A few months ago in Orlando a new idea in transportable widgets was introduced to the developer community. The name of this concept is CloudShout . During this years IZEAFest , CloudShout has developed into a fully functional system and introductory keys were given out to not only developers but blog owners as well.

Being in closed alpha at the moment CloudShout is once again opening looking for more developers and blog operators. Thus allowing me to give out invite keys to those that are interested.

Anyone who surfs, blogs, or develops for the web would find CloudShout highly useful. The idea behind the transportable widget is that you can go from site to site with a set of applications that you or others can use. Instant messaging, LastFM, even a nice game of checkers!

From the surfers point of view they would be able to instant message friends that are also online; as long as both are on CloudShout equipped sites. With your apps in hand you can extend your user experience in real time communication with your friends or the other site visitors.

The first site to adopt CloudShout is SocialSpark and since CloudShout is in closed alpha registration must be done at SocialSpark to gain the full profile potential.

After setting up a blogger profile you can simply surf about your business. Upon happening on a CloudShout equipped site you’ll notice your display name as well as other registered users. The nice thing is through polling requests you can watch others come and go from the site. Contact these users as you wish in a variety of ways.

Each user can choose from several applications to install to increase your or others enjoyment. The big benefit here is that you can install any apps on any CloudShout equipped site you are on. When viewing the profile of a person you can choose to install apps that they have and you want; never leaving the site you are on.

As a blog operator it’s nice to be able to instantly communicate with your visitor as they come and go. Visitors can leave you messages apart from comments, and the benefit of not exposing the owners email address as well. Blog specific apps can be installed, yes via the site, that will potentially have visitors stay longer.

For developers this is another opportunity to get your name out. Just as Netvibes, iPhone, Nokia, Facebook, etc, allow developers to create applications for their community to use, CloudShout is no exception. Using a predefined widget architecture developers can quickly develop applications and submit applications. After a review process the application, if approved, would be made available to the community at large.

I have keys to give out to those interested in developing and or using CloudShout as it is still in closed alpha. Leave me a comment and I will send keys out to the email you leave.

Tags: cloudshout, IZEA, izeafest, uwa, widgets