WidgetBucks Hidden Link Issue

Andy Beard wrote a harsh review of WidgetBucks on his blog. One of the main thing that he criticized was the presence of hidden links to WidgetBucks embedded in the widget itself.

Look at the link back to their site which was present in their first code:

script src="http://www.widgetbucks.com/script/widgetMagic.js" type="text/javascript">

[a href="http://www.widgetbucks.com/" target="_blank">WidgetBucks - Trend Watch - WidgetBucks.com

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/wbtw300x250.swf?uid=TiVAnRMsyRoS1hSy&apiURL=http://www.widgetbucks.com&day="+day,"TiVAnRMsyRoS1hSy");widget.write("container_TiVAnRMsyRoS1hSy");},Math.floor((Math.random() * 150) - (-(Math.random() * 150))) - (-200))

Apparently WidgetBucks realized this and decided to revise the code. Now the new nifty code is:

script src=\”http://images.widgetbucks.com/script/widgetMagic.js\” type=\”text/javascript\”>

WidgetBucks - Trend Watch - WidgetBucks.com[/div>[script type="\”text/javascript\”">writ eWBStyles(\”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))

The hidden link which used to be there has gone! On top of that, their widgets are now loading fast! This can only mean one thing. WidgetBucks is a company which actually listen to their customers.

We complain about the hidden link. They remove it!
We complain about how the widget takes forever to load. They make it load faster!

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