Widgets

October 2008 - June 2009

Launch Date: November 2008

Analysis: CDC.gov Widgets have continued to expand and grow rapidly since launch. To date, there have been 33,033,978 views and interactions with CDC’s Widgets. A "view" includes the number of times a widget was loaded on a page, while an "interaction" can include the number of times the "Go" button was clicked, the "previous" and "next buttons" were clicked, or the number of times the user browsed through the contents of a widget and interacted with a component of the widget. The number of sites where a widget was embedded can also be called "virality." This refers to the widget being spread by users sharing it and adding it on their own sites, bringing new users to the original CDC content and therefore adding additional utility

As of FY09 (Q3), the Peanut Recall Widget and the Everyday Health widget are the two most popular Widgets from CDC. The Peanut Recall Widget, as of June 2009, was embedded on over 7,018 different Web sites and was at one point found on over 20,000 sites during the height of the Peanut recall campaign.

Date	Views and Interactions
Oct-08	81,679
Nov-08	127,881
Dec-08	177,943
Jan-09	210,195
Feb-09	11,178,514
Mar-09	8,501,805
Apr-09	4,486,193
May-09	4,310,220
Jun-09	3,745,944
Total Views and Interactions	33,033,978

Widget Name	Views and Interactions (in Page Views)
Peanut Recall Widget	27,787,204
Everyday Health	1,107,020
H1N1 Messages	988,060
Pistachio Recall Widget	755,919
Data and Statistics	717,564
Flu Map	566,727
Flu Reader Widget	511,082
Salud al dia	294,848
CDC Emergency Text Messages	189,280
FluIQWidget	156,962
NCEH Widget	117,219
HIV Testing Day	7,157
Hurricane Widget	692
CDC-TV Player Widget	78

 

 

 

Widget Name	Number of Sites Embedded (June 2009)
Peanut Recall Widget	7,018
Everyday Health	122
Pistachio Recall Widget	577
Data and Statistics	272
Flu Map	663
Flu Reader Widget	202
Salud al dia	88
NCEH Widget	84