Bridget Jones meets Google Gadgets

Posted by Passion Paprika | 8:49 AM | Monday, January 8 | | 0 comments »

Wondering why I used this title? Well all your doubts will be cleared as you read the post. Google has come up with amazing gadgets you can use for your website. There are about 2730 odd gadgets to choose from. They have been divided into several categories like finance, communication, tools, news, fun and games etc.

Using these on your site is really easy. Search for the gadget you require on your blog either by going through the various topics or by using the search bar on top and then just click on add to your website, you will be lead to a page where you can customize it according to your blog, depending on the nature of the tool and then you just click on get the code and voila, you gadget is ready to be added to your blog.

Here are a few interesting gadgets.

This cool tool will help you locate any songs lyrics that you want. How will it be useful you ask, imagine you are listening to Pandora and you come across a song that you really like. Simply type the name of the song and artist and you have the lyrics right there infront of you.







Here is a good gadget for a travel blog, a currency converter.



This tool helps you get recipes from the web. A nice addition to your recipe site.



If you are not that great with colors or colorblind, you can use this next tool to pimp up your blog.



And for those still wondering what the title means, here is the hint - Weightloss. It doesn't get easier than this. This tool is awesome and can be customized to your individual height and weight and if you excercise or not and will tell you how many calories you need to sustain.



Well I like the gadgets, I don't know why Google hasn't provided a better way to customize it according to your site. There are so many options to choose from and each one is slightly different than the other. It's very easy to use, 3 steps and then you have a gadget on your site. I haven't faced any issues with these gadgets on my other sites. All in all a good experience but I still can't get over the lack of customization options.

Moo Score: MOOO out of MOOOOO (3 out of 5)

Is the title still vague? Well here is a video that will explain it to you. Please listen carefully to resolution number one.


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