Widgetbox announces major upgrades to its custom gallery builder, providing
easy access to more than 70,000 widgets
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10 /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.
Media Contacts
Jennifer Cloer Christina Williams
Page One PR Page One PR
503-746-7577 503-206-7775
jennifer@pageonepr.com christina@pageonepr.com
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CONTACT:
Jennifer Cloer, +1-503-746-7577,
jennifer@pageonepr.com, or Christina Williams, +1-503-206-7775,
christina@pageonepr.com, both of Page One PR for Widgetbox
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