According to the Comscore US rankings of the crowning web widgets, widget from MySpace, Slide.com and Clearspring mutual the first, second and third spots. For many of you who do not completely understand what a widget is, it’s essentially independent objects or an object that crapper be embedded or downloaded onto another site and crapper be used as a tool, have automatic content updates, or are or crapper be interactive. Though they go by the name of “widget”, Facebook calls them “applications” and Google calls them “gadgets.”
In light with the stats of November 2007, almost 148 meg U.S. Internet users viewed widgets, representing 81 percent of the total audience. MySpace.com widgets by far had the largest audience, reaching more than 57 meg Internet users, while Slide.com hierarchical second with 39.2 meg viewers. Google.com has the sixth widest widget-viewing audience with more than 19 meg viewers.

Obviously MySpace is the dominant player here but look at the others on the list. Slide for example is the largest personal media network in the world, reaching 144 million unique global viewers each month and more than 30 percent of the U.S. Internet audience. They help people express themselves and tell stories through personalized photos and videos created on Slide.com and viewed anywhere on the web or desktop.

Slide’s products — including Slideshows, FunWall and SuperPoke! — are popular on top social networking and blog platforms, including MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, Friendster, Tagged and Blogger. Slide is also the leading developer on Facebook with more than 84 million applications installed and the most active users than any other developer.

Clearspring though is NOT a social network. Clearspring is the leading provider of cross-platform widget services. Their goal is to make it easy to use content and services from across the Internet to weave personalized experiences.

RockYou is a leading provider of applications and widgets on the web. RockYou widgets include photo slideshows, glitter text, customized Facebook applications and voicemail accessories that are simple to use and enable people to frequently refresh their online style. RockYou has over 35 million users, serving over 180 million widget views per day in more than 200 countries. RockYou applications are customized for easy integration across all social networks including Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Friendster, Tagged and hi5.

Photobucket Owned by News Corp is the most popular site on the Internet for uploading, sharing, linking and finding photos, videos, and graphics. Photobucket, According to Comscore is:
• 24.1 Million Unique site visitors/month in the US, and 34.6 Million unique site visitors/month worldwide.
• #1 most popular Photos site in the US.
• #3 most popular Entertainment/Multimedia site in the US.
• #7 most popular Entertainment/Multimedia site in the world.
• #24 in Top 50 Sites in the US and
• #47 Top 100 Global Sites

The next one is BunnyHerolabs, bunnyhero pets bebo app the pets have been available on bebo for a while now as “widgets,” but now bunnyhero pets are available as an application on bebo’s new application platform.

Next in the list are the Musicplaylist.us and myplaylist.org widgets, which are a no brainer in the land of “can’t-miss” and “must-have”, widgets. And lastly if you ever wondered where all of the kitschy graphics on the MySpace pages was coming from, look no further than, and the name seems awfully apropos.

BlingyBlob.com, for us uninitiated, is the hottest source for FREE high quality graphics, animations, Flash and much more for your MySpace page, personal site, or blog. Makes you giddy, doesn’t it?

Look for music, video and image sharing widgets to continue to evolve to an extent that perhaps one day they become part of someone’s v-card or email signature, along with the location of their MySpace, FB or Linkedin pages.

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