You may have noticed that we just rolled out some new features for Multiply. We hinted at some of these a few days ago, but now they're all finally ready.

We'll touch on each pretty briefly; there's a lot that's new and worth mentioning.

Flash video. Now when you share video on Multiply, we'll automatically convert it to Flash format, for easy viewing in your browser. You'll be able to download the original, and yes, embed these into other websites... just click "share." (We took a closer look at Flash video the other day; be sure to have a look!)

More imports. You can now import video content from YouTube, Google Video, and Photobucket. We've added ImageShack support to our growing list of image import tools. And if you blog on TypePad, you can now easily import your blog entries to Multiply.

Cross-posting. Blog imports are one thing... and are quite useful for catching up. But more excitingly, you can now blog concurrently with your LiveJournal, Blogger, or yes, TypePad account. Compose once and it's posted twice. (Enable each of these on the import pages for each respective service.)

Backdating. Many users have asked for the ability to have blog entries reflect a time and date other than the time they're posted. This new option will appear on your blog compose page once you've enabled Advanced Posting.

Revamped search. All the search tools you need -- whether you're looking for people, groups or content -- are now in one simple place.

Drag-and-drop your layout. If you use the "Boxes" layout type (as opposed to "Linear") for your Multiply page, you can now easily drag and drop content type sections -- or edit the way they display without leaving your homepage!

What you missed. These are still the same 'new content' alerts you may already be receiving, but now you can choose whether you want them daily, weekly (you choose the day!) or not at all. You can change this here.

As always, we hope you enjoy the new features.
We'd love to hear what you think of the changes.

Hi everyone! Here's a quick rundown of the latest new features we just rolled out...

The Multiply Screensaver
We've created a screensaver that runs through some of the latest photos posted in your network (see image to the right). Once a day the screensaver is updated with new photos so you get a fresh screensaver every day. You decide whether it runs through photos from your entire network, people very close to you, just your contacts, etc. Best of all it's free to use. Click here to learn more about it.

Faster searches
Our new search feature has been working great, but now it's even better. If you tried it before, please try again and you should get your results much faster than before. If you haven't tried a search on Multiply, please give it a shot. It's the best way to find trusted information because we only search through stuff posted by the people you're connected to. And it's a fun way to see what's out there in your network!

An easier way to see who's reading your stuff
We've expanded the Message Summary box on the Welcome page to include your most recent posts, so you can get a quick glimpse of how often they've been read and/or replied to. In fact that box will include any post - no matter how old - if it has a reply you haven't read yet.

Home page updates
Just look in the area underneath the headshot on anyone's home page and now you'll see how many contacts that person has, and whether they've posted more profile pics of themselves. Of course, the number of contacts will only appear if that person allows it. We're also back to displaying the person's city or town, due to popular request.

Better - and prettier - invites
We're experimenting with a much nicer-looking, and more informative, e-mail invitation to help you convince your friends to use Multiply. Since these e-mails contain html graphics, which many e-mail readers often mis-interpret as spam, you may want to recommend that your invitees check their "spam" or "bulk" folders just in case your invitation ends up there.

Easy step-by-step 'getting started guide' on Welcome page
We've added a quick step-by-step guide to helping new users get started with Multiply. It's at the top of the Welcome page, and you can hide it if you don't need it.

Invited users now show up in viewing history
Now when you share one of your posts by e-mail, we're tracking when the post is read by the people you've shared it with. Their e-mail addresses will show up in the list of people in the viewing history.

Message page improvements
We did a few minor things that should make things a lot easier. For one, we added a "users" button right next to the "groups" button, so you can quickly see messages from just one particular user. It's also easier to switch back to your original slider setting after filtering by a user or group.