Blog nerd update: I was against social chicklets before I was for them.
In an earlier post discussing Wordpress search engine optimization I was totally against putting those social media chicklets on blog entries.
Since then I've decided to use them as an bold experiment in open mindedness (plus everyone says they drive traffic). I used Joost de Valk's Sociable plugin if you want to try them on your site.
What do you think, dear reader? Hate 'em, love 'em, indifferent? Do you ever use them when you read other blogs? I'd like to know.
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I don’t really use them but they’re not intrusive at all. Maybe I should give one a click.
Okay, I just submitted two of your posts to Digg and I probably never would have done that without the chicklets.
The only social bookmarking service I use is deli.cio.us. She doesn’t look like much but she’s got it where it counts.
I’ve never liked Digg, it’s too noisy. I’ve never used StumbleUpon but people swear by it.
I use social bookmarking for myself, however it is generally for reference material and not blog posts. I have over 1500 bookmarks on Blinklist, but I rarely see their icon. You guys have already mentioned the the three that can really help in terms of traffic.
Perhaps a more interesting experiment would be to bookmark everything in sight to become an authority on one or more dominate networks.
I’ve been meaning to mention that I love GoogleReader’s “shared” function and that I can embed a mini feed of it on my sidebar. You can also use Wordpress RSS widgets to do this with feeds from other social bookmarking services.
Even, better, you can use Yahoo Pipes to mashup several social bookmarking feeds for your sidebar.
I like your themes site Skarld. Can you recommend a theme that’s super simple with excellent typography and HTML/CSS that other theme developers can use as a jumping off point? I’m sure one exists somewhere, but I’ve never found it.
I have been reading a lot about Sandbox as a good place to start. Vanilla is going in the direction of becoming a new standard, incorporating Sandbox with Blueprint.