I've never looked into these kinds of widgets before, but now I'm intrigued.
Besides http://addthis.com/ I've found similar services from http://sharethis.com/ and http://www.addtoany.com/ and I suspect there are dozens more. It looks like they make it really easy for the webmaster to add some great functionality to the site. But I'm wondering: How are these services making money for themselves? Are there any privacy / security issues for the visitor to the site or for the owner of the site? Do the services work reliably and do they affect page load times noticeably? How difficult would it be to switch from one of these sites to another, if a problem develops? I guess the alternative is to build this stuff oneself, like the Walker did in the link below - but with the dizzying pace of new services being introduced I like the idea of gadget that keeps track of all the latest services automatically. -Steve > We just incorporated AddThis on the SFMOMA site. It's highly > customizable and we're happy with it so far. We felt we didn't need to > reinvent something that already existed and was available via a free > tool. > You can see it on this collection page: > http://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/213 > > > The Walker, being way cooler than us, built their own. > http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2008/12/22/enabling-users-to-share-c > ontent-to-social-media-sites/ > > Dana > > > ...................................... > Dana Mitroff Silvers > Head of Online Services > San Francisco Museum of Modern Art > 151 Third Street > San Francisco, CA 94103-3159 > dmitroff at sfmoma.org > www.sfmoma.org > > > -- Steve Rothman, Systems Administrator Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 617-495-9968 - srothman at fas.harvard.edu
