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Embedded media - widgets!

Courtesy of the guys at Widgetbox I’ve been exploring what’s available out there to embed and add value to visitors.  The answer is, unsuprisingly, “what isn’t available out there”.   I picked up couple of examples at random that I thought were interesting.  Added value?  Well…

Get the Sizzling Gadgets by Retrevo widget and many other great [...]

12,000 laptops LOST every week in US airports

This story caught my eye - quite possibly as I’m flying tomorrow… 12,000 laptops EVERY WEEK, that’s 624,000 per year, or one for every 500 people. 
What’s even more astonishing is that 70% of those aren’t reclaimed.  Is everyone feeling that flush despite the crunch?
Ironically, 40% of the lost laptops are left at the security checkpoints. [...]

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As an example of the data that a server can already pick up from a simple visit, have a look at the table below (visit a couple of those sites and come back and see the difference).
I’ve also added a widget to the right of this page which shows some of the other (quite simple) [...]




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