The service's user interface, which lets people post items they like to dozens of services, such as Digg, Twitter, Delicious, and plain old e-mail, is also getting a graphical and performance refresh designed to make it simpler to use. (See story, "ShareThis and the stealth business model," for a look at the current version of the product.)

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Siphs makes sharing content easier for publishers and users

We're big fans of the ShareThis button here at Webware. It's tiny and speedy when it comes to bookmarking or passing along interesting content you find on the Web to others. However, one thing it doesn't offer is a way to skin it to match your site. Enter Siphs, an unfortunately named, but useful tool for blog or site owners to help their users share and bookmark content while keeping tabs on what's getting the most play.

Siphs does everything ShareThis does including the option to brand the sharing page to match your blog or Web … Read more

ShareThis and the stealth business model

ShareThis makes a very useful service that might be sheltering a real business.

Let's deal with this product first, since it's quite good. ShareThis makes a widget that any content publisher can use on his or her sites. It gives users a very easy way to share a story they are reading with a site like Digg or Reddit, or with individuals via their social network, or through e-mail or instant message. And it beats littering a blog template with a dozen buttons that appear on every story.

ShareThis takes this feature to gratifying extremes. If you want … Read more