July 8, 2008

JS-Kit Acquires HaloScan and Releases Major New Features

Burlingame, CA, July 8, 2008 – JS-Kit has widened its lead in distributed services by acquiring HaloScan the largest hosted Comments service on the web. Simultaneously, we are releasing support for cross-site visitor profiles, on-the-fly data-synchronization with major blogging platforms, and SEO support for user generated content.

HaloScan Acquisition -- Strengthens JS-Kit's position by providing the scale on which valuable new features like visitor profiles & reputations depend (see below).

• Automatic transition to JS-Kit:
• Comment script will be automatically updated to include all JS-Kit features: Visitor Profile, Synchronization, YouTube video support, etc. Within 30 days
• Data will automatically transition to JS-Kit's highly-scalable & reliable servers 20% of sites now, rest within 30 days
• JS-Kit Ratings and Polls are integrated into HaloScan sites Now!
• HaloScan sites gain free access to JS-Kit world-class technical support Now!



Combined Company:

• 550,000+ registered sites
• 8+ million users
• 80+ million comments
• Growing at 300+ new sites per day
• Full suite of complementary services; Ratings, Polls, Reviews, Navigator, Advisor

Major New Features

Portable Visitor Profile

• Gives users access to their comments made across JS-Kit 550,000 publisher sites
• Encourages cross-domain traffic as users are exposed to content through the Portable Profile

Synchronization

• Gives sites the flexibility to add or remove JS-Kit Comments without risk of losing comment data
• Automatic import of existing comments from WordPress & Blogger into JS-Kit
• Automatic update of WordPress and Blogger of all new comments made in JS-Kit
• No Programming necessary

SEO Support
• Solves one of the key issues of hosted services by giving the publisher 100% SEO for all Comment data.



This acquisition gives us the scale to make our cross-domain Portable Visitor Profile meaningful for visitors. By supporting automatic synchronization of data to the base CMS and 100% SEO of comments we give publishers long term control over their sites.
JS-Kit is winning in the marketplace through innovation and quality of support not through data lock-in.

About JS-Kit

JS-Kit provides ultra-lightweight, feature-specific content and community services for any site via a hosted platform. The company's services offer unparalleled ease of implementation and a compelling combination of power and affordability. JS-Kit empowers publishers by delivering must-have features, promoting rich interactivity and building community and customer knowledge.  

Contact: press@js-kit.com