The easy route is to use a service like Widgetbox. Once registered, you can create widgets (like the ones below) in a matter of minutes. I took a bit of extra time to create an image for the widget title, but this pays off by putting the YLF brand stamp on the widget.
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Every few months I spend some time trying to get YLF a little more exposure through directories, which catalog websites much like Yahoo did in the early days of the web. The process is often manual – the directories have real people that review sites and ensure that they get listed in the appropriate [...]