I’ve only just loaded this plugin, as until recently I was using ‘Add This‘ for my social bookmarking needs. Add This added a small discrete social bookmarking button to the bottom of each post, but I’m increasingly learning that if you want someone to do something on a web page, you need to shout about it.
The discrete button just wasn’t getting clicked, so now I’ve gone in the opposite direction with blooming massive social bookmarking buttons, made using the Social Bookmarks Reloaded plugin. The plugin’s great: once loaded you simply check the boxes for the Bookmarking icons you want to show, and select whether you want them just on posts (yes), or on your index page excerpts too (no). You can also customise the text that appears above the icons on the page (and add basic html too).
I customised the appearance slightly by replacing the standard icons with some custom ones from Dry Icons, which I found via this excellent post on free social bookmarking icons. I considered going for some of the scribbled icons, but decided to ensure that the icons were still clearly and easily recognisable.
I’ve made them massive because getting people to click them is important: they can deliver page rank through inbound links, and can deliver viral traffic via Digg, Stumbleupon and Reddit and so can be a key factor in building website traffic.
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Favourite plugins 6: Social Bookmarks Reloaded
I’ve only just loaded this plugin, as until recently I was using ‘Add This‘ for my social bookmarking needs. Add This added a small discrete social bookmarking button to the bottom of each post, but I’m increasingly learning that if you want someone to do something on a web page, you need to shout about it.
The discrete button just wasn’t getting clicked, so now I’ve gone in the opposite direction with blooming massive social bookmarking buttons, made using the Social Bookmarks Reloaded plugin. The plugin’s great: once loaded you simply check the boxes for the Bookmarking icons you want to show, and select whether you want them just on posts (yes), or on your index page excerpts too (no). You can also customise the text that appears above the icons on the page (and add basic html too).
I customised the appearance slightly by replacing the standard icons with some custom ones from Dry Icons, which I found via this excellent post on free social bookmarking icons. I considered going for some of the scribbled icons, but decided to ensure that the icons were still clearly and easily recognisable.
I’ve made them massive because getting people to click them is important: they can deliver page rank through inbound links, and can deliver viral traffic via Digg, Stumbleupon and Reddit and so can be a key factor in building website traffic.
What do you think? Like them or hate them?
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