WhyPark Insider: WhyPark Hacks: Customize Sites with Google Gadgets

Thursday, July 3, 2008

WhyPark Hacks: Customize Sites with Google Gadgets

Google Gadgets are an easy way to customize WhyPark sites. With over 46,000 gadgets to choose from there is a gadget for every site. The screen shots in this post are links to the corresponding site, so click away to see the gadgets in your own browser.

The Google Gadget home page is where you can search for a gadget appropriate to your site. Just enter a search term like bible, stock quote, forex quote or RSS feed and customize the gadget for your site.

Google Gadget Search Page

I like what a WhyPark customer did with the site Go Telepresence. He added an RSS news feed gadget in the upper left corner of the site which displays continuous live news on Telepresence conferencing. He's done other modifications to enhance the site, like adding an "advertise here banner" which takes a visitor to a site that lists all his telepresence domains, ad pricing and a tool to create a banner ad. He's also added a banner ad for his Telepresence Forum site. When you look at this site, it's pretty amazing to think for $1 per domain he's able to build a site that is engaging to a visitor, useful for advertisers and promotes his forum.

The idea to use Google Gadgets to customize WhyPark sites wasn't mine. It came from Wayne who notified me of his RSS feed gadget on his telepresence site. I took three sites to show how gadgets can be used on almost any domain.

BibleBees.com, a gadget with a Bible verse that changes daily

StudyStocks.com, an interactive real time stock quote gadget

BookForex.com, a gadget that displays major foreign currency quotes

By editing the HTML layout section of any domain you can easily paste the java script gadget code. I simply replaced the [[image]] place holder with the gadget code. You could have just as easily put the gadget above the site articles or in the side bar next to the related articles. Over 46,000 gadgets and access to each sites HTML code, you only limited by your imagination and HTML skills. And, my HTML skills are below basic!

From Comments below: Here's a little link love

Anwar said...: Check out some of my websites customized on whypark

http://www.proxydrom.com

http://www.pfcstation.com

http://www.elaab.net

http://www.24img.com; January 4, 2009 1:52 PM

3 comments:

Mark said...: From http://www.Namepros.com (Domain Forum)

OK, just about done for now.... LOL

I cut the articles down a bit - hoping with a little less relevant info and content on the sites, visitors may find and use the Ads easier....

We'll track the changes (and conversions) over the next month now that I have a decent baseline and I'll post on what we find.

Here's the bottom line changes to the "stock" Whypark template just for this domain - http://www.Go Telepresence.com

1). Adsense "text link" only block added to left side articles
2). Adsense "text and image" block added to top center
3). Adsense "text and image" block added to bottom center
3). "Advertise Here" banner added to top center
4). "Go Telepresence" banner added to top center
5). "yourminis" widget RSS feed added to left articles
6). Amazon sale widget added to left articles
7). Telepresence Today "Whypark text link" added to left articles
8). Google "custom search" added to both top and bottom Adsense "text and image" blocks
9). "Telepresence Forum" banner added to center
10). Four custom article pages added to Whypark center - including "Domain for Sale" page, two "Commentary" pages and a "Direct to Forum" page.

That's about it for now....

I'm gonna’ leave it alone and let it work. I sent a half dozen "website reviewers" over to the domain, and none of them could tell it was a "parked" domain.... and that's exactly what I wanted.

http://www.GoTelepresence.com

Thanks for all the feedback and pointers folks (there are many!) - You all helped me get it right to where I wanted it - tweaking the other 300+ domains will be a cinch now.

When I started this thread, I was excited about the possibilities with Whypark vs Sedo, Parked, NameDrive and others. I can honestly say now that I've gone through some of the growing pains of "parked" domains - my original excitement hasn't been tempered. In fact, I'm more excited now then before. I see the results. I see the money. I see the return.

Peace!

L2; July 10, 2008 1:40 PM
Tim_Myth said...: The gadget hacks are very good mods to add to your sites. Here's a few others you might be interested in: How to do thinsg with your whypark account; August 22, 2008 9:04 AM
Anwar said...: Check out some of my websites customized on whypark

http://www.proxydrom.com

http://www.pfcstation.com

http://www.elaab.net

http://www.24img.com; January 4, 2009 1:52 PM