5 wordpress plugins for social bookmarking buttons

Add social bookmarking buttons to your blog - a useful element of the "socialization" of the project. With their help, readers will be able to share a link to this or that article of your blog in their accounts at Twitter, digg,google Buzz and other popular services. There was a time when in runet social bookmarking buttons were almost in every second blog. Gradually, it is kind of like, come to naught, leaving only a couple of services which can really add anything. The most popular now, probably, there are buttons added to the tweeter viaTweetMeme , as well as allowing account to share on social networks. But today I would like to talk not about the prevailing stagnation to social bookmarking sites, and the methods of adding buttons to your blog.

As a result, searching for solutions, I came across a very interesting article , where a five plug-ins to install the buttons of social bookmarking. A distinctive feature of these modules was to use Ajax technology and highly original functionality. So, here are the plugins:

Digg Digg - probably one of the best plug-in terms of features and usability. However, it requires some setup for the correct display of the design blog, but doing these steps once, you will forget about it. The plugin allows the user to choose how the icons social bookmarking will appear on your blog, as well as to determine which of the services will be involved in the work.



This plugin Digg Digg uses JQuery library . In the settings you can define the appearance of the display panel with the buttons of social bookmarking - First, each service has on the two icons (normal and compact), and secondly, you can pull them both horizontally and vertically . Well, as far as I understood correctly, you can make to the panel with icons moved along with the page scrolling right or left of the page. Something like this you can see in the beautiful counters for the blog Simple Counters . Attention! The plugin requires a PHP5 on hosting.

SexyBookmarks - This plugin allows blog readers to share the article in the various social bookmarking services and social networks. It uses special icons that are located after the post. In this case the user can choose what services they want to display. There are also more specific settings, such as a job to tag links nofollow, animation, background image, etc.



Looks fucking awesome, in my opinion :) This cover social bookmarking, you can add a plug-in settings, or manually in the theme template with the following code:




Social fixed buttons - plug-in adds to your blog, a floating toolbar with buttons of social bookmarking. In the admin, you can choose the position of the block - up or down, horizontal or vertical orientation, as well as to determine the available services to display.



All you shall have 14 services: Twitter, Facebook, Myspace and many others. You can choose a style icon, set the nofollow attribute for links and the ability to open pages in a new window.

SocioFluid - visual panel of buttons of social bookmarking is similar to the menu in the style of Mac OS, which hover in the small icons we see them enlarged version. In the plugin settings, you can choose which social services are displayed.



Social Slider - if I understand correctly, this plugin allows you to share your profiles in social media, so that users could follow behind you and get the latest updates. At the same time using the plug-in can not take place in the sidebar, which can be used for advertising, for example, and realize all through the "slider". In general, all the settings, see the admin wordpress.

Finally you can still reflect on the application of these plug-ins in runet. As you can see from the pictures, and social services, however, may well be used here. To do this, first of all, you need to keep only the sea services - digg, twitter, flickr, facebook and can be a couple of others. Secondly, I think, some people will be able to easily tweak the code plug-ins to implement them in our social networks, if necessary.

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Who grows Facebook in 2012

As you probably already heard, the last time Facebook announced 901 million . active users per month! Amazing is not even the number itself, and the dynamics of growth.

Let's see, what countries have the greatest growth, and compare with the local social networks that have recently occupied the same dominant position as the MySpace a few years ago.

We are talking about Brazil , India , Japan , South Korea and Russia .

If China had not been banned Facebook, he probably would have taken a leading position in terms of growth of social audience.

Brazil

It's hard to believe, but the rule of Orkut , which has traditionally been considered an Indo-Brazilian social network, there are no more. The number of Facebook users in Brazil has grown over the past 6 months 29.3 million up to46.3 million people.



India

Six months ago, India had 37.3 million active users of Facebook. Currently, they have 45.8 million, representing 56.57% of all Internet users in the country. With the pace until the end of the year, you can easily overcome the 60-million barrier.



