This topic deserves a sticky since it's one of the most frequently asked questions. In addition, we apologize for the recently slow submission process that's been occurring partially due to the holidays. We appreciate your patience and are doing our best to ensure that all your submissions are going through. Trust me, we want your gadgets in our directory!
In the meantime, there are other ways to promote your gadget. See my response below from a previous discussion thread.
This seems to be one of the most frequently asked questions. Unfortunately, I won't be able to provide a concrete answer to this. Generally speaking, gadget submissions must go through a complex process in order to prevent malicious, illegal, etc. gadgets from polluting the directory. As a result, the amount of time it takes for your gadget to show up is not finite. It may take a week and a half or more. Most importantly, you want people to actively use your gadget. Here's a reiteration of what's stated in our FAQ:
In conclusion, gadget submissions do not solely depend on time. One of the most important factors is users. While you're patiently waiting for your gadget to show up, follow some of the steps listed above and promote your gadget if you haven't done so already. The more people are using your gadget, the better! --
You can also submit to programmableweb.com, particularly if your gadget uses multiple APIs (e.g. it's a blog search, flickr-related, etc.)
Gadgets there get decent publicity.
What I usually do after creating a gadget is to create an HTML page with it embedded (showing off various user preferences, if relevant) & add to google buttons, submit it to programmableweb, and email it out to friends.
Can other developers post their promotion techniques as well? This is a great opportunity to educate less experienced gadget authors on the best ways to promote a gadget.
Thanks!
Dann
On Jan 8, 6:43 pm, "Pamela Fox" <pamela....@gmail.com> wrote:
> You can also submit to programmableweb.com, particularly if your gadget uses > multiple APIs (e.g. it's a blog search, flickr-related, etc.)
> Gadgets there get decent publicity.
> What I usually do after creating a gadget is to create an HTML page with it > embedded (showing off various user preferences, if relevant) & add to google > buttons, > submit it to programmableweb, and email it out to friends.
> Can other developers post their promotion techniques as well? This is > a great opportunity to educate less experienced gadget authors on the > best ways to promote a gadget.
> Thanks!
> Dann
> On Jan 8, 6:43 pm, "Pamela Fox" <pamela....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > You can also submit to programmableweb.com, particularly if your gadget uses > > multiple APIs (e.g. it's a blog search, flickr-related, etc.)
> > Gadgets there get decent publicity.
> > What I usually do after creating a gadget is to create an HTML page with it > > embedded (showing off various user preferences, if relevant) & add to google > > buttons, > > submit it to programmableweb, and email it out to friends.
I started a Blogger Blog for my Gadgets (a Gadgets Blog) and syndicated the feed using Feedburner and been using Google Pages to Demo them (add as a gadget). The feed seems quite popular (Feedburner has lots of promo options), and some of the new additions to the New Blogger (if going that route) may help organize and sort them add labels etc. Also, allowing comments and back links may help discover issues, feature requests, and/or gadget popularity etc...
> Can other developers post their promotion techniques as well? This is > a great opportunity to educate less experienced gadget authors on the > best ways to promote a gadget.
> Thanks!
> Dann
> On Jan 8, 6:43 pm, "Pamela Fox" <pamela....@gmail.com> wrote: > > You can also submit to programmableweb.com, particularly if your gadget uses > > multiple APIs (e.g. it's a blog search, flickr-related, etc.)
> > Gadgets there get decent publicity.
> > What I usually do after creating a gadget is to create an HTML page with it > > embedded (showing off various user preferences, if relevant) & add to google > > buttons, > > submit it to programmableweb, and email it out to friends.
On Jan 9, 3:54 am, "Dann (Google Employee)" <d...@google.com> wrote:
> Can other developers post their promotion techniques as well? This is > a great opportunity to educate less experienced gadget authors on the > best ways to promote a gadget.
I've already got a gadget in the directory. Would it be OK to use it as a platform for promoting a new gadget? Perhaps by adding an 'Add to Google' button? The new gadget is more or less on the same topic.
The answer is yes. It's great to promote your other gadgets, and the MiniMessage library (http://www.google.com/apis/gadgets/ui.html#Mini) would be one great way to do it. However, keep in mind that in-gadget promotions and ads can potentially negatively alter the user experience. This would translate to a loss of users, which is bad and may decrease your rankings in the directory. Yet, there are ways to make it less infringing. One rule of thumb, if you do decide add in- gadget promotions, consider making it optional so that users can easily turn it off if they don't want it. Otherwise, I'd say go for it.
Cheers!
Dann
On Jan 29, 2:23 am, "voorwiel" <voorw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 9, 3:54 am, "Dann (Google Employee)" <d...@google.com> wrote:
> > Can other developers post their promotion techniques as well? This is > > a great opportunity to educate less experienced gadget authors on the > > best ways to promote a gadget.I've already got a gadget in the directory. Would it be OK to use it > as a platform for promoting a new gadget? Perhaps by adding an 'Add to > Google' button? The new gadget is more or less on the same topic.
> The answer is yes. It's great to promote your other gadgets, and the > MiniMessage library (http://www.google.com/apis/gadgets/ui.html#Mini) > would be one great way to do it. However, keep in mind that in-gadget > promotions and ads can potentially negatively alter the user > experience. This would translate to a loss of users, which is bad and > may decrease your rankings in the directory. Yet, there are ways to > make it less infringing. One rule of thumb, if you do decide add in- > gadget promotions, consider making it optional so that users can > easily turn it off if they don't want it. Otherwise, I'd say go for > it.
> Cheers!
> Dann
> On Jan 29, 2:23 am, "voorwiel" <voorw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Jan 9, 3:54 am, "Dann (Google Employee)" <d...@google.com> wrote:
> > > Can other developers post their promotion techniques as well? This is > > > a great opportunity to educate less experienced gadget authors on the > > > best ways to promote a gadget.I've already got a gadget in the directory. Would it be OK to use it > > as a platform for promoting a new gadget? Perhaps by adding an 'Add to > > Google' button? The new gadget is more or less on the same topic.
