Six Apart Launches Open Widget Platform for TypePad Blogs; Thirty-Two Companies Among the First to Extend TypePad With Widgets That Add Power to the Award-Winning Blogging Service

"Because Six Apart has made it so easy for TypePad users to add FeedBurner widgets to their blogs, we can extend more services to TypePad publishers and the millions of readers who visit TypePad blogs every month," said Eric Lunt, FeedBurner's cofounder and chief technology officer. "As a partner, we were impressed with the openness of Six Apart's platform and the simplicity of their APIs. They made it incredibly quick and easy to build widgets for TypePad and we look forward to seeing creative use of the platform by the development community."

Commerce

--CafePress TopicAds delivers image ads that match the blog's content and allows the blogger to earn up to a 20% commission.

--FatLens adds upcoming event and ticket availability information about a blogger's favorite teams, bands and happenings in their city.

--PostApp lets users list the items they're selling on eBay on their TypePad blogs.

--Tumri CornerStore provides an interactive shopping application that makes it easy for readers to shop without leaving the site.

--Zazzle.com zPanel allows TypePad bloggers to earn up to 17% on sales of one-of-a-kind creations that they design through Zazzle.com.

Content

--ClubMom.com provides bloggers with a poll targeted at moms each week.

--Live Informed offers headlines on lifestyle trends, including auto, education, family, food and entertaining, healthy living, and more.

--Opinmind Quotables give readers a quick glimpse of the opinions expressed in a blog by displaying quotes extracted directly from the blog.

--RobotCoop helps keep track of the things bloggers want to do, the places they want to visit, and the books, albums, movies, and food they want to experience.

--Rojo Feedshare lets bloggers with similar interests promote each other by providing "feed listings" on their blogs for sites in the network.

--Squidoo lets bloggers link to Squidoo Lenses, so they can share relevant content from sites like Flickr, eBay and Amazon, get more traffic, and earn a royalty.

--Weatherbug puts live local weather conditions on a weblog, allowing visitors to get personalized weather information.

Games

--Bunchball enables bloggers to interact with visitors through multi-player games, photo and music sharing, virtual pets, live chat and more.

--GameTrust Arcade puts casual games like 8-ball and Chess onto a blog with the click of a button.

Job Search

--Indeed enables a blog's readers to search millions of jobs from thousands of job sites.

--Jobster helps blog visitors find better jobs by providing a job search box and job feed widget.

--Simply Hired JobPad makes it simple to add millions of job listings from SimplyHired.com to a TypePad blog without writing a single line of code.

Music

--Pandora helps bloggers find new music based on what they like to hear, as well as integrate custom stations and newly discovered songs into their sites.

Photos and Video

--CNET's Webshots Blog Badge enables bloggers to share their latest photo albums.

--ImageChef makes it possible for a blogger to decorate their blog with creative images by choosing from dozens of templates.

--One True Media allows bloggers to create videos, embed videos directly into blog entries, and buy copies on DVD.