Hi Nolybab, Unfortunately, we're not adding additional gadgets to the current promotion. However, there may be the possibility to add your gadget to the Editor's Picks section of the directory, or a future promotion. If you'd like to send me an email when your gadget is completed, I can pass it along to the appropriate parties, but I can't promise anything.
Regarding the exposure of social gadgets in the directory, we're looking into a number of ways to increase visibility, including a 'Social' category, but I don't have anything specific to share at the moment. The iGoogle developer blog (http:// igoogledeveloper.blogspot.com/) and forum (http://groups.google.com/ group/google-gadgets-api) will likely have announcements around these changes, when they happen. Thanks, Dan On Aug 27, 12:01 pm, nolybab <thardin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Arne, > > I am working now on an OpenSocial gadget to run specifically in > iGoogle that we hope to have completed within the next few weeks. We > noticed that on the iGoogle start page, the link "New! Add social > gadgets to post updates and play games with friends," takes me to a > featured gadget page that only lists about 20 social gadgets. How > would one go about getting an opensocial gadget featured on that page? > Also, will Google be adding a 'Social' category to the gadget > directory listings anytime soon? > > Thanks, > Nolybab > > On Aug 12, 8:48 pm, Arne Roomann-Kurrik <api.kur...@google.com> wrote: > > > Hi everyone! > > > If you follow the official Google blog, you may have noticed a story > > posted today about iGoogle launching support for social > > gadgets:http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-scream-you-scream-we-all-scr... > > > What may not be immediately obvious from the post is that iGoogle > > supports social gadgets through the OpenSocial specification, meaning > > that the same APIs you use to write orkut, MySpace, hi5, Netlog, Hyves > > (etc, etc) applications are available to develop on for iGoogle, > > including the REST/RPC APIs introduced in 0.8. iGoogle has supported > > OpenSocial in its sandbox for a long time now, but today is the first > > day where end users will finally be able to use these gadgets on a > > wide scale (currently in Australia and the US, other countries to > > follow shortly). > > > If you're interested in how iGoogle's implementation of OpenSocial > > works, there's a blogpost on the iGoogle developer blog which should > > be > > informative:http://igoogledeveloper.blogspot.com/2009/08/igoogle-is-social-being..... > > As always, Google employees like myself will be monitoring this group > > if you have any additional questions. > > > Happy coding! > > ~Arne --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenSocial Application Development" group. To post to this group, send email to opensocial-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to opensocial-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
