8 Must-Have Widgets for Every Personal Blogger!

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May 12, 2009 ||

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Blog Widget As the line between online and offline world blurs it’s important for each of us to have an online identity. This could be in any form, a Facebook profile, a busy Twitter account, a LinkedIn profile, a funky looking MySpace page or a simple WordPress Blog.

This post will specifically talk about bloggers and how they can create a blog which reflects their personality online.

The following badges, widgets or gadgets as you might call it will help you share more information with your readers without you writing about it.

Let’s start with the hottest in Town..

Twitter Badge: These are available in all shapes, sizes, colors, etc. There are so many variations of this badge that I am sure you will surely something you like. These badges show your latest Tweets on the blog.(Follow @tnerd on Twitter)

Official:

http://twitter.com/badges/blogger

WP-Plugins:

Customized:

http://www.bloggerbuster.com/2008/04/add-customized-twitter-widget-to- your.html

Flickr Badge: This badge shows all your publically available pictures on Flickr. Just signin to your account and configure this badge to get the code.

This is what the badge looks like..

www.flickr.com

This is a Flickr badge showing recent public items from Flickr. Make your own badge here.

Get your Flickr Widget from here…

Wakoopa Widget: This is not for the faint of hearts. Wakoopa tracks all activities on your computer and reports back to the site to update your profile of all the softwares that are being used on the computer. This list can be shared with your friends and contacts based on your preferences. Click here to read more about Wakoopa.

This is what a Wakoopa badge looks like..

MyBlogLog: MyBlogLog maintains information about you and visitors on your blog. This information is then displayed in a attractive format which also encourages social traffic from blog to another.

SIGAMP Badge: SIGAMP shows the song you are currently listening to on your computer. This badge can be installed on any blog or site and the moment you start listening to music it starts sharing information on the badge. With the paid version of this service you can customize the widget according to your needs or even upload your own image.

Here is what the (free) badge looks like..

Google Latitude for Blogs: Google Latitude badge shows your current location to all your blog readers, not everyone is comfortable sharing such information. Click here to read more about Google Latitude..

Here is what the badge will look like on your blog..

Click here to get your badge..

Google Talk for Blog: Connecting with your readers is one of the most important part of the personal blogging. Google Talk lets you connect with your readers without giving away any personal information such as your ID or any other information.

Once any of the users click on the following badge you will instantly receive an alert on your Gtalk client and you can start chatting.

Here is what the blog looks like..

Get your badge here..

Geekchart : This is a new one. Once you register with the service you can add the userID’s of services like, Twitter, Stumbleupon, Digg, Blog, etc.. and it generates a chart based on your last 30days activity on these services.

Here is what it typically looks like..

Syedabbas’s Geek Chart

Click here to get your own Geekchart!

Other Badges: (Leave a comment and let us know about a badge you’d like to see on the list, we’ll add it)

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/editbadge.php

FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/embed/widget