Developers of two popular blog services are making it easier for customers to include weather forecasts, job searches, and music players on their Web sites. Six Apart Inc. said it partnered with dozens of companies to offer 32 "widgets" or companion applications that can be easily added to TypePad blogs. Options include content from Weatherbug, e-commerce from CafePress, and search tools.
Automattic Inc., developer of the WordPress blog service, rolled out its versions of widgets about a month ago in test mode, and chose today to open for all to use. "On the surface, they're just things you can use to personalize your WordPress site without knowing HTML," the Wordpress blog explained. Its offerings allow bloggers to easily add links to services from Google and Flickr.
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