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WidgetBucks just published new code for their CPC ad widget. If you don’t know what it is, check out my earlier post: What’s With the WidgetBuzz.

Now the reason they said they are updating the code was to improve the performance and loading time. That might be true, but I’m sure that’s only part of the truth. The real truth becomes obvious, if you take a look at the code. Here’s the code they use now:

<!– START CUSTOM WIDGETBUCKS CODE –><script src=\”http://images.widgetbucks.com/script/widgetMagic.js\” type=\”text/javascript\”></script><div id=\”container_AVjuaWUzS56vUfdL\” class=\”wbtw300×250\”>WidgetBucks - Trend Watch - WidgetBucks.com</div><script type=\”text/javascript\”>writeWBStyles(\”images.widgetbucks.com\”);setTimeout(function(){var day = \”\” + new Date().getMonth() + new Date().getDate() + new Date().getYear();var widget = new mpireWidget(\”http://images.widgetbucks.com/widgets/wbtw300×250.swf?uid=AVjuaWUzS56vUfdL&apiURL=http://www.widgetbucks.com&day=\”+day,\”AVjuaWUzS56vUfdL\”);widget.write(\”container_AVjuaWUzS56vUfdL\”);},Math.floor((Math.random() * 150) - (-(Math.random() * 150))) - (-200))</script><!– END CUSTOM WIDGETBUCKS CODE –>

That’s the code for a 460×60 widget on my account. Now look at this old code I had in place before:

<!– START CUSTOM WIDGETBUCKS CODE –><script src=\”http://www.widgetbucks.com/script/widgetMagic.js\” type=\”text/javascript\”></script>
<p id=\”container_AVjuaWUzS56vUfdL\” class=\”wbtw468×60\”><a href=\”http://www.widgetbucks.com\” target=\”_blank\”>WidgetBucks - Trend Watch - WidgetBucks.com</a></p>
<script type=\”text/javascript\”>writeWBStyles(\”www.widgetbucks.com\”);setTimeout(function(){var day = \”\” + new Date().getMonth() + new Date().getDate() + new Date().getYear();var widget = new mpireWidget(\”http://www.widgetbucks.com/widgets/wbtw468×60.swf?uid=AVjuaWUzS56vUfdL&apiURL=http://www.widgetbucks.com&day=\”+day,\”AVjuaWUzS56vUfdL\”);widget.write(\”container_AVjuaWUzS56vUfdL\”);},Math.floor((Math.random() * 150) - (-(Math.random() * 150))) - (-200))</script><!– END CUSTOM WIDGETBUCKS CODE –>

You don’t have to be an expert to notice that they reacted to what Shoemoney and John Chow reported earlier: A Google ban due to invisible links. Instead of the earlier link back to their website, the code now only includes a simple text to display before the widget loads on to of it.

A quick reaction. I wonder if this will help WidgetBucks get back to the SERPs, or not. What do you think?

by Sutocu | October 25, 2007