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Putting the Spotlight on Your Wolfram|Alpha Widgets

August 25, 2010 —
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Wolfram|Alpha widget “builders” have been busy creating and sharing their innovative Wolfram|Alpha-powered mini apps on their sites and with their social networks. We’re thrilled by your excitement and widget-building efforts.

The Wolfram|Alpha Widgets home page with the new featured widgets

Beginning today, we’re shining a light on some of the most popular widgets in the gallery, one of which will be designated as the featured widget on the home page. Not only can you use any of these featured widgets on the Wolfram|Alpha Widgets site, but it’s easy to embed any of these widgets on your site, too!

This week’s featured widget on the home page is a quick calorie calculator that lets you calculate the number of calories burned when running, walking, biking, swimming, and cross-country skiing. You can even personalize your results by taking into account factors such as sex, age, distance, and speed.

Want to see your widget featured on the Wolfram|Alpha Widgets site? Share your custom widgets on your blog, Twitter, Facebook, and your other social networks. Then ask your friends to test and rate your widgets. Be sure to add a title, provide a description, and use proper punctuation. The most popular widgets will be reviewed by our team every two weeks and prominently featured on the site.

Do you have a Wolfram|Alpha widget on your site? Share a link to your widget in the comments box below!

3 Comments

Is there any chance, or any information on it, we will soon see plugin /widget /shortcode for WordPress *hosted* blogs?

Posted by Stazybo Horn August 26, 2010 at 7:31 am

La création et l’utilisation de widgets par les enseignants et par les élèves offre une fantastique opportunité de renouvellement de l’enseignement et de l’apprentissage. L’ouverture, l’interactivité, la collaboration et le partage offerts par Wolfram|Alpha Widgets Builder annoncent de profondes mutations dans le monde éducatif. Merci et bravo à toute l’équipe de développement !

Some widgets in French : http://www.owl-ge.ch/spip.php?rubrique121

Posted by Bernard Vuilleumier August 26, 2010 at 3:59 pm

I don’t have it on my site, but I have it on your site 🙂 Most useful widget, as it provides the answer to *everything*! http://developer.wolframalpha.com/widgets/gallery/view.jsp?id=e1fe6165cad3f7f3f57d409f78e4415f

Posted by Oleksiy September 2, 2010 at 3:49 pm