Japan
It is simply a social explosion. Auditorium Facebook grew by 74% to 5 millionup to 8.7 million active users. Given the fact that the growth rate accelerated significantly by the end of the year the Japanese Facebook users can become the order of 13-16 million



South Korea

As in Japan, South Korea, there is a huge increase in users of Facebook - by67.38% . Now it is little more than seven million people. The local social network CyWorld clearly losing ground.



Russia

In Russia traditionally lags behind Facebook from local competitors. The increase, though not so impressive, and, in comparison with other countries in this review, but steady - 22.39% . Over the past six months Facebook addeda million Russian users. All in all, they have 5.63 million

Before the "classmates" and "VKontakte" is still very far away, but kept a fact by the end of the year Russian, Facebook could reach 7.9 million

That many people say that because of the Chronicle (timeline) people will flee from Facebook? Well, funny I hear such predictions is not the first time.First, criticized the privacy policy, and then chat, then a feed, and now chronicles ... but for some reason, Facebook is growing and growing.

Okay, enough gloating, it's too much, of course.

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Effective formats blog posts

To submit material to the blog, you can use different methods and styles of writing posts that are suitable topics for your project. If a personal blog, for experimentation and diversity can even be rotated. Together with the styles, you can also select a blog is such a thing as the format of posts. The standard format of this paper is a narrative tone, that is, you talk about some issue or problem, adding it's a little introduction and conclusion.Nevertheless, the blogosphere has formed several special formats for posts in the blog. Moreover, experienced bloggers for a long time has learned that some species (or forms) work stations (attract) are particularly good. What are these positions and why are they so effective? - Try a little to solve the mystery :)

Post a list of

We know that readers love lists. Especially "tasty" can be as large lists reveal the theme. For example, the "50 best plugins for WordPress». This kind of posts can be a real "treasure" and "mega hit", so they are well add in the "bookmarks", retweets, they are excellent link-magnets. Debates and arguments of post-call lists of rare, because the subject of the dispute itself is usually absent. From my own experience would say, post a list of - almost a perfect solution to publish, but to create them for the sake of size, and suck the thumb of the subject of the article is not necessary, there should be a useful information.

The post-instruction

Post-instruction gives (or trying to) an exhaustive answer to any question. For example, "how to build a birdhouse?". Such positions the reader as a lot of respect, because any reader of his selfish and self-interest - solving their own problems. «HOW TO» positions solve the problem, so he counts on you! The beauty of such places in the fact that often people are about the same as a request form to search engines (how to build a birdhouse?), So potentially they provide a good «SEO-exhaust."

Post-survey

How to make a valuable post from someone else's content? That's right - make a competent review on a particular topic. Why it might be interesting to the reader? On another blog, can be revealed remarkable theme, but you give even more - a reference to the 5, 10, 15, 20 or 100 selected sources.Something like this format a post-list, but without reference to the figures. Most surveys can be seen in foreign design blogs in runet due time popular topic was "interesting read", which contains useful articles on varying subjects from friendly blogs.

Post-News

Post-News has a great potential if the news is exclusive and very relevant to your topic. If you are a two hundredth of a repeater, the cream will not be seen. Therefore, the potential of this type of positions you can open only if you are a person close to the source or by the original. Given the fact that most of the information in runet has its roots in the English-language segment, it makes sense sometimes does the reading corresponding to gourmet blogs.

The post-provocation

Good work is always provocative. Can provoke anyone - a specific person, the reader, or even a whole "system". If the art of provocation is not alien to you, use it skillfully craft. So you can be interesting without the above posts. Positions of this kind usually collect a lot of comments are subject to dispute, and battles, but by themselves are rarely informative and truly valuable. When launching the provocative and potentially controversial article, soberly assess the situation - in this case, in any case not to go too far, otherwise the situation could be turned against you.

