Ouriel broke the news on Typepad’s new widgets feature to easily add functionality to websites. He also compares Typepad’s widgests to Wordpress.com’s recent similar offering.

I’m all for anything that makes blogging easier for the masses, and Typepad and Wordpress are leading the charge here. Widgets, which are bundles of functionality and require zero developer skills to integrate, are important features to give these masses the tools they need to publish professional looking sites.