SEO Test

Google Gadgets attract quite a lot of traffic, and developers all around the globe rush to get their hands on valuable niche realestate. Browsing trough the gadget directory, I saw many useless ”quote of the day” widgets that are simple to write and generate revenue from ads contained within. Great, so I chose my niche: quote gadgets. Wow, wait a minute! There are 1 - 24 of 200 results for quote. Fuck me! I’m not going to invest my time into writing complex gadgets, at least not right now, so I have to stick to the quotes niche. Maybe the quote topic I’m going to be in is not that crowded: Family Guy Quotes Gadget. Whell shit, 6 results 3 of wich are exacly my topic.

Anyway, the Gadget API is pretty straightforward, most of the time was spent writing the author information in the API-standard XML file, as the real gadget is actually a html page with Family Guy Quotes Flash unit, AdSense and Analytics content in it.
Google Requests the following information upon submitting:

• title description
• author
• author_email screenshot (suggested)
• author_location (suggested)
• author_affiliation (suggested)
• title_url (suggested)
• directory_title (required if title contains user prefs)

The variable names are self explining.

Without further due, here is my Google Gadget standard XML file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Module>
<ModulePrefs title="Family Guy Funny Quotes" directory_title="Free Quote Gadgets" description="Stand out from the crowd with this beautiful Family Guy quote frame. The Family Guy character will be displayed when quoted. A button to request a new quote is also available." screenshot="http://www.bubub.org/gg/funny-family-guy/family-guy-screenshot.png" thumbnail="http://www.bubub.org/gg/funny-family-guy/family-guy-screenshot-thumbnail.png" title_url="http://www.bubub.org/" author="X" author_email="x@x.com" author_link="http://www.bubub.org/" author_location="Istria, District of Pula Country Croatia" author_affiliation="None" width="400" height="280" author_aboutme="Most of the time I write php applications, and I though i'd give Google Gadgets a try" author_photo="http://www.bubub.org/gg/author-picture.png" author_quote="E=(mc)^2" />
<Content type="url" href="http://www.bubub.org/gg/funny-family-guy/" mce_href="http://www.bubub.org/gg/funny-family-guy/" />
</Module>

The FAQ section of Google Gadgets sais my plugin will take 2 weeks until approval.
Fingers crossed inside the butt!