I work in widgets. It’s an amusing phrase that, to the last generation on myriad economic examples, referred to the supply and demand for widgets as an abstraction for items of value. I get the feeling that they are looking for me to be wearing an Acme shirt, rather than a GoDaddy.com one, to back this up. One part that hasn’t changed is the adding of value. It’s the aim of the widget team to, as Bill said in his Introduction, to make the parts of Go Daddy you use the most accessible everywhere.

So far we’ve created several widgets for use with Google IG and search, add-ons for Vista, and two Facebook Applications. You can say hello to our little friends below. We’ll be posting more on each of these items in the future. If you have any questions in the meantime, feel free to comment on this post, or on the applications comment section within Facebook if applicable.

• iGoogle Domain Search Gadget ( search from domains within your Google homepage)
• Quick Blogcast for Facebook ( Share your blog within Facebook.
• Domain Center for Facebook ( Domain suggestions and search based on your Facebook Profile)
• Vista Domain Search Sidebar Gadget ( Domain search on your Vista sidebar)
• Google Domain Search Subscribed Link (Domain search within Google Search)

The latter we’ve just launched. It is so new that it may not yet have found its way into the directory. This is a useful tool for anyone that’s in the habit of checking the availability of domain names as they pop into their head. Yep, no need to change gears to go our main site, change the dropdown on the Firefox search, or fiddle with drop down menus just to pick the tld. Just type in the domain name wanted, without the ‘www’, into your Google search, et voila, your results appear within the search. If the domain is available, you can add it directly to your cart from the results.

John
Widget Wrangler.