As you might have noticed we’ve released a new version of the Spotback website and widgets. Thanks to the feedback from all our users we’ve managed to fine tune the existing website and make the widget just a little bit easier to grab.
From now on, you can grab any widget directly from a website. If you see a rating tool you fancy or a sidebar that fits with your online brand on some other website just click ‘Grab This Widget’ and it’s yours.
We’ve also added the ‘Recent Raters’ feature within the widget. You can easily see all the Spotback registered users that have recently rated on a website or a specific item and then click their avatar to view their rating history.

Our widget Gallery is starting to bloom, we’ve been getting some cool submissions lately, check it out.
Here are a few useful ones:

Metallic Stars:

Filmspot Rater:

TV.com Rater:

Just Recent Raters (and one star):

We’ll be updating new features shortly which will include a statistics chart for the site owner to view!
Keep updated right here on our blog.

Here are some pics we took at the awesome Web 2.0 expo:

Michael Arrington and Jeff Clavier

Orli Yakuel and Frank Gruber

Tommorow we will be arriving in San Francisco for the largest Web 2.0 convention.
If anyone would like to catch up with us and discuss some internet and business opportunities, please contact Micha Kaufman, CEO by mail at micha [at] spotback [dot] com.

For those who won’t get a chance to visit this year we’ll keep you updated with some pictures and stories as the Web 2.0 Expo kicks off.

The long wait is over!
We’re proud to announce the public launch of Spotback’s ‘Rate Everything’ widgets and beta release site.

From now on you can log on to http://spotback.com and view your rating history. But more importantly, you can custom design widgets within seconds to fit with your site’s design. All you have to do is go to the ‘widget gallery’, design yourself a rating tool and sidebar and simply install the code.

We’ve added a lot of new features to the widgets, including comment rating, top comments and a recent raters feature where you can view the recent users who voted on your blog and view their rating history.

Oh, and finally- if you think that all of this is cool, wait until you hear about all the things that we are planning for you next. We are just warming up. Drop by our blog and keep updated.

GET THE WIDGETS NOW!

It’s been hectic here at Spotback HQ. We’re keeping busy installing our widgets on many more alpha user sites and optimizing our compatibility with other platforms.

Here are some new platforms we support:
OSCommerce - open source online stores.
Shopify Online Stores - see our example site here.
Dasblog (only the full installation edition).
Tumblr Blogs - Tumblelogs are like blogs with less fuss.

We also support Blogger, Wordpress, Moveable Type and Google Pages.

More updates soon to come regarding the beta release soon to come…