1. IncredibleEmbeddables Make your news site unforgettable.

2. WHY? Why do people play Farmville? Or post status updates? Or microblog? Readers want to explore ideas — learn, understand, and experience. And they want to build connections. Adding interactivity transforms the reader from passive observer to active participant and co-creator. This is good for your site.

3. Look to the best

7. Soundlides http://soundslides.com/

8. Photopeach http://photopeach.com/

10. No control over transitions

13. Upload your own mp3 file

14. Free videos limited to 30 seconds

17. Professional look. Full-screen viewing option.

18. View slideshow, click share, copy embed code

19. Captions do not display by default

22. Presentations are heavy

23. Interweave photos (including cutouts), audio, and video.

24. Still in beta

27. Viewer controls slideshow (click to advance)

28. Add audio, descriptions and links

29. Free version has watermark at beginning

32. Make a 360 or wide angle panorama

33. Clean, professional

36. Create slideshows, panoramas or “trip shows”

37. Panoramic stitching not as clean as Dermandar

40. Drag and drop, then stitch together

41. Final image is downloadable

42. Use Hospots to include other images, links and info

45. Use rich text editor to include information

46. Embed photos and video

47. Use placemarks, lines and shapes

50. 16 types of visualization

51. Interactive (hover effects)

52. Somewhat steep learning curve

55. 11 types of Flash charts, 9 JavaScript/HTML5

56. Must be downloaded and created locally.

59. JavaScript based (no Flash needed)

60. Steep learning curve, but extensive documentation

62. Hohli http://charts.hohli.com

63. Dipity http://www.dipity.com/

65. Easy to use. Web-based.

68. Clean interface and display

69. Text or timeline view

70. Entries expand to show larger image, details

73. Two choices of theme (dark and light)

74. Steep learning curve

77. Simple to set up

78. Single-question polls, personality quizzes, and surveys

79. Free version only allows you to see 10 survey responses

82. Simple interface

83. Embed pictures, video or other html

86. Free and not-too-complicated

87. Customizable, including adding audio

90. Time-intensive to build, but sophisticated look

91. Free version not embeddable

94. Create computer-narrated animations

95. Use to explain/simplify something complex

98. Large community of readers and writers

101. Embed on your site

102. Full-screen viewing mode

105. Upload documents you have the rights to and comment

107. SlideShare http://www.slideshare.net/

109. Upload slideshows and embed

112. Tal.ki http://tal.ki/

114. Embed directly into your site

117. Now has TanglerLive option to work from Twitter

120. Simple drag and drop

122. Storify http://storify.com/

124. Use multiple reports to cover an event

125. Tied into Facebook, Twitter, flickr, youtube

127. SoundCloud http://soundcloud.com/

129. Mostly used by musicians and composers

132. Made for short audio podcasting on the go.

135. Includes options for text and photos

138. Branded

139. Tweet in comments

140. Comment from site as well

141. Polls

143. Livestream http://www.livestream.com/

146. Multi-camera option