Comments on: 5 Items Your Blog Sidebar Must Have

By: Flimjo

Flimjo — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:04:40 +0000

Does anyone know of a popular posts plugin that works well? I’ve tried the popularity cotnest one (the most popular, apparently, pardun the pun), but it does all sorts of weird things to my sidebar when I use it. Any suggestions?

By: Jon Boyle

Jon Boyle — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:08:21 +0000

Very great resource! I’m in the process of revamping the online social media strategy of a mobile applications provider and mobile marketing agency and this will definitely help tighten up our blog.

Jon Boyle

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By: Ravi

Ravi — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:32:18 +0000

This could be considered heresy to some, but I strongly feel like these 5 things are just about the ONLY things that should be in your sidebar. There are very, VERY few sidebar widgets I’ve ever seen that were actually useful to the reader. On my own site, I have these 5 things and a search box in my sidebar, and that’s it…you should’ve seen the clutter on my previous design.

Something to consider when you start adding random widgets…would my readers ever use this or is it just interesting to me?

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Whatever-ishere — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:48:54 +0000

thanks for the GREAT post! Very useful…

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:58:56 +0000

thanks, glad you like the site

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:57:10 +0000

Hello! I was using StumbleUpon today and happened to come across your site. I really like what you’re doing here! Keep it up!

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By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:11:24 +0000

I am a bit wary of top comments plugins because it can make the comment area into a quantity competition

Search can be useful but most readers would look for those 5 other things first, plus many themes have the search already embedded. If not I would definitely include a search, and some other things like feed count etc etc, but my priority would be what I listed

By: Daniel Primed

Daniel Primed — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:03:39 +0000

I have all of those bar the About snippet.

Tip: Be sure to make your best content stand out, use images that attract the eye.

I also think that links to other services(FaceBook,MySpace) are pretty handy for user based advertising.

By: Mike - Twenty Steps

Mike - Twenty Steps — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:56:47 +0000

I’m surprised you didn’t mention a search form. I rarely revisit a site if it makes me jump through hoops to find stuff.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:40:56 +0000

I definately need to add an about intro here…and an email form might help increase subscriptions too. Good tips

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