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Friday, May 08, 2009
Over the last few weeks,Google Friend Connecthas added several new ways for you to strengthen the community that visits your site. These
gadgets help to make your site more engaging and gives your visitors a new way to interact with
your content and other visitors.
Here is a quick overview of these new gadgets:
Event gadget- Have an upcoming event you want to promote to your community? Embed this gadget on your site to
let members get details about the event, see a map, indicate if they're coming, and see who else
is attending. They can even add the event to their personal Google Calendars with just a click.
Polls gadget- Polls are a fun and easy way for your visitors to express themselves and a great tool for you to
see what your users like. This gadget makes it easy to publish opinion polls and adds a social
element by displaying the faces of the community members and friends who voted on each answer.
Get Answers gadget- Add the Get Answers gadget to your site to encourage visitors to ask questions of the community
and answer questions posed by other community members. This gadget lets visitors browse questions,
submit answers, and vote on answers they think are the best.
Comments gadget- Bring your site to life by adding the comments gadget to your pages. This gadget enables
visitors to post comments and links to videos on your site. Visitors can even use the new
translation feature to read comments in their preferred language.
Check outthe Friend Connect galleryto see these gadgets along with all the other features Friend Connect has to offer. And keep an
eye onthe Social Web Blogfor additional gadgets we'll soon be launching.
Posted by Mendel Chuang, Product Marketing Manager
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