coComment reaches agreement with JS-Kit
I’m delighted to announce that, contrary to rumours circulating recently, coComment has not been acquired by JS-Kit but that we HAVE entered into a partnership agreement which will assist both companies and offer our users more functionality.
We are going to focus on our tracking business for users and will be launching our new coComment PRO solution for Brand Owners very shortly.
In future …
- coComment will distribute JS-Kit Comments, Ratings, & Polls
- All JS-Kit conversations will be automatically tracked by coComment
All existing sites using coComment comments to power conversations on their sites will continue to be fully supported. We do intend to migrate but only once we are able to do so seamlessly and without inconvenience to the site.
This is an exciting time for both companies as we grow and offer more products and services to our customers.
As ever, please let us know what you think and feel free to ask any questions. Following is a simple FAQ addressing some of the already presented ones …
Will I lose comment powering on my site ?
No, absolutely not. coComment will continue to power comments on your site until you decide to migrate or we are able to do so in a way that the migration requires no change to your site.
I want to add some JS-Kit functionality (polls, ratings, pre-moderation etc)
Please contact us to discuss a migration plan … most of these can be added very simply.
What will this mean to me in terms of traffic ?
As ever, we can’t guarantee that an audience will visit your site but this deal will massively increase the size of the potential audience on coComment. Since coComment only ever allows commenting ON YOUR SITE this has the potential to significantly increase visitors if your content and conversations prove popular.
Why are you doing this ?
coComment started offering outsourced comment powering because, in some cases, this was the simplest or only way to gather the comment data. We believe we’ve built a market-leading comment engine but it’s not our core business and we would prefer to focus our efforts on comment management for users and data provision to brand owners whilst giving our sites the ability to benefit from a company solely focussed on their needs.
Has JS-Kit acquired coComment ?
No. This is a partnership agreement for the benefit of coComment, JS-Kit and our respective customers.
Who are JS-Kit ?
JS-Kit is the fastest growing provider of outsourced social network tools to sites. Currently offering comments, ratings, polls and more to over 600,000 sites including AOL/Userplace (300,000 sites), eVite (comments on over 200 million invitations annually) and WorldNow, JS-Kit is also the recent acquirer of the HaloScan business. They have just announced their latest successful funding round and are therefore stable and continuing to grow despite the current circumstances.
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