Aug
12th

Inspire Reader Interaction With Firef.ly

Files under Blogging Gadgets | Posted by Max Miroff

It’s innovative, fresh, new, and another generic-sounding word describing something innovative, fresh, and new.

It’s Firef.ly.

Since it’d be easier to simply show you what it is first, click on the slider above to open it up (please hop on over to this page, RSS readers). An overlay will appear on Blog Badly and you’ll be able to type anywhere on it. If there is another reader here that’s using the app, you’ll be able to talk with them. I’ll be here for the next hour or so checking back on it, so you can talk to the famed owner of this prestigious blog ;)

SO WHAT IS FIREFLY, EXACTLY?
One could describe it as a fancy pants chat client (because that’s basically what it is), but lets get into the nitty gritty: it’s a chat application that you install on your site/blog using a simple piece of code that allows for easy reader-to-reader-to-owner interaction. This takes place in a simple overlay that allows you to type messages and view what others using Firef.ly on the site are doing in real-time. This is a killer app because it’s

  • simple
  • easy-to-implement
  • user-friendly

There is, of course, one problem: you need to have quite a few willing users for it to work, and a good amount of traffic. I’m counting on you guys to provide your feedback, whether in the comments section of this post or just by typing it into the app (it saves chat history too – and I can ban you troublemakers [even more cool features]).


14 Responses to “Inspire Reader Interaction With Firef.ly”

  1. By Link Building Bible on Aug 12, 2008 | Reply

    Cool… but kinda weird… and definitely a waste of time i don’t need in my life right now =)

  2. By Paid Online Free Surveys on Aug 13, 2008 | Reply

    Although nobody was here to chat back with me…

    The application seemed pretty cool. lol.

  3. By Max Miroff on Aug 13, 2008 | Reply

    Hey, come back Paid Online Free Surveys! I’ll talk to you! Heeeyyy!

    I’m so alone :(

  4. By Printable Kids Crafts on Aug 15, 2008 | Reply

    This definitely a cool app. However, I think it can be better implemented. I think they have made it too trendy. I think need to make a version that corporate websites could use.

  5. By Blog for Beginners on Aug 15, 2008 | Reply

    I was wondering what this little widget sitting on my browser which refuses to close..:-) but it certainly looks cool not very obstructive if you ask me.

    Thanks for the heads up.

    Yan

  6. By Codrut Turcanu - AdSenseProfitTips.com on Aug 16, 2008 | Reply

    Interesting, it has created lot of buzz lately.

    In addition to that, it seems like a totally different chat system to power your websites like through this your visitors can easily be in touch with each other with the help of chat.

  7. By Paula from Affiliate Blog Online on Aug 18, 2008 | Reply

    Couldn’t quite get it to work as it kept saying that it couldn’t ping the server. From what I did see though, it looks pretty cool but yes you would need plenty of traffic to make it a success.

  8. By Waterpup on Sep 1, 2008 | Reply

    I’m actually afraid to install this. I’m still at an impasse as to the direction I want to go with my blog and readership isn’t that high. However I’m afraid I’ll end up spending hours longer than I need to waiting on someone :)

  9. By RPO on Sep 15, 2008 | Reply

    thanks for the post. i am pretty unfamiliar with firefly.

  10. By Ahmike on Sep 16, 2008 | Reply

    I wanna have my firefly now ^^

  11. By Vivek Barun on Sep 22, 2008 | Reply

    cool app.
    but only good for good traffic

  12. By sex-dating on Oct 8, 2008 | Reply

    cool article, thanks for sharing

  13. By Jasa seo murah on Nov 27, 2011 | Reply

    Thanks for your share. i really enjoyed this.

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