Amazon has just announced that they are offering several widgets (small interactive units that can be placed on any site) to help Amazon Associates sell more products.

These widgets include interesting options like a tag cloud, a slideshow, your favorites, and several other personalized options you can modify from your Amazon Associates account.

Amazon’s widget builder includes support for all major blog systems, such as WordPress, TypePad, etc.

Example of an Amazon Widget

This development by Amazon is likely a move to catch up to Google, which just released its own version of Widget Ads, which will operate like Google Adsense, but with more interactive units.

Expect to see many more internet giants adding widgets as soon as they can to avoid being left behind this growing trend.

Amazon Widget Builder