Of course, you can think of other types of posts, I have only to those whose effectiveness has been verified by "generations" (not literally) bloggers. If your "range" as a blogger (or a copywriter) is wide enough, these five "schemes" can be skillfully alternated. In this case, your blog hardly anyone would call boring. Interesting you post!

What can you say about the effectiveness of post format - the theme works?

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How to write posts more convincing

Why write persuasively? The main reason - to get your reader to trust what you write. Some are for some reason, this kind-that motivated or a trick.Maybe someone will even call this post "instruction manipulation." I do not see anything wrong in order to be convincing. Need to convince someone not necessarily with the intent to deceive or desire something "vparit." We are interested in another aspect! You must be able to interest the reader , to be able to convey to him what he wants to hear. In the end, every blogger wants to be an authoritative source! So what is bought with the reader.

Professional language

If your blog is dedicated to a particular topic. It would be natural to use professional language, because it describes the use you as a person qualified.

However, the effect can be negative - for example, if you do not know a question, this professional will be evident very quickly that you are an amateur. I remember at first I was very cautious in this regard - if in doubt, replaced the term or phrase in a more simple. In addition, an endless stream of professional terms, will scare the beginner, there is little that they will understand, therefore, all is good in moderation and to the point.

Facts and good examples

Bring facts. Since you can not argue with facts (if it is real evidence), they are convincing.

A good analogy is almost as fact. The fact can not, but the effect is produced similar. So always try to find examples in the subject, except when the conversation is already a commonplace things which do not require support with examples and analogies.

Vivid, picturesque detail

Rich in detail in the text works well. Details give the impression that you are "was seen, you know," when in fact he could not "be and be seen, as you know only by hearsay." This is not a technique of deception, fraud is not being. It is tasty talk about art. "Delicious," the text touches! If you are blogging about the schools, cooking, traveling, all articles must be very tightly seasoned pictures - then the visitors will become regular readers.

The opinion of authorities and their own experience

Reference to the authority are often instantly removes the questions about the loyalty of your position or opinion and is always a good argument.

The reader believes more to your personal experience and example than something abstract, so try to rely on personal experience. This is especially important when you write, for example, the earnings on the Internet and the like very specific things. It's one thing to read an article with some general overview, the other to see what the author really knows, and checked as says.

Your competence

Straightforward application of the highest competence does not always looks nice and well, so it must be done wisely. For example, do not write anywhere that you have a super driver, it is better to mention in passing, "10 years ago when Schumacher came to me for advice ...". This advice must be understood correctly - just mention the fact that it was in fact, see item number 2 - Just the facts (at least the fact that no one can ever disprove)!

Experience, too, like bugs

Well, if sometimes in addition to positive experiences and achievements as you write about the failures and failures. It makes you look like a living thing, a real person, and the authority did not take away! The main thing with this is not too far :)

Drawings, diagrams, statistics

Charts, graphs, etc. work just magically. This is known by all those involved in presentations. Want something to sell - prepare more charts, graphs and drawings, they will do their job! Many webmasters, bloggers have attracted the attention of a very "sweet" in their earnings reports online. The larger the numbers, the more likely to interest the reader, although it should not get involved unnecessarily.

At this all seems. Use these techniques and you will believe as yourself. Just do not want anyone to cheat, as described above in order to "your truth" made the right impression. In order to get your facts are not lost in the gray boring paragraphs. Well, I think you understood me correctly!

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Tumblr - a functional platform for microblogging

Surely some of you heard about this popular in the West as a blogging platform Tumblr . We Tumblr is not so well known, but may still be radically changed. After all, not just because he deserves sympathy and respect for the English-speaking person?

If I were asked to briefly define what a Tumblr, I would probably say that this is something like an extended Twitter. Tumblr is not limited to 140 characters (or any other), while at the same time, the platform does not have a long, full-posts. This also contributes to poor design and typical Tumblr-blogs.Let's talk more about some features of Tumblr.

