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Over the next month or so you may see some graphical and link changes to our widgets. The beauty of being in perpetual beta is that we can continue to play around and test things.

So stay tuned, keep an eye out, and if you have any questions just let us know and we’ll be glad to answer them. We’ll update you on the testing when we can.

We’ve just released four brand-spanking-new widget designs. These are from our “let’s have some fun and be silly” line of widget designs. You can see them in action below, or switch up a current widget you are already running by logging in to your account and going to your widget manager and updating your widget settings.

Note: You DO NOT have to update your code to use a new widget design. Just keep clicking next until you see the code again and your new design will be live!

Click image to see them in full size!

So, what do you think? Should we get even more crazy with these? What kind of widgets would you like to see?

(Yes, we know you want smaller sizes and those will be coming soon enough).

We’re not going to say who it is just yet, but we wanted to announce that a blog network has begun testing of the ScratchBack system across their blogs. The widgets we made for them are custom designed to match each blogs’ color. We’re pretty excited about it.

Hopefully we’ll get permission from the network to talk about it down the road when we have more data. Till then, keep your eyes out for widgets in new places you may not have seen them before. We’re taking the online tipping space by storm!

Check out our newest widget user over at http://timothysykes.com. He’s using a very swanky custom designed widget that is set for $20/tip, on auto-bump. His blog gets over 3,000 unique visitors a day, so that’s a pretty great deal if you ask us. Go tip him!

Want to know more about his audience? Check his advertising page.

Here are some demographics of interest (tracked with Google Analytics and surveys):
- 40% of readers are between 18-25 years
- 36% of readers are between 26-35 years
- 20% are over 36 years
- Avg. time on site: 8 minutes and 30 seconds
- Traffic Sources: 52% Direct Traffic, 38% Referring Sites, 10% Search Engines
- Location of visitors: USA 81%, Canada 7%, UK 4%, Germany 3%, others 5%

Congratulations to widget design #7. The user is DayDreamOz from Sitepoint. They got the most votes from all the entries.

Hundreds and hundreds of votes were cast, and #7 took in a whopping 62% of them. A close second was #26. This widget will be live and ready to use in the ScratchBack system in a few days.

Note: We’re also upgrading all the widget designs (no, not in size yet) with some updated looks coming soon too! Thank you to everyone who put in a design and who voted, great contest!

The contest ends tonight. Get your votes in now. Hundreds have weighed in already.

http://www.scratchback.com/design_contest.php

The entries are in, and we’re ready to accept votes for the new ScratchBack widget design. Here’s the page with all the designs entered into the contest for the $200 prize. Start voting!

http://www.scratchback.com/design_contest.php

The contest is over. 32 new widget designs were entered of all different styles and colors.

Now it’s going to be up to you to vote to see which one gets implemented and which one earns the $200 prize. Voting details coming in the next few days, so get ready to vote!

We’ve move the widget design content here. If you’d like to enter, please do so at Sitepoint. Thanks!

Were having a design contest for a new TopSpot widget design.

We’ll refrain from making any comments on entries as they come in, but you can feel free to leave your comments below if you wish. Remember, all entries will be collected and presented together after the deadline has passed, and you will be able to vote for the winner at that time.

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