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End of the World Cup - a history of the recent present

Friday, 15. December 2006, 17:31:01

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Well, we're coming to the end of the Widget World Cup. It's been a rollercoaster - here's a rundown of the things I've done in the name of promotion.

Firstly, highlights:
  • Wrangled a free plug on the front page of AccuWeather.com!
  • Pulled a few strings at scotsman.com, and got an article written up about it.
  • Got posted by a friend (to avoid accusations of self-promotion spam) on Digg
  • Also friend-posted to Newsvine
  • Posted on various weather forums, such as UKWeatherWorld
  • Three significant releases - 1.0, 1.1, and 1.12
  • Got a total of around 23,000 downloads (more on this below)


And the lowlights too:
  • Didn't get many Diggs or Newsvine votes!
  • Shocked to find that widgets.opera.com counted only 14,000 unique downloads (the weekly stats page recorded about 4,000 per week, which sounds about right, but the other lead widget only gets another 200 per week, and yet has a 21,000 total?)


Anyway, it's been a blast. Thanks to The Shaved Mammoth Collective (word!), to Pam13, to Carla, Brian and Justin at Accuweather, to everyone at Opera Widgets and especially to everyone who downloaded.

The things that turn up...Repton Fusion - the technical bits

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