They're excited to announce the release of two updates to their free sharing tools. First, they’ll begin rollout of a redesigned version of our classic sharing widget to the ShareThis Publisher Network. The upgraded versions include the latest and greatest bells and whistles and design standards including a streamlined user interface that reduces the steps to sharing, and larger sharing icons for better visibility.
Second, if you are a Publisher who has adopted and installed a current version of their sharing tools (using buttons.js code), they’re proud to announce the release of a brand new feature that lets users spend more time sharing and less time signing in to their favorite services, all without leaving your site -- FastShare from ShareThis.
Lightning Fast Sharing!
Faster Sharing. Yes, the benefit might seem obvious from the name, but here’s why: FastShare enables sharing in fewer steps and with less disruption for users who have previously signed in with ShareThis using OAuth. Visitors to your site, who have previously logged-in across any of the more than 1 million websites in the ShareThis Publisher Network with their credentials, will automatically see their FastShare options available.
Greater time spent on your site. FastShare keeps these users on your site throughout the sharing process, rather than taking them away from it each time they share. Yeah!
Sharing, at scale. FastShare works across all of the top social networks that currently use OAuth, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Yahoo! Pulse and Google Buzz. Your signed-in users will immediately see the benefits to the new experience as sharing instantly becomes easier.
See FastShare in Action
They’ve created a short video to show you what your visitors will experience. Watch it here.
How Do Publishers Get FastShare?
They will begin the FastShare and new design rollout across their network. If you have implemented their current widget (using buttons.js code), you won’t need to do anything to enable FastShare or the new design elements. You should expect to see the redesigned experience within 48 hours.
If you have the older version of the ShareThis widget (using sharethis.js code) but would like to take advantage of the new features, simply upgrade to the new version here.
For more information on FastShare, its benefits, and what it means for you, visit ShareThis.com, or their FastShare FAQ.
Happy Sharing!
P.S. They’ve mentioned OAuth in the past and the benefits of allowing people to connect to their social networks to increase the opportunity for your content to be more widely distributed (read about it in their blog post). If you have any questions about OAuth or want to learn more, visit http://oauth.net/about