Widgetbox announces major upgrades to its custom gallery builder, providing easy access to more than 70,000 widgets
SAN FRANCISCO, (PRNewswire) -- Widgetbox, the world's first
and largest widget community, today announced new features and
increased support for its Custom Galleries by Widgetbox. Custom
Galleries allow online networks across the web to offer personalized
widget options for their users.
With more than 70,000 widgets and 45 million unique monthly viewers
on over 929,000 domains, Widgetbox is home to the world's largest
widget community and is in a unique position to offer unrivalled choice
and access to online networks that are under increasing pressure to
sustain user and community loyalty.
"Widgetbox sits at a crossroads where the most important resources
are converging to take the widget market from experimentation to
realization," said Will Price, CEO of Widgetbox. "Widget access, choice
and reach are no longer simply desired by networks and advertisers;
these are requirements for a maturing market. With Custom Galleries by
Widgetbox, our partners can meet these requirements quickly and easily
-- and they can do so anywhere on the web, not just on Facebook."
Custom Galleries by Widgetbox allow online networks to build their
own widget galleries from the largest selection of widgets on the web,
customize the appearance of their galleries, and track and manage
performance with an intuitive dashboard. Other new features in Custom
Galleries by Widgetbox include simple integration options for embedded
galleries, customizable categories and sorting that allow partners to
choose exactly how widgets are merchandised, easy branding for
personalized widgets, and the ability to set up a revenue share program
for promoted widgets.
Widgetbox's suite of gallery services was first announced in May
2007 with initial support for Facebook. Since then, the company has
increased its gallery of widgets by more than 500 percent and earlier
this year added support for the popular social network Bebo. Widgetbox
also provides Custom Galleries for Amnesty Hypercube, Doodlekit,
Freewebs, Friendcodes, Netvibes, Nimble.ie, Piczo, staHrt, SynthaSite,
TypePad, Webjam and Xanga, among others.
Widgetbox connects advertisers and creators with the largest
audiences on the web by providing the only consumer-focused widget
gallery. The company pioneered the rise of widgets and is in a natural
position to accelerate the next online revolution through unlimited
access to and easy use of widgets. Widgetbox widgets are embedded on
more than 929,000 unique websites, giving widget creators and
advertisers more reach than any other widget company.
Custom Galleries by Widgetbox is garnering rave reviews from Widgetbox partners.
"We knew we needed to add widgets to our toolkit. Custom Galleries
by Widgetbox allowed us to bring our users the best widgets and their
flexible tools make it a snap for us to manage the gallery," said Heath
Huffman, co-owner of website maker Doodlekit.
"We're excited to be able to offer our users a never-ending supply
of fresh, dynamic content, without directing them away from our own
site," said Dave Kensell, project coordinator for Global Domains
International, the .WS (WebSite) domain registry. "It's nice to work
with a company that's continually improving its services -- bring on
the new features!"
"We're excited to integrate a Custom Gallery by Widgetbox with our
Amnesty Hypercube product which will make all 70,000 Widgetbox widgets
available for one-click install to the desktop," said Danny Espinoza,
president of Mesa Dynamics.
"Netvibes is the daily widget platform of choice for millions of
people worldwide. Now users will have access to an even wider array of
high-quality widgets from Widgetbox without having to leave our site,"
said Chris Damsen, VP Business Development of Netvibes. "Widgetbox has
been great to work with and we're excited to offer their massively
engaging content to our users."
"Nimble's custom widget gallery provided by Widgetbox helps make
nimble.ie into the fun and vibrant social networking website it is
today," said Per Jacobsson, CEO of the Irish social network nimble.ie.
"Our users love the widgets and they keep coming back for more!"
"The powerful tools in the new Custom Galleries by Widgetbox make it
easier than ever to build and sustain a custom widget gallery that
appeals to our members," said Jeremy Verba, CEO of Piczo, which
launched its first Widgetbox-powered gallery a year ago.
"Widgets have become an ever more important ingredient for the
online experience," said Matt McBride, CEO of StHrt.com. "Custom
Galleries by Widgetbox allows us to deliver the best widgets to our
users: seamlessly."
"We're thrilled to be able to offer Widgetbox's new Custom Galleries
to the SynthaSite community in the coming months," said Brent Vijolen,
co-founder of SynthaSite.
"Our Custom Gallery from Widgetbox made it easy for us to extend our
TypePad Widget Gallery with the widgets available from the Widgetbox
community," said Michael Sippey, Vice President, Products of Six Apart.
"We're excited about giving TypePad bloggers a wider variety of widgets
to share with their readers on their blogs."
"Widgetbox has figured out the right recipe for meeting the
increasing demand for widgets that crawl to every corner of the web,"
said Yann Motte, CEO of Webjam. "Within a week, the Widgetbox Custom
Gallery was seamlessly integrated into the Webjam interface and our
users can choose whichever widget they like, fully customize its
settings, and embed it onto their webjam in two clicks."
About Widgetbox
With more than 70,000 widgets and 45 million unique monthly viewers
on over 929,000 domains, Widgetbox is home to the world's largest
widget community. Since 2006, Widgetbox has pioneered the rise of
widgets and connects widget creators, consumers, and advertisers by
providing choice to those who want it and reach to those who need it.
By leveraging its massive widget exchange, and understanding the desire
for users to have online freedom, Widgetbox is accelerating the
Internet revolution through unlimited access to and easy use of web
widgets. For more information, please see http://www.widgetbox.com/.
Source: Widgetbox
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