Reading through as much of the Google Friend Connect and OpenSocial documentation as I could handle, I’ve made some progress into customizing a few interesting widgets.

The Friend Connect API is a very neat organized structure that parrallels OpenSocial directly. The supported list of social networks in OpenSocial v0.8 is getting longer, allowing for a broader audience reach for any gadget produced.

Take the Friend Connect Reviews and Ratings Gadget for instance. This nice little feature allows you to add ratings to anything you want on your site. Members can post reviews and rate using a neat customizable interface. Here’s a working example:

As promised, I`ve gone over the top two websites who participated in the Social Media Marketing Contest.  I`ve got an interesting viewership - these two blogs are very insightful in their own right.

The first blog up for mentions in this review is named “Just Me“.  It`s written by a 27 year old woman named Jenera Healy who describes

The results are in for the Social Media Marketing Contest! There was a lot of interest in this contest due to the hot topic.

In order to enter, one simply had to blog about the social media they use the most and what kind of results they achieve from them.  Included in the post, there was to be a

All Entries are in and I’m going to go over them in the next few days.  I’ll write up a summary of what social networks people used, and any tips given.  I’ll include a few of my own as well.

I’ll have this posted in the next few days, check back for the winners soon!
(Sorry for the suspense, life is hectic around the Arrow right now!  )

The Social Arrow has a contest running named the Social Media Marketing Contest. There is over 50,000EC Up For Grabs, as well as a host of other prizes being given out.  You can read full details about the contest rules and how to enter by clicking the link, but in the meantime, this contest is almost over!