Widgets are a handy, easy
and simple way to add some flare to your blog. Whether you’d like to display
the number of currently online visitors to your site or simply the weather
report for Los Angeles, you can do it with widgets. We’ve assembled a list of 50
useful or simply cool widgets for your pleasure. And remember, the first rule
of widgetizing your blog is – don’t overdo it!
MyBlogLog’s Recent
Readers – this widget can easily be called a hit amongst blog owners; its
popularity even managed to convince Yahoo into buying MyBlogLog. The widget
lets you see the avatars of recent visitors to your blog, provided they’re also
members of MyBlogLog.
Mashable – get the latest social
networking news from this very site.
Flickr Flash Photo
Stream Badge – display images from your Flickr profile with a handy Flash photo
stream.
Preview Anywhere – see a live preview of
outgoing links in a small popup which activates on mouseover. Some find this
annoying, while others might find it useful.
Twitter Badge – if your life is so
interesting that everyone must know what you’re up to all the time, then a
Twitter badge is the ideal counterpart to your blog. It’ll proudly displays
your recent tweets.
Digg News – display the latest Digg
links on your blog. Themeable and fully customizable.
FEEDJIT – real time traffic data
directly in your blog’s sidebar.
LineBuzz – inline comments for your
blog. Very handy for blogs with frequent lively discussions.
Flixn – display a stream directly
from your webcam, so your blog visitors can always see what you’re up to.
3Jam – lets your visitors send
messages to your mobile phone, without them knowing your phone number.
Jaxtr – with Jaxtr, your visitors
can actually call you to your mobile phone; again, your number stays private.
LinkedInABox – show off your LinkedIn
profile. Perfect for personal blogs.
Box Widget – enable visitors to use
box.net’s online storage directly on your web site.
Price of gas – displaying gas prices on
your blog might seem unnecessary to some, but it’s cool if you have a
traffic/travel related blog.
iBegin Weather Widget – Display weather
information in your sidebar. Just like with Price of Gas, works great with
travel-related blogs.
ClockLink – display time in various
time zones with these nifty Flash clocks.
Film Loops – display the latest loops
from your FilmLoops account.
Daily Painters – display paintings from
famous painters on your blog.
WhoLinked – show your visitors which
sites have recently linked to your web site. Works with all major blog
platforms.
Criteo AutoRoll – displays links to blogs
similar to your blog.
Bitty Browser – embed a cute, fully
functional mini web browser to your blog.
Leafletter – create a mini website and
embed it into your blog.
WikiSeek – search Wikipedia with
this simple widget.
FeedCount – show off the number of
visitors to your blog with this handy little button.
Technorati Link Count – display the number of
links your website has from one of the biggest blog authorities – Technorati.
MyPageRank – another good way to show
how “big” your blog is is to show off your Google PageRank.
CheckPageRank – in addition to showing
your PageRank, this widget also shows your Alexa ranking.
BlinkxIt – embed a link to related
videos directly into your website.
Skype button – display your Skype
online/offline status on your blog.
RockYou Horoscope – not something I would
personally use, but some people are into horoscope. Hell, most people are into
horoscope. Anyway, this widget shows horoscope (doh!) and does it in a nicely
designed colorful box.
del.icio.us Tagometer – display how many times
have del.icio.us users saved your page.
del.icio.us Linkrolls – this badge shows your
latest bookmarks from del.icio.us.
Timelines – need to create a
timeline? Seek no further. This widget makes it really easy.
PollDaddy – PollDaddy lets you create
beautiful polls in no time, and display them at your blog.
Vizu – another poll-making
widget, compatible with all major blog platforms.
AnswerTips – display definitions from
Answers.com for various terms on your blog. The definitions are shown in
bubbles which are activated on doubleclick.
AnswerBoxes – give your visitors a
chance to enter a term themselves, and get a definition from Answers.com
Now Playing – if you got to share your
current playlist contents with the world, Sigamp will do the trick. Works with
most popular music players, including Foobar, Winamp, iTunes and others.
BuzzBoost – display headlines from
your RSS feed on any website.
LibraryThing – show off the latest books
you’ve been reading.
Plaxo Address Book – let your most faithful
visitors access their address books direclty from your site.
AuctionAds – a widget that displays
auctioned items on eBay, and gives you a percentage of the price paid when
sometimes buys an item.
aStore – similar to AuctionAds,
only for Amazon. Create a mini-store on your site and receive profit when
someone buys an item through your store.
Plazes – show your current
location on a Plazes map.
Stockalicious – track your portfolio with
this widget, and share it with others. Let everyone know how much money you’ve
lost.
Yahoo! For Good – create a charity badge
and ask for donations for a worthy cause.
Giftspace – your friends never know
what to buy you for birthday? Let them know what you really want with this
nifty widget.
MixMap – see where are the
visitors to your MySpace profile from on a map.
Google Map Widget – display a searchable
Google Map on your website.
Google Video Search – add a video search form
and selected videos to your web site.
Odeo player – display an Odeo player
for and podcast right there in your sidebar.
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