One of the first things we launched after going live with howcast.com, was the Howcast Google Gadget - an easy way for iGoogle users to learn something new every day by adding a little bit of Howcast to their start page.

Introducing the Howcast Player Widget

Now, with our new Howcast Player Widget, anyone who starts their day by checking out a “start” page like iGoogle, MyYahoo or Netvibes (amongst many others) or a social networking page on Facebook, MySpace or Friendster can learn how to do something new, every day with Howcast at their fingertips.

With the Howcast Player Widget, you can:

• Search for a how-to video that’ll show you how to do just about anything
• Watch our crisp, high-quality videos in our mini-Howcast Player
• Share any video with friends by email or by posting them to your blog or favorite social networking site
• Discover something completely new to learn how to do by browsing Howcast’s Featured, Most Popular and Most Recent videos

…all without leaving the comfort of your start page, desktop, or social networking profile — anywhere on the web you choose to embed the Player Widget.

(If you’re already using iGoogle, switch to the new Howcast Player Widget for sleeker addition to your start page.)

Check it Out

We’ve embedded the Player Widget right here to give you a chance to take a look for yourself:

Like What You See?

Click “Get and Share” to add the Howcast Player Widget wherever you’d like.

Sanjay

P.S. We also just launched the Howcast Video Bar which lets anyone showcase a whole bunch of Howcast’s finest how-to’s in an easy to customize widget that can fit just about anywhere. But more on that next week.