Mpire Develops Free Money-Making Widgets for Amazon and eBay Affiliates.Pricing Data Packaged into Shopping Trend Widgets for Bloggers, Web Publishers and Social Networks SEATTLE -- Bloggers and publishers are now just a widget Pronounced "wih-jit," for decades, the term has been a popular word for a generic "thing" when there is no real name for it. It is often used to describe examples of made-up products along with other fictitious names; for example, "10 widgets, 5 frabbits and 2 dingits. away from making extra cash through both the Amazon and eBay affiliate programs. Mpire today launched a series of revenue-generating widgets that easily incorporate Mpire's meta-shopping data into Web sites, blogs and social network profiles, representing the first time the affiliate programs of both Amazon and eBay have been incorporated into the same widget offering. Code to the widgets can be found at http://mpire.com/widgets. Mpire's collection of more than 75 widgets gives free access to packaged Amazon and eBay shopping trend results across 15 popular categories, such as entertainment, sports, fashion, technology, games and youth/teens. Historically, consumers, including eBay sellers, have had to pay a monthly subscription fee to find out what's hot or gaining in popularity. By inserting these trend-tracking widgets that contain links to related Amazon and/or eBay items, bloggers and publishers can drive traffic to the two marketplaces, and in return, earn money from those companies when users bid, buy or register. For example, MySpace layout provider, Whateverlife.com, run by 16-year-old Ashley Qualls, can offer her 300,000 daily unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. widgets that track top selling 2008 presidential candidates, iPods and teen clothing brands. Similarly, YouLookFab.com, a fashion advice Web site, can embed em·bed also im·bed v. em·bed·ded, em·bed·ding, em·beds v.tr. 1. To fix firmly in a surrounding mass: embed a post in concrete; fossils embedded in shale. widgets that track the sale of jeans, handbags and dresses. Other sites currently testing the Mpire widgets include eBay Pop, eBay-Star Wars Celebration IV, ProBargainHunter.com, and SexyWidget.com. The widgets are also integrated with Blogger (1) A person who writes Weblogs. See blog. (2) (Blogger) A Web site launched in 1999 from Pyra Labs, San Francisco, CA (www.blogger.com) that provides the tools for creating blogs (Weblogs). , Movable Type movable type n. Printing Type in which each character is cast on a separate piece of metal. , TypePad and WordPress, and can be placed on MySpace profiles. "Widgets are changing and enhancing the Web today, and some analysts are even calling 2007 the 'Year of the Widget,'" said Matt Hulett, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Mpire. "Mpire's widgets offer packaged, compelling content for either editorial or advertising space that can actually make money for bloggers and Web publishers. These widgets continue to build on Mpire's core strategy of helping people make smart buying decisions and providing what we feel is the most comprehensive shopping experience on the Internet today." Widgets are Web-based interactive content tools that can be dynamically embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. into blogs, social network profiles, auctions, home pages and search sites, and to date, have primarily been used for brand building, lead generation and monitoring auctions. About Mpire Seattle-based Mpire is a meta-shopping service that brings together on its site thousands of online stores and marketplaces, such as eBay, Amazon, Shopping.com, Target, WalMart and Gap. Mpire's universal shopping experience combines proprietary pricing analysis for both new and used items, coupons and reviews, as well as distributed shopping features such as the Mpire Plug-in, shopping-trend widgets and Web service APIs. Founded in 2005, Mpire is backed by Ignition ignition, apparatus for igniting a combustible mixture. The German engineer Nikolaus A. Otto, in his first gas engine, used flame ignition; another method was heating a metal tube to incandescence. Partners and former eBay executive Richard Rock Richard Rock (1690? - November 1777) was a well-known doctor in eighteenth century London. Originally from Hamburg, he was depicted by William Hogarth in the fifth scene of his 1731/2 satirical and moralistic series, A Harlot's Progress . |
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