Open Social Applications

The web is better when it's social.

The web is more interesting when you can build apps that easily interact with your friends and colleagues. But with the trend towards more social applications also comes a growing list of site-specific APIs that developers must learn.

OpenSocial defines a common API for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create apps that access a social network's friends and update feeds.

OpenSocial is being pushed by the web goliath, Google. When a company as large as that has put itself behind a project, you need to sit up and take notice. It allows developers to create one application and with tiny adjustments, it's compatible with a wide range of social networking websites. If you develop an application that takes advantage of OpenSocial, then it can be used on giants like LinkedIn, MySpace, Orkut, iGoogle, along with dozens of other high traffic websites.

The amount of exposure your OpenSocial application could get is incredible, combined, all the sites have more users than Facebook, and more unique users as they are likely to be from different countries.

A website that can use an OpenSocial application is called a Container. Agriya not only develops OpenSocial applications, we are also highly skilled in developing the Containers, having done it for Kootali and iSocial. This means that if you purchase Kootali or iSocial, you can also take advantage of the huge range of apps available!

See how the Container on iSocial has helped hundreds of website owners stand out from the crowd and get visitors not only coming back, but inviting others along.

Why choose OpenSocial?

OpenSocial's main benefit is its reach across numerous social networks that have agreed to participate in the common API. API is the common code that is shared among platforms. Creating a single application using OpenSocial API gives your application the ability to reach communities across all of the different social network platforms that support OpenSocial.

OpenSocial is the first standardized code for social networking platforms. The advantage of integrating OpenSocial API is that is can be easily re-used on all of the supporting social networks. By using OpenSocial there is no need to develop separate strategic application campaigns for each of the social networks. A single application strategy campaign can be used across the board and reduce development time and costs.

Let Social Media Home Give Your Application The Edge!

We have created many OpenSocial applications among the different social networking platforms such as MySpace, Hi5 and Orkut. See how to explode your application growth on multiple social networking platforms and get visitors to not only come back, but to invite others as well.

If you are interested in developing OpenSocial applications, please get in touch with us to discuss your requirements.