Age & Identity Solutions For the Online World

Archive for the ‘Web 2.0’ Category



We just love Widgetbox just now, it has the coolest widgets out there, & there’s always newbies being added. Their widgets work with TypePad, WordPress, Blogger, & MySpace, as well as most other blogs & websites. No plug-ins are needed, and they’re free. Go check it out, go on!

To get your own NetIDme ’ID card’ widget, check out NetIDme.com

Find out about the latest developments with NetIDme & OpenID

Users of MySpace and other social networking sites have little loyalty for any one website, preferring instead to maintain multiple profiles.  A new report from Parks Associates, titled Web 2.0 and the New Net, explores the latest consumer data on web 2.0 trends.

Study results show that social networkers have little loyalty for any specific social networking site. Almost half of all social networkers use more than one site and one in six uses three or more. Find out more at BizReport

NetIDme provides a simple widget that allows social networking users to prove their age & gender online.

Coming soon…
A smart little web widget from NetIDme, free for all our premium service users. 
You wanted to display your Net-ID on blogs & personal webpages, to prove that ‘you are who you say you are’, well now you can…

Your Net-ID seal can be set up really quickly:
§    Login to your NetIDme profile
§    Select the checkboxes to choose who you want to show your Net-ID to:
 þ Everyone – not an option for under 18’s
 þ OpenID users – not an option for under 18’s
 þ All NetIDme users – not an option for under 18’s
 þ Only Verified NetIDme users
§    Copy & paste the html code into your personal webpage to create the seal
§    Then just click on the seal to activate it (you’ll need to enter your password) 
You’ll be able to manage your seal distribution easily within your NetIDme personal profile. 

A Widget Explanation
A widget is anything that can be embedded within a web page. A widget adds some content to that page that is not static. Widgets are also known as modules, snippets, and plug-ins. Widgets can be written in html, but also in JavaScript, flash and other scripting languages that will be run when the page is called. Widgets are very common these days and are used by bloggers, social network users, auction sites, and owners of personal web sites. 
Add your seal to your personal profiles to prove your identity online.