Each member profile now has a new widget configuration option. Users can comment on any other user’s widget, clone the widget to add it to their own profile, or e-mail the slideshow to a friend. This viral feature makes a lot of sense since friends can share a single widget of last weekend’s party while only one person goes through the effort of signing up for a widget service, uploading the photos, and discovering the appropriate sharing features.
The Bebo add a widget page lists the three slideshow providers in random order. Surprisingly not one company created a specially branded advertisement for Bebo users but Slide definitely has the best landing page, letting Bebo users dive right into creating a shareable slideshow.
I walked through the full process creating a new account on Photobucket, uploading a few pictures, and then sharing on Bebo. A Photobucket user bundles a few uploaded photos into a slideshow and selects the “Share” link instead of selecting an embed snippet. The Photobucket server already had my Bebo username so all I had to do was choose a title. Pretty simple.
Expect more widgets in the future from Bebo, tying together user data on various outside systems into an online personality and pieces of flair.