Daily Archives: June 27, 2009

YourMembership.com Inc., a leading global provider of online member communities and membership management software, today announced the launch of a new add-on, called SocialConnect™, that provides Facebook® integration.

The SocialConnect add-on to YourMembership.com communities leverages Facebook Connect technology and enables members of YourMembership.com customer communities to sign in to their organizations’ private communities using their Facebook credentials (username/password). Once signed in, members have the option to post updates automatically to their personal Facebook walls when they conduct many actions within their organizations’ private communities.

Actions that publish from a YourMembership.com community to Facebook include: blog postings, photo uploads, events, fundraising activities, member profile updates, media uploads, résumé updates, forum posts and more. As member activity is automatically posted to Facebook, these updates also are included on the Facebook homepage feeds of their connected friends.

“SocialConnect helps extend our customers across the social grid. The more information that they share across open social networking sites, the greater their exposure and visibility,” said William H. Stover Jr., CEO and president of YourMembership.com. “With the purchase of the SocialConnect add-on, our customers can increase member registrations, member interaction, event registrations, transactions and overall brand recognition for their organizations.”

While a member’s Facebook wall may feature links to content on his/her organization’s private community, access to private content is controlled by YourMembership.com’s security settings. To access private content, an individual must be an approved member of a YourMembership.com community.

About YourMembership.com

Founded in 1998, YourMembership.com Inc. develops online member communities and web-based membership software for associations, non-profits, government organizations, corporations, congregations, secondary schools, universities, foundations, fraternal organizations and private social networking sites. Serving hundreds of customers around the world, YourMembership.com creates truly dynamic, secure and connected member communities with all product features, design, hosting, future product upgrades and customer service included for one low fee. Please visit www.YourMembership.com for more information.

SocialConnect is a trademark of YourMembership.com Inc. Facebook® is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc.

FatCow (www.fatcow.com), a leader in Web hosting services for individuals and small businesses, worked with Google to become the first Web hosting company to implement the Google Services for Websites console that customers access directly from the hosting control panel. The goal of Google Services for Websites is to enable customers to maximize the potential of their Web site and provide easy access to expanded services such as Webmaster Toolsâ„ , AdSenseâ„ and Custom Searchâ„ .

Google Services for Websites allows Web site owners to easily install, activate and access their Google Web tools through a central location on the hosting control panel. Product Managers from Google and FatCow worked closely together to develop Google Services for Websites and provide hosting customers with a superior user experience.

“We wanted to capitalize on all of these great Google tools by making it easier for customers to utilize these best-of-breed tools through a single sign-on,” explains Mitch Haber, Vice President, Product Management at FatCow, “It was an amazing experience to work with Google. We were able to integrate their innovation, technology and commitment to excellence with our understanding of hosting customers to deliver an outstanding application.”

“People who manage Web sites are looking for easy access to simple and powerful tools because they want to focus on retaining users and managing their business,” said Rajat Mukherjee, Group Product Manager for Google Custom Search. “It’s optimal when we can work with a valued Web hosting partner like FatCow to develop new interfaces that make the lives of our Webmasters easier and more organized.”

Each tool within Google Services for Websites adds value to a customer’s site, improves the user experience, and helps the site better “communicate” with Google. The tools include:

* Webmaster Tools – Allows customers to see how Google views their site, identify visibility issues and submit sitemaps.
* Custom Search and Site Search – Adds a customizable search box to their site with a consistent look and feel.
* Adsense for Search – Helps customers generate revenue and better serve visitors’ needs by displaying relevant ads with their search results.

Existing FatCow account holders will find Google Services for Websites in their online control panel under Web site tools and new customers can learn more about this tool and many others by visiting http://www.fatcow.com. Google Services for Websites is also available through other leading hosts, including IPOWER, StartLogic and PowWeb.

About FatCow:
FatCow provides shared Web hosting solutions for individuals and small to medium sized businesses looking for an affordable, reliable Web hosting option. FatCow pioneered the “one plan one price” philosophy when it began offering its signature all-in-one Web site hosting solution, The FatCow, back in 1998.