On Tumblr has seven types of posts

Usually on most blogging platforms, the post he is fast. In Tumblr post office strife. You can post the text, photo, quote, link, audio, video, or even chat (a fragment of correspondence).



This is to some extent simplifies the posting, the other adds a special charm.

Tumblr blogs are a great design

This fact alone is able to attract attention. A great design combined with simplicity. You will not find Tumblr-blogs, with 4 speakers, a complex basement and other complex layout. A typical blog on Tumblr platfome has a clean, neat design and 1-2 Clonks. Ugly blogs "toggle switch" I have not seen.



In a special section of the site you will find the so-called Theme Garden with hundreds of beautiful and vibrant free templates for Tumblr. Of course, you have the opportunity to create their own completely original theme with HTML editor.

Tumblr blog is very easy to operate

Blogs on the "Toggle" knowingly deserved reputation as one of the easiest to use. This applies to both management and the process of posting. For simplicity and convenience would have to pay insufficient (compared to more advanced platforms like WP) control. The advantages can also be attributed to the advanced posting Email, which supports many formats and publish photos, audio, etc. Traditionally, such systems have a posting from a mobile iPhone and BlackBerry. With the API Tumblr have been developed various services and mobile and desktop applications for it.

External statistics, Feedburner, optimization

Tumblr can be connected to, for example, Google Analytics, which is a significant advantage. The platform is very friendly to search engines. There is integration with the service Feedburner.

In Tumblr quickly register

This advantage is likely you will appreciate just once - in Tumblr, including simple registration process.



Rather than comment reblog

By default, disabled comments on Tumblr, but instead have the opportunity to overdrink (reblog) something in itself. At the same time, it is possible to connect an external comment system, for example, Disqus;

Integration with Twitter and FaceBook

In Tumblr is possible to integrate with Twitter. You can configure the automatic posting of new messages in Twitter or FaceBook.

This is only part of the platform Tumblr, which is truly amazing and unique places. You can create collaborative blogs, pages, "About Me" with different settings of the design, add your blog in the mechanism of "question-answer" to load pictures in high definition and shape them into the Picture Gallery, etc. A special web page why tumblr for a more detailed description of all the benefits and features of this platform for microblogging.

So long as our people feel more lonely on Tumblr. At the same time, the platform is fully capable to gain popularity as it once was with Twitter. Although whether users will want to "complicate things", especially now that the new tweeter is also very functional.

Secondly, webmasters will be sad to know that Tumblr is very strict attitude towards the HS. Start a blog on Tumblr for the sake of only one or Crossposting to refer to the MFA-site is almost meaningless - administration regularly clean the series, so heavy on this platform are virtually absent as a class.

In conclusion, I will say that Tumblr - a great platform, but unfortunately, it does not suit everyone. For me, it's something like Apple of blogging platforms. Learn Tumblr is right for you or not is very simple - you just need it to register. Next it will be clear very quickly you will come to each other or not.

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How to find a free blog for young readers

The most pressing question for the blogger who is just beginning to blog theme - where to get readers? Not to take, so more and do it for free.Beginner it may seem like a daunting task, but any experienced blogger knows that a good start - a trick.Enough to follow some simple guidelines and tips. In principle, these topics can be found on blogs more than once, I was in one of the positions of seven sources of traffic for the young and promising bloggers have talked about something like that. But the constant questions of how to attract readers to once again urge the necessity of such articles.

Comment

The importance of commenting on the early stages is difficult to overestimate, it is simple and natural way to meet other bloggers and to acquaint them with their own blog. In some cases, the comments are, among other things, and direct links to the thematic blogs.

Where should comment on first?

a) comment on the subject of popular blogs. This allows you to "show themselves, but others to see," and even get some targeted traffic;

b) Commenting on the "blogs, classmates'. "Classmates" - blogs, your subjects, approximately your same age and size. The main task - "blogging friends" and build relationships. "A friend, a blogger" is a loyal reader, retweets, the potential links and much more;

c) comment on the blogs of our commentators. If you have someone left a comment, make a back step. It would actually be your invitation to friendship (why this is necessary, see item "b").

