Interactive Gadgets

A "gadget" is a page that requires (and entices) user interaction. Sometimes they are utilitarian or informative in nature, other times just slick or entertaining. Gadgets can make your site more memorable, more useful, more effective, and encourage repeat visits by your users. Over the years, MostlyWeb has created just about any kind of gadget you can think of.

Some examples of the types of gadgets we've created:

Flu-O-Meter
InteliHealth needed a way to engage their users and cause them to spend more time on a page (and view advertisements). At the same time, they needed repeat customers. So we devised the Flu-O-Meter which became a run-away success. Users not only checked back frequently to monitor current flu levels, but they also spent quite a bit of time playing with the gadget to catch up on their geography. A win-win situation for both the client and its users. view >>

Free the Mummy
Discovery Health needed a way to teach kids about nutrition. So we came up with a gadget to do just that. After doing some research we quickly learned that kids like repetition. So we asked the users (kids) ten questions and each time they answered one correctly, we visibly unlocked one bolt. Only if all ten questions were answered correctly, would the door open and provide users with a visually stimulating reward. view >>

How many times...
Advertisements are annoying most of the time. It is rare that they give anything back to the user. In contrast, MostlyWeb created a series of Ad banners that yielded unusually high click-through rates. We asked users their birth date in the banner and then calculated the total number of times their heart had beaten since birth, or how many breaths they had taken, gallons of saliva produced, and so on. The result pages provided users with links deeper into the site for additional information. view >>

Company Directory
One of our clients had a "Contact Us" section that sprawled several pages. They had numerous divisions in several countries, several departments, several contacts in each department, as well as driving directions, addresses, fax numbers, and so on. We fit all of this into one little gadget that used only a single page and required no scrolling.

ROI Calculator
If you are in the business of selling sales forecasting software (like one of our customers) it makes sense to provide your users with an ROI calculator. So we created them a gadget that looks like a calculator. The user enters some data (which provides our clients with valuable user data) and we then calculate how long it will take to recoup their investment.

If you are looking for something special to add to your site, contact us. We'll gladly put our thinking caps on and help you figure out a way to entertain your users while providing value to you.