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Best Gmail Gadgets: Social Networking Gadgets

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One of our readers recently asked us to put up a list of cool gadgets one could add to using the Add gadget by URL feature in , and like always we listen to our readers and have come up with a list of cool gadgets that you can add to your Gmail account.

In this series we will be covering different types of gadget you can use in your Gmail account, the list will be categorized for easier access to finding similar gadgets, we are kicking off the series, with the introduction of several Social Networking Gadgets for Gmail.

If you are not aware on how you can add custom gadgets to your Gmail account, refer to our earlier tutorial for adding custom gadgets to Gmail.

Twitter Gadget

twitter_gadget_gmail_updates If you are a user, there is a easy way to update your status and read your friends update, from right within the Gmail sidebar. Twitter Gadget for Gmail adds the ability in Gmail to quickly update your status while you are checking your emails and respond to your friends tweets among other things.

Twitter Gadget URL: http://www.twittergadget.com/gadget_gmail.xml

Facebook Gadget

is the definitely one of the most popular social networking sites, and many Gmail users may definitely have a account in Facebook. The Facebook Gadget for Gmail will allow you to view your friend requests, friend updates, photo updates and more within the comfort of your Gmail account.

Facebook Gadget URL: http://www.brianngo.net/ig/facebook.xml

MySpace Gadget

myspace_gadget MySpace is another popular social networking site that can find some space in many users Gmail account. To get MySpace alerts and keep up with your friends, try out the Mobile MySpace gadget for Gmail.

You will have to login to your MySpace account in order to be able to access the updates and friend updates.

MySpace Gadget URL: http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/100080069921643878012/myspace.xml

Friendfeed Gadget

friendfeed_gadget Friendfeed is a social networking aggregator that aggregates data from various social networking sites into a single place, allowing you to easily follow your followers without having to go through multiple sites, if you are a Friendfeed user, you can easily view your update streams in the Gmail sidebar with the Friendfeed Gadget. You will need to login to Friendfeed to be able to access your updates.

Friendfeed Gadget URL: http://friendfeed.com/embed/googlegadget/spec

Delicious Gadget

delicious_gadget Delicious is a popular bookmarking service by Yahoo, if you are a delicious user, you can easily view all your bookmarks in the sidebar in Gmail, just add the My del.icio.us Gadget to Gmail and view the hot bookmark list or browse the ones you have bookmarked earlier.

All bookmarks open in a new window or tab.

My Del.icio.us Gadget URL: http://www.labpixies.com/campaigns/delicious/delicious.xml

Orkut Scrapbook Gadget

orkut_scrapbook_gadget Orkut is one of the most popular social networking sites in India, the scrapbook in Orkut lets users instantly message friends. If you are a Orkut user you can keep a eye on your Orkut scraps by using the Orkut Scrapbook Gadget, the gadget will display all the latest scraps in the Gmail sidebar.

Orkut Scrapbook Gadget URL: http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/105297062528314471242/doomer_orkut_scrapbook.xml

Digg Gadget

digg_gadget Digg is a place where you can find the most happening stories, if you do not want to spend time visiting Digg website to view the top stories, the official Digg gadget for Google will allow you to quickly view the top stories in News, Videos, Images and more.

You can also specify your username to view your friends updates.

Digg Gadget URL: http://digg.com/goog/ig.xml

Flickr Gadget

flickr_gadget The Gadget will show you the most recent activity and the photos uploaded by you in the Gmail sidebar, click on a image to view it on a new page.

You may need to login to your Flickr account before you can see the updates in your Gmail sidebar.

Flickr Gadget URL: http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/100080069921643878012/flickr.xml

Do you think we missed any gadgets for Gmail in the social networking section? Which gadgets will you be using? Let us know about your views through your comments.

In the next post in the series we will be covering some really useful and time-saving utility gadgets, so keep tuned for more.

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  1. bryan on March 14th, 2009 at 9:01 pm #

    Thanks for the list! I have to login to gmail and see how this stuff works.

  2. Kai Lo on March 17th, 2009 at 12:32 am #

    I’m going to add Twitter to my Gmail account. I would to see how this works. Thanks for the post. Later on, I might try the other ones as well.

  3. PS3 on March 17th, 2009 at 6:50 am #

    Hi,

    Thank you for your useful list of gadgets. I am surely gonna try some of them out and see how they works. Hope My Space is cool :)

    Thank you,

  4. Abalone Beads on March 18th, 2009 at 10:34 am #

    Using the Digg plugin myself. Very sweet when you’ve got nothing better to do. Like surfing wiki on links.

  5. Mens Polo on March 19th, 2009 at 6:40 am #

    Thanks for posting such kind of usefull information.Keep Posted in future as well.Thank you!

  6. beleza on March 20th, 2009 at 2:18 pm #

    hello,

    It’s a very good post and usefull information. Im starting to understand how it works. Its a nice list to learn.

    Thank you

  7. watzabatza on March 20th, 2009 at 10:58 pm #

    Wow! it’s great. It’s nice to have that new gadgets on Gmail. Thanks for this.

  8. Alexandru on March 22nd, 2009 at 7:55 pm #

    I use some of these gadgets, but some its the first time I heard of them.
    great post, I’ll also digg it ( as a token of my appreciation )

  9. suzannah on April 28th, 2010 at 11:13 am #

    how about turning these into firefox sidebar gadgets?
    I like to take these xml sourcecodes, turn them into a url, bookmark them while checking the "load this bookmark in sidebar" option and then open them from anywhere.

    here is the formula:
    http://gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=entersourcecodehe…

    create a new bookmark using that forumla. :)

  10. frank on October 30th, 2010 at 6:35 am #

    It works. Thanks a lot.

  11. Kush Kaushik on January 1st, 2011 at 1:45 pm #

    facebook gadget given above does not work gadget link”http://www.brianngo.net/ig/facebook.xml”.
    Please check it out and mail me the details.
    my mail ID is “Kush8975@gmail.com”