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Applying Social Technologies – Part 4

Monday, July 27th, 2009

- Continued from 7/20/09. This is the final post in the Applying Social Technologies series.

GIGYA SOCIALIZE

Gigya Socialize is a social API aggregator built to address the challenges of integrating social APIs. Gigya Socialize makes it easy for publishers and brands to increase traffic, registrations and engagement. Specific benefits include:

Single API integration: Publisher sites who integrate the single Gigya Socialize API have access to the available social and identity APIs from Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Yahoo, Gmail and AOL. Right now, IT departments are spending valuable time learning about OpenID, installing and configuring open source libraries, customizing integrations with existing infrastructure and maintaining the latest features and capabilities of available APIs. Gigya Socialize removes these barriers so publishers and brands that want to take advantage of social technologies can do so without having to develop new technical expertise upfront.
Management of API updates: API updates released by social networks and identity providers are managed by dedicated Gigya engineers, enabling sites to implement more functionality without requiring ongoing technical support or resources.
Integration of new APIs: As social APIs open up, Gigya engineers will add them to the Gigya Socialize API allowing publisher and brand sites to access the functionality of these APIs without having to integrate them separately.
Off-the-shelf integration components: To help publisher sites quickly take advantage of the existing social APIs, Gigya Socialize has three off-the-shelf components. These components include: the Login component, which allows users to login to a publisher site using their social network credentials; the Friend Selector, which allows users to invite their friends to join them on the site; and the Live Event component, which allows users to update their status and engage other users in real time.
Plug-ins to portals, blogs and directory sites: Gigya offers Drupal and WordPress plug-ins to make it easier for sites built on these platforms to authenticate users via Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other Open Id providers and increase site traffic by posting user status updates to the newsfeeds of users’ social networks.
Full-service and onsite support: Gigya provides full-service support to publishers who have unique issues or questions about how to integrate the product. Additionally, Gigya offers a fee-based enterprise support program that can provide onsite resources for organizations that want a Gigya engineer for dedicated integration or other support.

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Tags: Authentication, Facebook Connect, MySpaceID, Sign in with Twitter, Social Network, Socialize
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Free Gigya Socialize for Drupal webinar on 8/4/09 – Sign up today to learn about product features, implementation, and best practices

Monday, July 27th, 2009

Gigya & Acquia recently released the Drupal module for Socialize, enabling sites built on Drupal to social login services including Facebook Connect, MySpaceID, Sign in with Twitter as well as OpenID providers like Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and AOL Mail. Publishers using Socail Login have increased site registrations by more than 30%.

The new module makes it easy for Drupal site owners to:

Enable users to link existing accounts with social network and OpenID identities, and personalize the user experience by making it easy for sites to integrate user profile and social graph data.
Increase user acquisition by enabling users to invite friends to the site, or to share site content or a specific event. For example, using the Socialize module users can choose to invite their Facebook friends to comment on a new post they created.
Increase site traffic through viral promotion, enabling users to send status updates, tweets and newsfeed events to their social networks. The Gigya Social Login module has been fully integrated with Drupal’s user action and trigger core modules so Drupal site owners can configure the viral promotion channels to work dynamically.
Easily configure the user experience, design, and module functionality using the Drupal administration panel.

To learn more about how to use Social Login on your Drupal website, Acquia and Gigya are jointly hosting a webinar on August 4th, 2009 which will cover product features, implementation, and best practices.

Click here to register.

To download the module directly, visit http://drupal.org/project/gigya

Tags: Authentication, Drupal, Facebook Connect, MySpaceID, Sign in with Twitter, Socialize
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Applying Social Technologies – Part 1

Monday, July 6th, 2009

How publishers and advertisers can use Facebook Connect, MySpaceID, Sign in with Twitter and OpenID to Increase Registrations, Traffic and Engagement

Social networks and features, from Facebook and Twitter to activity feeds and status updates, have changed forever how consumers use the Web, challenging publishers and advertisers with “destination” websites to find ways to remain relevant to core users as well as engage and grow new audiences. Rather than a challenge of content innovation, the challenge instead centers on how to improve user experience in light of how people are using the web today. From News to eCommerce to Entertainment, almost any site can better engage and grow its audience by creating a user-centric and social experience, one that makes use of newly available technologies to enable a more accessible, personalized, engaging and ultimately shareable experience.

If you have a website and want to better understand Facebook Connect, MySpaceID, Social Login with Twitter and OpenID; why it makes sense to add authentication and social functionality using these providers; or how new services can help simplify the implementation and management process, this series is for you. From increasing user registrations to enabling rich social features, many tools and services are available today to help publishers successfully evolve their user experience. This blog series will touch on the key trends dictating this evolution; introduce, define and provide guidelines for using the key social technologies available today; show case-study examples of how industry leaders are already using these technologies to redefine what it means to provide a great user experience on the web; and show how new services can make implementation easier than ever.

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Tags: Authentication, Facebook Connect, MySpaceID, OpenID, Twitter
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Gigya Named AlwaysOn OnHollywood 100 Winner Company Selected as Technology Innovator in Content Delivery

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Gigya today announced that it has been selected to the 2009 OnHollywood 100 List. The OnHollywood 100 Award is given to private, emerging technology companies in the media and entertainment industries. Gigya was selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team based on demonstration of growth, market opportunity, quality of innovation and customer traction.

“Gigya is pleased to be a member of the 2009 OnHollywood 100,” said Dave Yovanno, CEO, Gigya. “It is a real honor to be recognized for our industry leading technology and platform among this innovative and distinguished group of interactive technology leaders for the second year in a row. We are looking forward to participating at AlwaysOn’s 2009 OnHollywood event, and learning as much from our fellow nominees as we have to share.”

Gigya and the other OnHollywood 100 winners will be recognized at the OnHollywood, April 27th-29th at The Sofitel Hotel in West Hollywood. OnHollywood is where cutting-edge technology CEOs from the back streets of Silicon Valley meet the Hollywood digital entertainment and media elite. This two day executive event features high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities, content strategies and monetization schemes in the video, music, gaming, and mobile industries.

“This year’s OnHollywood 100 companies represent the future of entertainment and spotlight how technology and digital media have and will continue to deeply impact the entertainment industry as we know it,” said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn. ”Despite the economic downturn, the pace of innovation continues to progress, making
this year’s selection even more difficult. We are pleased to see what 2009 has in store for the entertainment industry and we are happy to reveal the 2009 OnHollywood 100.”

The OnHollywood 100 winners were selected from among hundreds of other technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists and industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2009 list.

A full list of all the OnHollywood 100 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn website.

Posts Tagged ‘Facebook Connect’

Applying Social Technologies – Part 4

Free Gigya Socialize for Drupal webinar on 8/4/09 – Sign up today to learn about product features, implementation, and best practices

Applying Social Technologies – Part 1

Gigya Named AlwaysOn OnHollywood 100 Winner Company Selected as Technology Innovator in Content Delivery

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