Introducing Google Web Elements
Inspired by the convenience of embeddable YouTube videos,
Google Web Elements build on favorite
products like Google Custom Search (a Google-powered search engine that automatically tailors
itself to your site), Google Docs, and Google News to easily add richness and interactivity to
your website with the simplicity of copy and paste. Each element is designed to help you get
started quickly without spending time on the deep technical details. Yet behind it all, Google
Web Elements are powered by Google's scalable and flexible
developer APIs, offering a world of customization
just beneath the surface, keeping up with your site as it grows.
Adding
Google Web Elements to your website is as easy as visiting the homepage, choosing the ones you
like, and customizing them to fit your page. For example, the News element adds headline news
about the topics you choose to any page. Just go to the
News element page and use the
wizard to update the live preview as you change the topics and pick the best size for your
site. When you like what you see, simply copy the short embed code and paste it into the HTML
of your page.
The
Conversation
element, powered by
Google
Friend Connect, makes it easy to start a discussion about nearly any topic. Without
writing a single line of code, you can add the Conversation element and visitors to your site
can share comments and videos with each other. You can also choose to open the conversation up
to the whole world, where every page discussing the same topic will participate in a truly
global conversation.
The Conversation and News elements are
just two of the Google Web Elements available today. Also available are Google Web Elements
for
Google Calendar,
Google Custom
Search,
YouTube
Video News,
Google
Maps, and more. To get started, visit the Google Web Elements homepage. and please
be sure to
let us
know what you'd like to see us work on next.
By DeWitt Clinton, Google Developer
Team
