Top ten Facebook widgets
Social network Facebook opened its doors to third party developers last week, allowing users to add apps to their profile pages for the first time.
Since the launch of the Facebook development platform, plenty of widgets have been added to the site. Here's a list of the most popular so far...
New service offers contextual advertising for videos
The latest service to enter the online video advertising space is due to launch today - and it's all about text.
Adap.tv analyses the content of video clips, finds related text link advertisements and overlays them on the footage.
Mpire widgets give affiliate e-commerce opportunity
US online shopping gateway Mpire has launched a number of widgets designed to generate revenue for Amazon and eBay affiliates.
The widgets, when displayed on a user's web page, chart trends across a range of retail product categories, each allowing site visitors to make a purchase that is linked to a publisher's affiliate account.
Contacts start-up in European running
A British online contacts and calendar suite is among the finalists to be picked to contest the title of best European web start-up.
Anywr.com unifies address book entries from multiple webmail and offline email clients, and synchronises information with desktop applications and mobile phone handsets.
eBay launches widgets for syndicated selling
eBay has launched a Flash widget applet that allows sellers to embed their auctions on sites around the web.
The auction site has billed the move as "a fun and easy way for you to share the interesting things you've discovered on eBay and personalise your blog, social networking page or website".
AdMob seeks distribution with WordPress plugin
Mobile advertising network AdMob is trying to prise a route into the mobile blog ad space, having released a plugin that converts WordPress blogs for mobile devices.
dotMobi developer Andy Moore wrote a WordPress extension that converts posts written in the popular blog platform to display styles suitable for phones and PDAs.
eBay partners with Firefox for enhanced visibility
eBay has partnered with the Mozilla Foundation to offer a new browser extension that could bring retailers more traffic.
The Firefox Companion for eBay entered an alpha test phase, inviting help from "experienced eBay users".
Yahoo! adds features for mobile publishers
Yahoo! this morning unveiled new tools that make it easier for publishers to mobilise and monetise their website content.
The Yahoo! Mobile Publisher Services help producers gain prominence for their sites in new mobile search services and allow them to make money from a range of ad formats.
Amazon kills Statsaholic, but does Jeff know?
Statsaholic, the Alexa-powered traffic tool formerly known as Alexaholic, is being systematically crushed by Amazon in a move that is going to create a wave of negative PR for the online retail giant.
Earlier this month Amazon sent a legal warning that forced Alexaholic to drop the Alexa from its name. Fair enough – brands have to look after their trademarks. But now it is preventing Statsaholic from using its API at all.
This is bad news, and sends out a highly ridiculous message to current and prospective users of Amazon Web Services. The message is this: “If you are successful, we can close you down.”
Interview with 'super-affiliate' Keith Budden
As well as being one of the UK's super-affiliates, Keith Budden is a partner in Affiliate Healthcheck, a consultancy offering affiliate programme performance reviews, training, recruitment and assistance with network selection.
We asked him for an affiliate's perspective on some of the main issues around affiliate marketing programmes.
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