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
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.
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.
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
December 19, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Go to widgetbox.com for widgets
June 28, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Get widgetbox now
June 29, 2009 at 2:03 am
niche post
June 29, 2009 at 7:21 pm
my friend said that synthasite is really good. Where can I use this?
thanks
August 7, 2009 at 6:44 am
This is very important!
August 7, 2009 at 5:35 pm
good jod. nice post.
August 13, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Very nice.. Thank you..
August 16, 2009 at 10:28 pm
thank you for sharing
September 8, 2009 at 9:06 am
hope it can be implemented soon
September 8, 2009 at 7:38 pm
use widgetbox.com for simpler widget
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