I never thought I'd see a blog that was dedicated to talking about free website widgets, yet here it is. It's 99 percent widgets and 1 percent something else.

What is the "Best Widgets for free" all about?

The title almost says it all. Some of the best widgets out there are those that feature free services. John picks widgets he's obviously tested. Most, if not all, of them work regardless of what blogging platform you use.

Site Design

It's a Blogger blog, but it's only given away upon first arrival by the URL. John has removed the dashboard bar from the top and specific things that make it look like a Blogger blog. John also made it a point to hack the template so that all the in-post comments would be "dofollow".

I like the design because the sidebars aren't cluttered with all the widgets he writes about. If they were, it would be the slowest loading blog around.

Article and Post Content

I'm not going to pick an article to pick on, if you know what I mean. I'm going to pick a couple of articles that reference widgets I'm interested in.

The "Google Translate Widget" looks like something I could probably put to use. The plugins I've used that purport to do the same thing always seem to stop working correctly, causing more problems than they solve.

I'll have to investigate the "Job Search Box Widget" and widgets like it. I like the pay-per-click advertising model and anything that brings in extra revenue has to be a good thing, as long as it isn't obtrusive.

My Overall Opinion

If you've read my main blog or looked at any of my blogs, you'll know that I'm not fond of widgets that slow the website down. With some newer support plugins, however, that slowness can be made nonexistent.

I hope John keeps working on this blog and finds a lot more interesting widgets to write about. In particular, I want him to find widgets that serve purposes other than eye candy for the casual visitors.

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