Web news: Social website toolbars that help your visitors better interact with your online product

Posted on 05. Sep, 2009 by Dragos in Internet Life, Web Buzzz

I’ve noticed many website owners have started implementing bottom toolbars on their pages. Even though I don’t really like how they look, they seem to offer some good features for visitors. The installation of such toolbar is pretty quick and simple and it shouldn’t take more that 5 minutes.

Here are some benefits you’ll get from putting a social toolbar on your website:

Easily customize your toolbar so it fits perfectly in your website’s design.
It offers a quick way of searching your website (the search bar is visible right at the bottom of the page, no need to scroll)
Offer the possibility to your visitors to quickly translate your website into their native language.
Share pages with a click of the mouse on famous social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter or Digg
Notify your readers about events, contests, promotions… right from the toolbar.
Play games
Chat with your friends on Facebook, AOL or Meebo right from the toolbar

I may have skipped some features, because I myself am not a fan of these toolbars, but if you know some more, let us know with a comment below.

Two of the companies I know offering social toolbars are Wibiya and Meebo: