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What are widgets? YouTube videos demonstrate

February 29th, 2008

by Al Merkrebs, February 29, 2008 @ 12:45 p.m. PST

Did you know that YouTube, according to the Alexa ratings, ranks #2 for ALL traffic on the Internet? Yahoo.com is #1. Both of those ratings surprised me. YouTube’s rating actually makes it the #1 social network.

So I searched YouTube for “widgets,” expecting to find maybe 10-15 video clips. The result: 1,690 videos. OK, I know that some of these are videos about dogs or guys named “widget,” but most of them were actually ABOUT WIDGETS. That’s pretty impressive.

Anyway, I found one that I think is quite good, named “What are Web widgets?” made by Robin Good. I’ve embedded it here for you to take a look at.

This video is the first in a series of five. The other four are also quite good. You can find all five just by searching YouTube for Web widgets, or use this link.

If nothing else, these kinds of clips show the power of video to teach. So play these clips above and let me know what you think.

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