Mashups

Mark Gibbs gave SynthaSite a very flattering review over the weekend in NetworkWorld.

He was really the first writer to pick up on the fact that SynthaSite is actually somewhat of a Mashup platform, if nothing else. We’re striving to create an environment where average people can mashup up widgets and create their own sites.

The biggest problems with many of the mashup offerings out there (and yes, some have gone bankrupt already), is that it’s too complex for the average user. Users don’t have a clue what a mashup is, and most don’t know what a widget is either – but they mostly understand the concept of putting stuff onto webpage.

Widget companies such as Slide & RockYou, really offer users a great way to create their own widgets, but nowhere to really publish them – that’s where platforms such as SynthaSite, Wordpress & Blogger come in – users want their own “home on the web”.

The Web 2.0 conference last week was great – although, as many people pointed out, Silicon Valley tends to get way too far ahead of the average user – and it often takes many years to drive user adoption for new and especially complicated technologies.

I’m hoping that with SynthaSite, we can bring mashups and widgets to the mass market – and make it dead simple to create their own websites.

Update: Kara Swisher details exactly what I’m talking about. The average people out there don’t actually have a clue of the “hottest trends”. They want simple and clean services.

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Comments On This Post

  1. Dan Harris Says:
    April 29, 2008 at 9:40 am

    SynthaSite is a very good and simple service

    http://www.triptouch.com is an example of mashup of widgets, that is also simple and clean . It is a new travel home page for people on the go – with information, services, trip management and community all in one easy to use widget based page. The content is aggregated from world-wide and local content providers so you’ll get the best content wherever you are in the world.

  2. Dan Harris Says:
    April 29, 2008 at 7:40 am

    SynthaSite is a very good and simple service

    http://www.triptouch.com is an example of mashup of widgets, that is also simple and clean . It is a new travel home page for people on the go – with information, services, trip management and community all in one easy to use widget based page. The content is aggregated from world-wide and local content providers so you’ll get the best content wherever you are in the world.

  3. Aaron Sandoval Says:
    December 19, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    Synthasite is extremely user friendly and sooo versatile. I only wish I would have found this service sooner…

    I built and launched this site recently in about an hour…
    http://www.whatisthepriceofgold.com

  4. Aaron Sandoval Says:
    December 19, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    Go to widgetbox.com for widgets

  5. wireless Says:
    June 28, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    Get widgetbox now

  6. n1ckname Says:
    June 29, 2009 at 2:03 am

    niche post :)

  7. trading strategies Says:
    June 29, 2009 at 7:21 pm

    my friend said that synthasite is really good. Where can I use this?
    thanks

  8. tiffany Says:
    August 7, 2009 at 6:44 am

    This is very important!

  9. SEO Training Says:
    August 7, 2009 at 5:35 pm

    good jod. nice post.

  10. videolar Says:
    August 13, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    Very nice.. Thank you..

  11. Blog Tips Says:
    August 16, 2009 at 10:28 pm

    thank you for sharing

  12. Herman RH Says:
    September 8, 2009 at 9:06 am

    hope it can be implemented soon

  13. dtechnos Says:
    September 8, 2009 at 7:38 pm

    use widgetbox.com for simpler widget

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