Z-Blog

Providing rich examples in blog posts is key to educating and entertaining our readers. That’s why all modern platforms allow embeding of rich objects like YouTube videos so we’re not limited to just static text with images. To give you more powers as a bloggers we’re expanding our existing offering of YouTube, Google Maps and Last.fm widgets with three new ones: SlideShare, 5min and Wikinvest. Other notable changes

• bigger images: we increased the default image size to 300px width
• 17.9% less fat: our interface code runs even faster now. We optimized many routines to make sure that we don’t slow you down while you are creating your latest masterpiece.
• Windows Live Writer stability improvements in interface. As we updated just scripts, there is no need to reinstall plugin.
• Firefox Extension got smarter – we’ll be able to show you what’s new when we release upgrades as well as ask you tell us why you uninstalled Zemanta so we can improve the service.

All updates are already available to all users on supported platforms. New rich objects in action SlideShare is the world’s largest community for sharing presentations.

or as an embed:

5min is the leading syndication platform for broadband instructional, knowledge and lifestyle videos. Their library includes tens of thousands of videos across 20 categories and 140 subcategories, which are professionally produced and brand-safe.

5min video

Wikinvest wants to make investing easier by creating the world’s best source of investment information and investment tools.

Wikinvest widget

All the embeds are supported in platforms that are kind enough to allow us to insert rich objects, that are among others, self-hosted Wordpresses, Blogger, TypePad, MovableType and Drupal.