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Netvibes Premium Service to power leading media and social networking sites

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netvibes.jpgNetvibes today announced the beta launch of Netvibes Premium Universe, which integrates Netvibes functionality into any company’s website to enable users to personalize the delivery of branded online content and applications, including RSS feeds, podcasts, photos, videos, stores, widgets and more. Netvibes Premium Universes are Universes that are incorporated seamlessly within a company’s web domain, giving it full control over all of its branding and content, such as customized feeds, layouts and menus. With Premium Universes, users enjoy the personalization and enhanced delivery of content while publishers benefit from keeping users on their site; retaining user traffic, navigation and revenue generation.

Netvibes Premium Universe offers a unique opportunity for companies to maintain their brand integrity while building and strengthening relationships with users who seek a relevant and customized experience online. A Premium Universe enables publishers to showcase and distribute their widgets while also hosting their users’ start page all within the publisher’s site.

Partners include Tagged, MIVA Direct, France’s Les Echos and Le Figaro have also integrated Premium Universes within their homepages to power their personalized news and media content online.

Originally posted on October 3, 2007 @ 9:56 am

Bloglines redesigns, launches in beta

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I’m loving the new Bloglines redesign. Still in beta form, Bloglines users are given the opportunity to have a tour around the new interface which is reported to launch in full before the year ends.

Aside from the new and improved color scheme and over-all look, Bloglines beta highlights three main features that enhances the way feeds are aggregated and managed: (1) a start up page, (2) 3 reading panels, and my favorite, (3) the drag and drop feed management. Upcoming are more key features that will definitely take your Bloglines experience to a whole new level such as mobile browsing; save, send and share functionality; creation of disposable email addresses; and other personalized preferences, among others.

Bloglines beta is accessible for testing here.

Originally posted on August 28, 2007 @ 12:55 am

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TurnHere, Pheedo partner to massively distribute web video via RSS

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pheedo.jpgTurnHere, Inc., an online video solutions platform, and Pheedo, an RSS marketing company, announced a strategic partnership focused on the “mass distribution” of authentic, highly engaging online video content via real-time, RSS feed-powered technology.

“As online video continues to gain momentum, we’re excited to work with leading marketers to tap into increasingly valuable distribution platforms,” said Bradley J. Inman, founder and CEO, TurnHere. “By partnering with Pheedo, we’re able to extend our current distribution solutions to allow our customers to blanket the Web with highly impactful, massively distributed and measurable online video marketing campaigns.”

TurnHere and Pheedo are currently developing a full-scale campaign for BookVideos.tv, TurnHere’s recently launched book-centric broadband video channel, to reach an even broader audience of readers. Pheedo’s RSS marketing platform will provide TurnHere with vibrant and trackable results that will combine engaging editorial interaction rates, natural search engine improvement and viral distribution reach through social networks and long term subscribers. TurnHere’s videos from BookVideos.tv are already distributed across such portals as Yahoo!, MSN, Google and YouTube.

Originally posted on July 23, 2007 @ 12:00 pm

Netvibes Universe inks partnership worldwide

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netvibes.jpgNetvibes, the pioneer of the personalized homepage, today announced partnerships to publish hundreds of official content Universes for major media and e-commerce companies, celebrities and non-profits, dramatically changing the landscape of personalized media online.

A Universe brings together and delivers on a single Netvibes page all of a brand’s rich online media, including RSS feeds, websites, podcasts, videos, blogs, photos, stores and widgets, which can be remixed according to each user’s personal preferences and interests.

In April, Netvibes launched Netvibes Universe with an initial list of over 100 pilot content Universes that included major media companies, non-profits (Harvard) and celebrities (50 Cent, Moby) across the United States. Today’s announcement will expand that number to over 500 partners around the world, spanning Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom.

“This is concrete proof that the future of all media lies in deep personalization. No other Internet company can claim as many officially branded content partnerships in this many countries and languages,” said Tariq Krim, CEO and founder of Netvibes. “What does this mean for audiences? Your favorite content, your way.”

Originally posted on June 21, 2007 @ 3:57 pm

Digg Launches Buttons and Widget Generator

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Digg has just launched its new buttons and widget generator tool for publishers to easily integrate Digg on their blogs and websites.  These newly improved smart Digg buttons and widget generator were launched this early to prepare publishers for the upcoming launch of the newly redesigned Digg.

While some publishers have previously integrated Digg in their websites well, the previous process however required customization work through the Digg API. The new button and widget generator can easily help you integrate as well as blend the Digg buttons and widget to your websites.

Now for some new features of the Digg button that you are about to create:

  • Buttons no longer take users to Digg, traffic stays on the publisher’s domain
  • Dynamic display of live Digg count – statistics have shown this increases likelihood of user interaction
  • Faster load time
  • Customizable look and feel – includes a new “medium” button size and an unstyled option so a publisher can create their own custom designed Digg button
  • Related stories from the publisher’s domain to users that click the button
  • All existing smart Digg buttons will auto-upgrade in the coming weeks – however, it is recommended that publishers review the new documentation for optimization tips

While Digg widgets also get the following new features:

  • Headlines now link directly to the publisher’s content with the Diggbar instead of the Digg permalink page
  • Customizable – more customization options without requiring publishers to use the Digg API
  • Tabs & columns – ability to add multiple tabs to a widget as well as make a double column widget
  • Thumbnails – by default a thumbnail is attached to each story when available
  • Fallback content logic by domain – if there is insufficient content to display, the widget has logic to backfill with relevant content from the same domain

Ready to create your Digg buttons and widgets, check this and this.

Originally posted on March 23, 2010 @ 4:57 pm