Adam’s Blog

Address Book Integration

This month we introduced integration with Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo e-mail address books into the AddThis menu. When sending an e-mail, there is now an option to use your address book. To do this, click “Use Your Address Book”, select your e-mail provider, put in your credentials, and you’ll be presented with your address book. Just select the name and e-mail address of the person you want to share with and they’ll get put in the To: field of the e-mail.

Check out our blog post on address book integration for more information.

Redesigned More Menu

We’ve also launched a redesign of our more menu. The list of destinations that we were displaying was getting longer and longer so we wanted to create a more usable interface for looking through the list. This will also work nicely as we look to add more services in the future.

Read the blog post on the redesign of the more menu for more information.

The AddThis Firefox Plug-in

This month we were excited to announce AddThis for Firefox. It’s a plug-in which will put the orange plus sign that you’ve all come to know and love right at the top of your browser. So… whenever you see a Web site that you think is rad and want to bookmark it or share it with your friends, you can share it with just a couple of clicks.

If you’re a power sharer, like me, you’ll find yourself using this thing all the time. Oh… and the best part is that the plug-in works with any of the over 40 different destinations that AddThis can share with. Try it out and let us know what you think.

Download the plug-in today.

Establishing an Agreement with the Federal Government

This month, we established a terms of services agreement with the US General Services Administration (GSA). This will provide federal agencies with the ability to more freely use AddThis on their Web sites. The government provides so much great content on the Web. By using AddThis and making their content shareable, the federal government can make it easy for their existing users to help get the content disseminated to every corner of the Social Web and into the hands of United States citizens.

Read the blog post announcing the agreement for more info.

Featured Implementation: American Institute of Architects (AIA)

Every month, we want to feature one of our friends that have recently implemented AddThis. This month, we’ll take a look at the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The AIA is "the leading professional membership association for licensed architects, emerging professionals, and allied partners since 1857." They have a lot of great content on their Web site about the profession. It’s now all shareable with AddThis.

Here’s an example. It’s a page with resources on managing your architecture practice. With just a couple of clicks in AddThis, you can share this resource to every corner of the Social Web.

Meet our friend the blog search engine Lijit

Previously we highlighted JS-Kit and their powerful commenting system, this month we wanted to point you to our friends at the Lijit. They provide search-powered applications to individual online publishers and online publisher networks that increase page views and reader engagement, while optimizing search ad revenue. Put them on your Web site or blog.