Widgets are the new black in the affiliate networks space because of their ease of use, flexibility and server side advantages of not having to rely on content publishers to update creatives.  Fraser has a nice write up on Affiliate Window’s beta test of its widget platform…

Affiliate Window are beta testing a nice little tool to create widgets which are very easy to include on your site. I think this is the start of easy to use solutions that have come from the time and energy Affiliate Window have invested in standardising all their merchant data feeds.

Affiliate Window Widgets - Fraser?s Affiliate Marketing Blog