What the heck is a widget?

15 years ago

One definition for widget is a tool available in some blogs. I don't know of any other definition. What does wikipedia say?

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kf

15 years ago

Web definitions for widget
doodad: something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be ...
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Not only downloadable ...

wid·get

1 : gadget
2 : an unnamed article considered for purposes of hypothetical example

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new2ebiz

15 years ago

Originally Posted by kf

Web definitions for widget
doodad: something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket";

wid·get
1 : gadget

OK, a Thingamajig and whatyamacallit!

Sorry, couldn't help it.

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Kay King 15 years ago

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- newBum76 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kay King
  
  Goober and BlueFart are the equivalent of the Warrior secret handshake
  
  Yeah that reminds, me I don't know what BlueFart means either! Please share the inside joke with me so I can be as cool as everyone else! lol
  
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anth.elias 15 years ago

I know one thing for sure, I hate the term, I can't stand it.

It drives me nuts a piece of code or a plugin of any type is not a widget and it shouldn't be associated with something that is nothing or unnamed the code has a name and we know what it is and what the code does, otherwise we would not sticking it on our Wordpess blogs or what ever.
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- Paul Myers 15 years ago
  
  I know one thing for sure, I hate the term, I can't stand it.
  
  Yeah, well, life is full of disappointments. Get over it. Or don't. That's up to you.
  
  Widget, gizmo, gadget, doodad, thingamabob, dingus, doohickey, thingie and occasionally whatsis, whatchamacallit, or whoozis. All used to discuss a situation or process involving some item without getting distracted by the specific characteristics of the item.
  
  The term widget is the most popular, and was around in that use long before blogs were even thought of. It will still be around when blogs have been replaced by whatever replaces them.
  
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  scraggz 15 years ago
  
  Darn, I thought it was a small crawling animal!!:confused:
  
  Either way I can sell you one, or many if you like!
  
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AmyBrown

15 years ago

The use of widget came well before internet marketing and downloadable products. My economics professor used the term extensively 20 years ago.

Here's a definition from wiktionary: An unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.

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newBum76

15 years ago

Originally Posted by The Oilman

I think I know what one is --- its a tiny little java doo-dad on a website.

But why the HECK does every internet-marketing "Goober" always talk about selling "widgets"?

IS a widget just a broad term for any downloadable item ??

What I wanna know is what the heck a "goober" is. I see everyone throwing this term around on here and apparently it's assumed that everyone knows what it means.....except for me!

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AmyBrown

15 years ago

Originally Posted by newBum76

What I wanna know is what the heck a "goober" is. I see everyone throwing this term around on here and apparently it's assumed that everyone knows what it means.....except for me!

This forum currently substitutes "Goober" when g-u-r-u is typed.

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newBum76 15 years ago

Originally Posted by AmyBrown

This forum currently substitutes "Goober" when g-u-r-u is typed.

Why? What's wrong with g-u-r-u?
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- Loren Woirhaye 15 years ago
  
  Alfred Hitchcock referred to the plot object characters battle over
  as "the McGuffin" - the diamond, the nuclear bomb, the micro-film,
  The Maltese Falcon. It's a plot device with no value other than
  to be a nexus of conflict.
  
  A widget, as other posters say, is whatever you make and want
  to sell. To me it implies something mechanical with spinning parts,
  some sort of gadget.
  
  In terms of 2-step direct response marketing the term "Widget"
  is the thing you give away to get people to respond to your
  ad. ie. "7 Things You Need To Do Right Now To Prevent Your Death"
  
  People request the widget and then you go on to sell them your
  cryogenic-freezing services.
  
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  Martin Luxton 15 years ago
  
  A widget is something in Wordpress that never does what I tell it to do.
  
  Widgets only obey my web designer and mad scientists.
  
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Jill Carpenter

15 years ago

Originally Posted by newBum76

What I wanna know is what the heck a "goober" is. I see everyone throwing this term around on here and apparently it's assumed that everyone knows what it means.....except for me!

Guru's hate blackhat marketing. Does this help?

ROFLMBO

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Martin Luxton 15 years ago

Originally Posted by avenuegirl

ROFLMBO

Jill,

Can ladies do this, too?

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- mikeyman120 15 years ago
  
  I know of 2 widgets.
  
  The widget in wordpress that is a module add on.
  
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  Here's a definition from wiktionary: An unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product. as mentioned above by AmyBrown
  
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newBum76

15 years ago

Originally Posted by avenuegirl

Goober's hate BlueFart marketing. Does this help?

ROFLMBO

It'd be nice if you actually explained what those terms mean so I can see what's so funny, thanks.

Or is it something for the purpose of making fun of noobs and I just walked into a trap?

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AmyBrown

15 years ago

Originally Posted by newBum76

It'd be nice if you actually explained what those terms mean so I can see what's so funny, thanks.

Or is it something for the purposes of making fun of noobs and I just walked into a trap?

bluefart = black-hat

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Jill Carpenter

15 years ago

Originally Posted by newBum76

It'd be nice if you actually explained what those terms mean so I can see what's so funny, thanks.

Or is it something for the purpose of making fun of noobs and I just walked into a trap?

I would point you to the discussion thread but the one I want to show you went poof.

There is a special function you can program into the script that runs on this forum. The owner of the forum can make certain words change into other words.

Recently, b-l-a-c-k-h-a-t items were getting out of control and so the term is now replaced with blackhat. Just try typing the term above without the dashes in it and when you publish it will turn into the other word.

Same with guru which is g-u-r-u without the dashes in it.

So there is your secret handshake.

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Emmanuel Betinis

15 years ago

A "thing".

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seasoned

15 years ago

Widget is a VERY old term! It just means THING and is often used to illustrate marketing, accounting, and manufacturing.

Amy,

So there is NO distinction between blue fart and black hat? It looked like blue fart was a PARTICULAR black hat technique. I was not diligent enough to wade through the garbage to find out.

Steve

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AmyBrown

15 years ago

Steve,

I don't believe it refers to a particular technique. A more specific answer to newBum76 is that currently on this forum typing black-hat (w/o the hyphen) results in blackhat being displayed.

Amy

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deanmoney 15 years ago

He is the world watcher.
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