The Wonderful World of Widgets

By: April JoynerMon Jan 28, 2008 at 6:05 PM

A sampling of the top widget companies, their offerings, and the businesses benefiting from their services.

Corporate clients: Six Flags, Reebok, Procter & Gamble

Yourminis' partner program allows companies to transform Web content into widgets. Partner companies can either use their own developers or hire members from yourmini's team. Yourminis also offers distribution and metrics tools and hosts a gallery of widgets.

Why It Matters: Unlike other widget companies, yourminis also has its own startpage builder that enables users to create custom pages from news feeds and widgets from its gallery -- boosting the number of views for featured widgets.

Corporate clients: CBS, Red Bull