HaloScan, a company that provides easily deployable commenting systems for over 489,300 sites, has partnered with JavaScript module provider JS-Kit to provide its user base with “one-click” deployment of JS-Kit’s ratings widget.
HaloScan users can now go into their regular commenting system control panel and check a box to show JS-Kit’s ratings widget alongside their comments. JS-Kit provides a number of widgets including its own commenting system, reviewed quite awhile ago, that will complement, not replace, the system offered by HaloScan.
While the ratings widget now comes as an optional feature alongside HaloScan comments, it does not have anything to do with the rating of user comments (as is the case with several commenting systems like SezWho). Rather, users are supposed to click on JS-Kit’s 5-star ratings badge to rate the content of the page, which probably displays a news article given the typical HaloScan-enabled site (DailyNews of Los Angeles and The Olympian are a couple of the bigger ones).
JS-Kit CEO Khris Loux is emboldened by this partnership because he believes that scale and prevalence are very important for startups that provide extra functionality for existing websites. He also expects a shakeout in 2008 among such service providers as those that fail to gain traction die off. We’ll just have to see how much room the market has for multiple providers of commenting, rating, review, and polling widgets (I imagine quite a lot). But if he is right, this could very well prove to be an important first distribution deal for his company to make.
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About time HaloScan came out with Ratings.
js-kit continues down the path of no foreseeable revenue stream…
is it right to use haloscan since some of sites say there is trackback problem in it.
please help me to solve this prob.
can it be used in my site : http://www.bwm-financial.com ? what is the advantages will i have?
Mark,
Thank you for your post!
Answers to the above:
#1 Yes, it is about time! Further, expect a broadening of technology companies selecting JS-Kit technologies to enhance their platforms competitiveness in 2008.
#2 Thank you for being concerned about our revenue
We will announce our plans shortly. Be sure that everything we do will support our publishers & everything will be opt-in.
#3 For help with HaloScan email: support@haloscan.com
#4 Yes, you should use JS-Kit Ratings on your site! The services allows you to collect valuable data about your audience’s tastes and preferences
& enables dynamic discovery based on community opinion by using our Navigator service.
Happy New Year!
Khris, CEO
JS-Kit
khris at js-kit.com
@damon
You are incorrect, If they were to implement a widget platform that could track their widget usage, or even place advertisements within the widget they would certainly be able to create revenue. There are many companies that do this, like Clearspring http://www.clearspring.com/advertisements/
I’m impressed by JS-Kits growth. While I don’t personally use their services they have come out of nowhere and quickly grown. A partnership with HaloScan is a great step forward.