and if the user is not a
member of your blog, the gadgets first takes him to the subscribe option
and then further to the newsletter subscription. Extremely useful
widget. You can embed this below your blog posts and through there users
can subscribe to the letters too. Its a great tool. Watch video | Sample site | Get this gadget
Top Ten Members:
By
adding this Google friend connect gadget you can increase the number
of page views quite fast. Its a competition based gadget that displays
your top ten members, views wise. The person with the most views of your
blog is entitled first on the list. Get this gadget
Event:
This gadget lets you promote your events. Members of the even get to know about the details of the event through this widget and this is fully linked with Google calendar. It can be really useful.
Watch video | Sample site | Get this gadget
Let us know:
Google friend connect has really made the work of webmasters easy in an elegant way. Hope to see this great service from Google expanding for ever. Let us know how Google Friend connect has helped you as a webmaster and what Gadget you look forward to the most in future.Thanks
May peace be on all of you!