Write every day

If your job is a quick start - first try to write every day. Moreover, the need to write very high quality posts.This is important for several reasons:

• It is necessary to have your blog as soon as possible has become a full and meaningful. That is, contain as much as possible answers to common questions;
• The reader should get the impression that today and tomorrow on the blog, too, will be that interesting. On these blogs you want to subscribe or add it to your bookmarks.

This is probably one of the most difficult points in the promotion of your blog. Each project that I started, took away a lot of time just by writing new articles. Perhaps you should be prepared before you start and write some lyrics in advance.

We invite friends

If you have friends interested in the topic of the blog, you can invite them to begin with. It will have a new blog "alive" and "obitaetmym." For those who are just beginning to engage in blogging, you can access your classmates or just friends who are interested in similar topics. I remember three years ago after the publication of news communicated to friends in ICQ, someone responded :) even if you already have a blog and you create a new project, be sure to invite your readers to switch to a new site, you can also invite friends from social networks.

Fasting themed social network

At the present time almost all popular topics have their own themed social network (as an example, for SEO - korica or grabr). If you regularly post in such case the network is good news, you are guaranteed (if the network is little developed) will receive a certain number of transitions and, therefore, of potential readers. Yes, and back links yet no one hurt.

Link to other blogs

Blogs that refer to subjects as useful for several reasons. First, many of them appear trackback, that is, you automatically get a link back. Secondly, you have the chance to just get a reciprocal link from a grateful blogger.

Need to refer to:

• Top Blogs - search for those who represent, or trackback loyal to the young blogs (readily refer to them);
• Blogs for your hummingbird - again to secure the friendship and the "bump" on the reverse link.

We use the popular social network / services

On Twitter, or Facebook at the moment you can get a sizeable number of transitions (Twi especially), so they are an excellent source of potential readers. Therefore, Be active in these networks. In principle, you can create even the thematic group on your project - I was just in the near future I plan to do something like that.


Changing guards

A lot of bloggers, including the popular, readily changing guards, not to mention the novice. So if you see the announcement that the blogger in your niche is changing guards, never pass by. In compiling links invent and ask bloggers to post more positive suggestions with the words "recommend", "advise", etc.Also, pick up not only the best articles on the content, and those that should be promoted in search engines.


Communicate in discussion forums

Feature form - another place where there are interested in your topic people. So, give time, forums, chat with skill, the audience of your blog, so you're sure to expand. For example, in the seo forums for webmasters there are sections called "blogosphere digest", where you can post announcements on their websites. In addition, a link to them is an opportunity to put in the caption under each post.


Writing guest posts

Guest posts - this is "heavy artillery". The effectiveness of tall, but require more effort than any of the above techniques. Because the writing quality posts, worthy of popular blogs, you need to work hard and not everyone is a novice blogger will be under power. The link above you will find a few wishes for the design and creation of a guest post. The main criterion for a high quality of the material should act as a wild desire to put him in his place of planned friendly blog :)



As a supplement, can only lead article about the drafts for the website - where you can get them, but it is not likely to find readers, and it will be useful in terms of seo. In general, all the above methods will create your new blog a good foundation for further development. Promoting a new blog - not the easiest task, but to some extent, interesting and exciting, the only thing you need to do a lot of time.

If you have anything to add, share tips in the comments.

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How to establish and maintain good relations in the blogosphere

Catching up on blogging, it is very difficult to reach the heights without the location of grateful respect for readers and fellow bloggers. Both must be earned, in principle, as in real life. Unfortunately, it turns out this is not always and not at all, although someone might not want. In any case, this process requires special attention and time spent."Reputation" need to "grow" a couple of hours or days to implement his plan will not work. I offer you ten simple and proven time and practice rules, following which, you can do it right and get the result. Of course, the mere implementation of these rules and regulations does not give you any guarantees, but much may increase the chances of success in the blogosphere. And even if you do not become super popular blogger, you can at least find a couple of good friends or even friends online. 

