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Awards, an open, international contest for the best websites and services.
So far, voting in the Blog Plugins category is neck and neck between two services with very
similar functions: ShareThis and AddThis. The two plugins make it easy for your blog’s
readers to bookmark your site and submit it to social news sites like Digg and Reddit. Several
other plugins that help publishers increase page views and engagement are still in the running
though. Here’s a quick look at the 10 finalists:
AddThis
– Plugin for bookmarking your blog posts and submitting them to social news
sites. Recently acquired by
Clearspring.
Apture –
Links specific words or phrases on a web page to multimedia content like music, video, and Wikipedia
entries.
CommentLuv
– Lets commenters attach a link to their most recent blog post to their
comments.
Leevigraham
– Developer of several popular plugins for features like polls, multi-language
support, and custom forms.
Ninja Zoo
– Plugin for selling your own custom designed products.
Outbrain
– Lets users rate
blog posts and suggests similar content from your blog and elsewhere.
Plista –
Shows similar stories or products.
ShareThis
– Lets your readers bookmarks posts and share with friends. Also provides
analytics on their sharing habits.
Snap – Adds
a “preview” function to the
outgoing links on your blog.
Zemanta
– Automatically adds links, pictures, and tags
to your blog posts.
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