Free ratings and reviews plugin... from google.

[RuralWeb]

you want to go for the cheap-skate method

I would not describe it as that really - its horses for courses. Im just about to add both the review and the social widget to the clients site that I have just had a meeting about because he is interested in making more of a community rather than anything else (he is already at N01 on G for all his products so it will make no difference). For sites who need that SEO boost then Codepaths solution is the best IMO.

As with all tools people need to decide which is best for thier site - but things like this will only grow so thanks Gabe

[grantglendinnin]

I never said google was great? FFs what is it with people around here these days.

I assure you I wasn't taking a personal dig Darren.

The web community go on about Google like it's the dogs bollocks. Let's face it, I don't even want to know what filth I'll come across if I search for that phrase with their search engine. Google are throwing millions into these 'social' features yet can't even get the fundamentals right - that's the point I was making

[Darren B]

They are no different to any other SE, it is always the problem, the bigger you get the more people will find fault, there is not an SE that does not suffer from these issues.

MSN, Google, Yahoo they are all the same, the problem is filtering, it go's against the fundamentals of the internet, it is suppose to be completely free. Is this right or wrong, i dont really care thats for someone else to make those decisions if people think so then they have the option to create their own plenty have already.

Unfortunately "spying" as it has been mentioned, is the only way to gather data, perhaps this information will lead to better results, perhaps they will remove pornographic sites from the friends system as i said before who knows, but if people think the information googles holds is bad, you really want to be more concerned about your own goverment and the US. IMHO them knowing about my bank account my travel plans e.tc are personally more damaging considering they cant even look after the information.

[Darren B]

worth a read i think http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/davos/7861090.stm

[gabrielcrowe]

thanks for the idea about looking for tits in google.

helped me a lot.

[fergusw]

thanks for the idea about looking for tits in google.

helped me a lot.

LOL

You just reminded me of an old post - and a link to tits

[fergusw]

Old post had a great link to ascii star wars animation if I recall, posted by Lee.

[Mark H]

"And we all know exactly what they find"

Pictures of the things that most of them have been hanging off for the first 6 months of their lives. I think kids are quite familiar with them even without Google

[gabrielcrowe]

dammit, the forum archived the post and bungled the code tags, effectively destroying the layout of the art there.

[leehack]

Pictures of the things that most of them have been hanging off for the first 6 months of their lives.

I'm 35 and still love to get near a pair.

[RuralWeb]

Heres another reason not to use it. Because the two widgets are java script fed then the pqge load sequence is HTML page then review widget then social widget which is fine.

The problem comes when you try and use the browser back button - the first click removes the review widget the next click removes the social widget and the third click moves the page back - now how annoying is that going to be to visitors to the site.

You can see it happening on Darrens site http://www.kitesrus.co.uk/acatalog/P...html#aVMPL1340

[Darren B]

Mal what browser was that in, Seems fine in FF or i miss understood what you ment

[Darren B]

I'm 35 and still love to get near a pair.

hmmmmm i have worked with a pair on more than one occasion, but im forty in a couple of weeks and i still love a pair aswell

[RuralWeb]

Using ie7. I fitted it to a clients site and he noticed that the back button had stopped working!

[Duncan Rounding]

I just tried it too and had the same issue with ie7. Great idea but no good as it stands.