Be honest

Always write honestly. Mistaken and deluded in some way does not matter if it's an honest mistake. The reader feels the sort of thing. Especially do not forget that we often read by people smarter and more skilled than you, so if you're fighting for the loyalty of the audience, be very frank.

As an example the situation with advertising posts - do not conceal from his readers, that for a particular publication you receive remuneration. Learn it's not that hard, but the reaction of the audience is unlikely to be positive. Similarly, you can cite as an example a description of their achievements - cheating the readers, you will not get anything good, to some extent even be deceiving ourselves. In short, fairness in the blogosphere, as in life, it's good quality!

Respond to comments and letters

For each comment, and a letter demanding an answer must necessarily respond. Without the attention you can leave only comments like "a" or "offset". If you have a question in the comments, it implies an answer. And the reader expects to get it. Do not disappoint him. The same goes for emails. Even if you can not help or you do not have enough skill, and should answer, but you should always respond. On this depends not only on visitors to you personally, as even the evaluation of the usefulness of the site on which it will or will not go further.

Respond to reader

"The response to the reader" implies not only the need to respond to comments and emails. "The response to the reader" - the ability to anticipate the needs and interests of the audience and to implement them. So, in other words, it's an art to understand and to give his readers what they need. To find out the visitors and their needs better, you can create a poll in my blog , where to ask or note your desired topic for consideration, any steps to improve the project. Most sites are placed in the feedback form to contact with readers and an opportunity for them to give some advice and recommendations on the best of his work. In any case, there are several options, it is important to listen to them and implement them.

Be kind

Always be friendly and people will be pulled to you. There's not much to add or explain further. In spite of his bad mood, personal problems and any other nasty nuances, you should not show it, or projected on its readers. Blogging has much in common with the work, which is also very important to safeguard personal and professional moments.

Be adequate

Respond appropriately to criticism and opposing your point of view. If you are not right, it is necessary to admit it. Do not give in to provocations, to be led by "trolls." And any attempt to "stir up" conflicts or to get personal, I would recommend you as the author and head of the blog, hard to stop. Another important thing - do not be a "star", remember that the concept of top bloggers are very relative.

Comment on other blogs

Comment on other blogs a must, without it fail to start and build relationships and thus integrated into the blogosphere. In addition, if you also want to comment on you, start commenting yourself. Useful, detailed comments on other blogs - one of the methods of driving traffic to bloggers .

Communicate with other bloggers
Relationships with other bloggers often begin with dialogue in the comments (as noted above), and often later develop into a true friendship. Do not hesitate to contact other bloggers with questions, suggestions or anything else. Most of them are good people are adequate. To begin, try to make friends with your bloggers' caliber, "because it is the easiest way. You can even try to organize some form of cooperation in the competition or the joint project.

Link to other blogs

Well-known proven way to improve relations - to refer to other bloggers. Along with commenting on other blogs, this is one of the most effective ways. If your blog is not yet known, the person to whom you referred to at least know about your existence (all bloggers who are interested in references to them), as a maximum - will respond to you in return. In principle, this can be done just so, or to agree with other bloggers for the mutual exchange of links (guards).

Use Twitter and Facebook
Twitter, Facebook or Twitter - a great place to socialize or even make new friends. Use them to enhance communication and maintaining good relations with old friends. Social networks every day closer and more serious part of our lives, to ignore them would be a crime. It is often used to promote a blog like social services.

Participate in live events

Very good if you have the ability to communicate with readers, bloggers or colleagues in a lively, off-line.Such communication is strengthening communication and contributes to the development of new ones.This item is the most difficult to implement, but the possibilities for its implementation have virtually everyone, as the various activities carried out enough - seminars, round table discussions, field trips and more., from which get a lot of good. And what you suggest!

If you have anything to add from personal experience - sharing thoughts in the comments.

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